Today
BASEBALL
College: Hawaii Pacific vs. Washington, 11 a.m., Hans L'Orange Park; Hawaii Pacific vs. Coker (S.C.), 6:35 p.m., Hans L'Orange Park.
First Hawaii Title Rainbow Tournament: Arkansas vs. Texas-Arlington, 11 a.m.; TexasArlington vs. Hawaii, 3 p.m.; Hawaii vs. Washington, 7 p.m., Les Murakami Stadium.
BASKETBALL
PWC men: Hawaii Pacific vs. Chaminade, 7:30 p.m., Blaisdell Arena.
SOFTBALL
College: Chaminade vs. Notre Dame De Namur, 4:30 p.m., Central Oahu Regional Park.
SURFING
T&C Surf Women's Pipeline Pro: Surf permitting, Ehukai Beach Park.
Tomorrow
BASEBALL
College: Hawaii Pacific vs. Coker (S.C.) (2), 4 p.m., Hans L'Orange Park.
First Hawaii Title Rainbow Tournament: Texas-Arlington vs. Washington, 2:30 p.m.; Hawaii vs. Arkansas, 6:35 p.m., Les Murakami Stadium.
BASKETBALL
WAC men: Hawaii vs. New Mexico State, 7:05 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center.
SOFTBALL
College: Hawaii Pacific vs. Notre Dame de Namur (Calif.) (2), 2 p.m., Windward Campus Field.
Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament: California vs. Mississippi Valley State, 10 a.m.; UC Riverside vs. Mississippi Valley State, noon; Florida International vs. California, 2 p.m.; Florida International vs. Mercer, 4 p.m.; Hawaii vs. Mercer, 6 p.m., Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
SURFING
T&C Surf Women's Pipeline Pro: Surf permitting, Ehukai Beach Park.
TENNIS
ILH: Hawaii Baptist at Iolani, University/Word of Life at Kamehameha, Maryknoll at Mid-Pacific, 4 p.m.; Saint Louis at Punahou, 4:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
Baseball America Top 25 College Poll
The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through Feb. 26 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America):
|
Record |
Pvs |
| 1. Clemson |
5-1 |
1 |
| 2. Georgia Tech |
10-0 |
3 |
| 3. North Carolina |
7-0 |
4 |
| 4. Rice |
10-2 |
5 |
| 5. Florida |
8-3 |
2 |
| 6. Tennessee |
7-2 |
6 |
| 7. Cal State Fullerton |
8-4 |
9 |
| 8. Mississippi State |
3-0 |
11 |
| 9. South Carolina |
8-1 |
13 |
| 10. Florida State |
10-1 |
14 |
| 11. Arkansas |
9-0 |
17 |
| 12. Pepperdine |
8-6 |
16 |
| 13. Oregon State |
6-4 |
8 |
| 14. Texas |
9-6 |
7 |
| 15. Tulane |
8-3 |
10 |
| 16. Long Beach State |
9-4 |
18 |
| 17. LSU |
10-1 |
19 |
| 18. N.C. State |
12-1 |
20 |
| 19. Stanford |
9-4 |
-- |
| 20. Missouri |
5-4 |
12 |
| 21. TCU |
6-4 |
21 |
| 22. Mississippi |
6-1 |
23 |
| 23. Nebraska |
5-2 |
25 |
| 24. Winthrop |
9-2 |
-- |
| 25. San Diego |
7-6 |
15 |
Yesterday
Arkansas St. 14, Mississippi 9
Auburn 8, Davidson 6
Florida St. 6, Florida 4
Tennessee 7, Lambuth 2
Virginia 11, George Washington 5
Wake Forest 18, Xavier 3
Wichita St. 12, Oklahoma 2
Oahu AJA
Monday
McCully 14, Pearl City 4
Sheridan 18, Ewa 7
Winning pitchers--McC: Aaron Kakumitsu. Sher: Kelton Otsuka.
