Hawaii Beat
Gregg Omori crushed an 0-1 pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning over the left-center field wall for a grand slam and Jeff Coleman scattered seven hits and struck out 10 as the University of Hawaii shut out San Jose State, 4-0, in a Western Athletic Conference baseball game at Rainbow Stadium last night. UH blanks San Jose State
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Rainbows, who improved to 9-16 overall, and 4-12 in WAC.
The Spartans fell to 15-10-1 and 5-7.
Pinch-hitter Kevin Gilbride led off the bottom of the eighth with a single to right. Arthur Guillen walked and Matthew Purtell reached on an error to load the bases, setting up Omori's game-winning hit.
It was Omori's sixth home run of the season and came with no outs in the bottom of the inning. Coleman gave up no walks in his second complete game.
Hawaii 4, San Jose State 0
SJSU 000 000 000 -- 0 7 1 Hawaii 000 000 04x -- 4 9 0 Chris Sherman and Adam Shorsher; Jeff Coleman and Brian Bock. W--Coleman. L--Sherman.
Leading hitters--SJSU: Ryan Brucker 2-3; Adam Shorsher 1-3. Hawaii: Gregg Omori 1-4, 4 RBIs, HR; Arthur Guillen 2-2; Kevin Gilbride 1-1.
Whipping The Wildcats
Witt pitches one-hitter
Felicity Witt pitched a complete-game one-hit shutout to lead the UH softball team past Eastern Illinois, 4-0, yesterday in the second day of the Hawaii Invitational at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.Stacey Porter went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Wahine, hitting a pair of doubles and driving in a run.
Witt, who improved to 14-5, struck out 11 and walked two.
Eastern Illinois' lone hit came in the fourth inning, when Carissa Friedewald hit a leadoff single to right.
Scores were not reported for Hawaii's second game yesterday, against McNeese State.
The Wahine improved to 25-10 overall and 3-0 in the tournament following the first game yesterday.
The Panthers dropped to 2-11 and 1-3.
Hawaii is scheduled to play San Diego today at 4 p.m. and defending tournament champion Tokyo WCPE at 6 p.m.
Rainbows sweep Wildcats
The University of Arizona didn't look like a club team when they were warming up. And the Wildcats didn't play like one either.In an exhibition match at the Stan Sheriff Center last night, the University of Hawaii men's volleyball team had all they could handle as they swept Arizona, 30-19, 30-28, 30-25.
Costas Theocharidis led the Warriors with a match-high 23 kills and Brenton Davis added 10 kills.
For the Wildcats, Kevin Jones had 17 kills and Matt Olson had 14.
The teams meet again at 7 tonight.
"They're definitely a quality team,'' said Hawaii coach Mike Wilton.
"They're good enough to be in our league and I wish they were.''
HPU goes 1-2 in tourney
The 17th-ranked Hawaii Pacific softball team won one game and lost two in the opening day of the Pioneer classic yesterday in Fremont, Calif.The Sea Warriors (27-4) lost to No. 4 Humboldt State, 2-0, and to Pacific Lutheran, 4-2. In their third game of the day, HPU came back to down Sonoma State, 3-2.
Against Humboldt State, HPU out-hit the Lumberjacks, 8-5. Pitcher Malia Sullivan took the loss, snapping her streak of seven straight wins.
The 21-team tournament continues with pool play today and finishes tomorrow.
Gowdy finishes 22nd
Mike Gowdy finished 22nd in the 3-meter springboard event at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships held yesterday in College Station, Texas.The UH diver was the islands' lone representative at the event.