Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, October 4, 1999

Dillingham Grand
Prix field set

The Dillingham Grand Prix Tennis Championships qualifying concluded yesterday at Punahou School, with five seeded players in both the men's and women's fields failing to qualify for the main draw this week.

For the men in the first round, Francisco Brignole upset Kristian Nielson and Reginaldo Moralejo upset Lee Couillard, as they went on to win their respective brackets to qualify for the main draw on Oct. 8.

In the second round, Michael Wojnarowicz upset Eduard Merc, L. Richard Fried upset Howard Tacub and Dominic Modise upset Justin Iwase, winning their respective brackets.

For the women in the first round, Miclynn Crail upset Louise Anderson and Polina Kravets upset Lynn Novack on their way to winning their brackets.

In the second round, Stacy Hakikawa fell to Janelle Kaloi, Sofia Hoglund fell to Silvia Ricote and Birgitte Brubakken fell to Jennifer Oshita.

Yesterday's winners qualify for the main draw, beginning Oct. 9, of this 47th annual event. The finals are Oct. 11.

In singles overall, Jesse Walter is the top seed and defending champion for the men and University of Hawaii junior Nina Wenger is the top woman.

Seasiders avenge early loss

The Brigham Young-Hawaii men's soccer team defeated Hawaii Pacific, 2-1, Saturday in double overtime.

The win avenged a 4-0 loss Sept. 11 at HPU's Windward campus.

The Seasiders took the lead quickly, scoring their first goal seven minutes into the match as Mat Tanigawa booted the ball into the net off teammate Kevin Petrie's corner kick.

"Our goal coming into this match was to close down the middle of the field," said BYUH head coach Bob Barry. "Because we did this, HPU couldn't push the ball through the middle, and at the same time, we created scoring opportunities for ourselves."

The Sea Warriors scored in the final 10 minutes of regulation, forcing overtime.

But BYUH's Todd Miller headed the ball into the goal off a free kick by Elias Akinaka, to end the game after 123 minutes.

BYUH, which improved to 2-1 overall, leaves for an eight-day trip to the mainland next week to play five teams. HPU dropped to 4-5.

Hawaii golfers finish 18th

The University of Hawaii golf team finished 18th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate tournament at Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday with a team three-day total score of 914.

Junior Russell Nygard led the Rainbows with an overall score of 222, five strokes ahead of teammate Justin Kim, a freshman.

Brigham Young, ranked No. 11 in the country, won the team title with an 8-under-par 856, six strokes ahead of Southern California.

Polo season ends

The Honolulu Polo Club completed its 13th season of polo in Waimanalo, with Hawaii Polo Inn defeating Hawaii Alii, 8-6.

Mike Dailey led the way for Hawaii Polo Inn scoring seven, and Hawaii Alli's Rosey Rosecrans and Devon Dailey both scored twice.