Leading hitters--McC: Lane Nogawa, 4-5; Lenn Uyeda, solo HR. PC: Kyle Hirayama, 2-3; Jeff Iwata, 2-4; Kevin Fujioka, 2-run HR, 3 RBIs. Sher: Shay Hirota, 5-6, 2b, 4 RBIs; Jay Takamoto, 3-5; Chris Ching, 2-2; Reid Matsushima, 2-3, 2b, HR, 3 RBIs; Jared Kato, 2-4; Wade Taguchi, 2-4; Layne Ishigo, 2-5, 4 RBIs. Ewa: Rex Yamaguchi, 3-4, 2b; Ryan Tanabe, 2-4, 3b, 3 RBIs; Brad Taura, 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Diamond Head Tournament
Sunday
Pearl City 6, McKinley 2
Iolani 14, Leilehua 4
Punahou 4, Kalani 3
Campbell 9, Kaimuki 7
TENNIS
Mexican Open
At Acapulco, Mexico
Purse: Men, $690,000 (Intl. Gold); Women, $180,000 (Tier III)
Men's first round singles
Luis Horna, Peru, def. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.
Alberto Martin, Spain, def. Filippo Volandri (4), Italy, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.
Boris Pashanski, Serbia & Montenegro, def. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Juan Ignacio Chela (7), Argentina, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 3-0, retired.
Alessio di Mauro, Italy, def. Guillermo Coria (1), Argentina, 6-2, 6-4.
Agustin Calleri, Argentina, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-3, 6-3.
Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Jose Acasuso (5), Argentina, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, 6-2, 6-1.
Nicolas Massu (8), Chile, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-2, 7-5.
Women's first round singles
Anna Smashnova (7), Israel, def. Daniela Munoz Gallegos, Mexico, 6-1, 6-2.
Flavia Pennetta (1), Italy, def. Antonella Serra Zanetti, Italy, 6-4, 6-2.
Klara Koukalova (3), Czech Republic, def. Zsofia Gubacsi, Hungary, 6-3, 6-2.
Carla Tiene, Brazil, def. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-3, 6-0.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Hana Sromova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1.
Natalia Gussoni, Argentina, def. Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Emilie Loit, France, def. Gisela Dulko (4), Argentina, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, def. Mariana Diaz-Oliva, Argentina, 6-1, 6-0.
Laura Pous Tio, Spain, vs. Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Tathiana Garbin, Italy, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Tennis Channel Open
At Las Vegas
Purse: $355,000 (Intl. Series)
First round singles
Brian Vahaly, United States, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Nicolas Kiefer (2), Germany, def. Sargis Sargsian, Armenia, 6-3, 6-2.
Peter Luczak, Australia, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 6-4, 7-6 (0).
Vince Spadea, United States, def. Paul Capdeville, Chile, 6-3, 6-2.
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.
Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Kristian Pless, Denmark, 6-3, 6-3.
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Prakash Amritraj, India, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Paul Goldstein, United States, def. Robby Ginepri (4), United States, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.
Tommy Robredo (3), Spain, def. Andy Murray, Britain, 6-2, 6-2.
James Blake (5), United States, def. Paradorn Srichaphan, Thailand, 7-6 (3), 6-0.
Qatar Total Open
At Doha, Qatar
Purse: $600,000 (Tier II)
First round singles
Daniela Hantuchova (5), Slovakia, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-1.
Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Li Ting, China, 6-2, 6-4.
Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-4, 6-3.
Marion Bartoli, France, def. Neha Uberoi, United States, 6-0, 7-6 (5).
Maria Vento-Kabchi, Venezuela, def. Shikha Uberoi, India, 6-0, 6-1.
Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Selima Sfar, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-3.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-0, 6-1.
Second round singles
Julia Schruff, Germany, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3.
Dubai Championships
At Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Purse: $1 million (Intl. Gold)
First round singles
Marat Safin, Russia, def. Nikolay Davydenko (3), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Younes El Aynaoui, Morocco, def. Wesley Moodie, South Africa, 6-4, 6-4.
Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Dominik Hrbaty (6), Slovakia, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.
Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Giorgio Galimberti, Italy, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Radek Stepanek (7), Czech Republic, def. John van Lottum, Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Tomas Berdych (8), Czech Republic, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.
Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2.
ILH Varsity boys
Monday
Kamehameha 4, Mid-Pacific 1
Punahou 5, Iolani 0
Saint Louis 3, Hawaii Baptist 2
BASKETBALL
USA Today/ESPN College Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
| 1. Duke (27) |
27-1 |
771 |
1 |
| 2. Connecticut (1) |
25-2 |
732 |
4 |
| 3. Memphis (3) |
26-2 |
716 |
3 |
| 4. Villanova |
22-3 |
677 |
2 |
| 5. Gonzaga |
24-3 |
647 |
5 |
| 6. George Washington |
24-1 |
598 |
6 |
| 7. Texas |
24-4 |
595 |
7 |
| 8. Ohio State |
21-4 |
535 |
12 |
| 9. Pittsburgh |
21-4 |
527 |
10 |
| 10. Illinois |
23-5 |
493 |
8 |
| 11. Tennessee |
20-5 |
440 |
11 |
| 12. Boston College |
22-6 |
399 |
13 |
| 13. UCLA |
22-6 |
390 |
17 |
| 14. Florida |
22-6 |
311 |
9 |
| 15. North Carolina |
19-6 |
294 |
21 |
| 16. Washington |
22-5 |
291 |
19 |
| 17. Oklahoma |
19-6 |
289 |
20 |
| 18. West Virginia |
19-8 |
215 |
15 |
| 19. N.C. State |
21-7 |
206 |
14 |
| 20. Georgetown |
19-7 |
192 |
23 |
| 21. LSU |
20-7 |
189 |
24 |
| 22. Kansas |
20-7 |
174 |
18 |
| 23. Michigan State |
19-9 |
88 |
16 |
| 24. Iowa |
20-8 |
87 |
22 |
| 25. Wisconsin |
19-8 |
42 |
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Others receiving votes: Nevada 33; Bucknell 30; Marquette 23; UAB 19; Alabama 16; George Mason 13; Wichita State 9; Arkansas 8; Air Force 7; Colorado 5; San Diego State 5; North Carolina-Wilmington 3; California 2; Michigan 2; Hofstra 1; Western Kentucky 1.
Yesterday
EAST
Boston College 80, Wake Forest 65
Seton Hall 72, Cincinnati 62
SOUTH
LSU 64, South Carolina 61
MIDWEST
Illinois 71, Minnesota 65
Iowa St. 85, Missouri 78
Kent St. 78, Ohio 58
Saint Joseph's 68, Xavier 58
TOURNAMENT
Big South Conference
First round
Charleston Southern 97, Birm.-Southern 76
Coastal Carolina 78, N.C.-Asheville 62
High Point 87, Radford 84
Winthrop 93, Liberty 52
Horizon League
First round
Detroit 92, Cleveland St. 58
Ill.-Chicago 77, Wright St. 64
Loyola of Chicago 76, Youngstown St. 61
Ohio Valley Conference
First round
Jacksonville St. 86, E. Kentucky 59
Murray St. 65, Tenn.-Martin 52
Samford 78, Tennessee St. 67
Tennessee Tech 78, Austin Peay 74
College women
Yesterday's top 25 results
No. 15 DePaul 82, Syracuse 57
BOXING
Fight schedule
Friday
At Chumash Resort & Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Vic Darchinyan, Australia, vs. Diosdado Gabi, Philippines, 12, for Darchinyan's IBF flyweight title; Anthony Mora, Trenton, Colo., vs. Rustam Nugaev, Los Angeles, 10, lightweights.
Saturday
At M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England (SHO), Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg, Fla., vs. Joe Calzaghe, England, 12, for Lacy's IBF and IBO, and Calzaghe's WBO super middleweight titles.
At Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico (HBO), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Gianluca Branco, Italy, 12, for Cotto's WBO junior welterweight title; Daniel Jimenez, Dominican Republic, vs. Shamir Reyes, Brooklyn, N.Y., 10, featherweights.
