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VOLLEYBALL

Ann Kang Varsity Girls Invitational: Qualification round, Upper court: Redondo vs. Waianae, 10 a.m.; Punahou vs. Hawaii Baptist, 10:50 a.m.; Punahou vs. Redondo, 11:40 a.m.; Marlborough vs. Waianae, 12:30 p.m.; Brentwood vs. Moanalua, 2 p.m.; Oxnard vs. Brentwood, 2:50 p.m.; Oxnard vs. Kamehameha, 3:40 p.m.; Iolani B vs. Moanalua, 4:30 p.m.; Iolani B vs. Oxnard, 5:20 p.m.; Kamehameha vs. Brentwood, 6:10 p.m. Lower court: Kamehameha vs. Iolani B, 10 a.m.; Moanalua vs. Oxnard, 10:50 a.m.; Moanalua vs. Kamehameha, 11:40 a.m.; Brentwood vs. Iolani B, 12:30 p.m.; Marlborough vs. Punahou, 2 p.m.; Hawaii Baptist vs. Marlborough, 2:50 p.m.; Hawaii Baptist vs. Redondo, 3:40 p.m.; Waianae vs. Punahou, 4:30 p.m.; Waianae vs. Hawaii Baptist, 5:20 p.m.; Redondo vs. Marlborough, 6:10 p.m., all games at Iolani H.S. gym.

Tomorrow

BASKETBALL

Collegiate Summer League: Electricians Hawaii vs. Great Harvest, 6 p.m.; Tusker vs. Central Medical, 7:30 p.m., Manoa Recreation Center gym.

VOLLEYBALL

Ann Kang Varsity Girls Invitational: Qualification round, Upper court: Iolani A vs. Molokai, 10 a.m.; La Canada vs. Kapolei, 10:50 a.m.; La Canada vs. Iolani A, 11:40 a.m.; Dana Hills vs. Molokai, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Barbara vs. Capistrano Valley, 2 p.m.; Kauai vs. Santa Barbara, 2:50 p.m.; Kauai vs. Corona Del Mar, 3:40 p.m.; Sacred Hearts vs. Capistrano Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Sacred Hearts vs. Kauai, 5:20 p.m.; Corona Del Mar vs. Santa Barbara, 6:10 p.m. Lower court: Corona Del Mar vs. Sacred Hearts, 10 a.m.; Capistrano Valley vs. Kauai, 10:50 a.m.; Capistrano Valley vs. Corona Del Mar, 11:40 a.m.; Santa Barbara vs. Sacred Hearts, 12:30 p.m.; Dana Hills vs. La Canada, 2 p.m.; Kapolei vs. Dana Hills, 2:50 p.m.; Kapolei vs. Iolani A, 3:40 p.m.; Molokai vs. La Canada, 4:30 p.m.; Molokai vs. Kapolei, 5:20 p.m.; Iolani A vs. Dana Hills, 6:10 p.m., all games at Iolani H.S. gym.

BASEBALL

Little League World Series

Junior League (Ages 13-14)

At Taylor, Mich.

Pearl City 3, Middletown, N.J., 2

Pearl City	001	200	0	--	3	6	2
New Jersey	020	000	0	--	2	2	0

Chace Numata, Sumi Pruett (7) and Isaac Shim; Joe Kissinger, Jake Afay and Brandon Borrius. W--Numata. L--Kissinger.

Leading hitters--PC: Chace Numata, 2-4; Chevas Numata, 2-4. NJ: Chris Pattwell, 2B, RBI.

Senior League (ages 14-16)

At Bangor, Maine

Hilo 6, Canada 5

Hilo	100	000	5	--	6	10	4
Canada	041	000	0	--	5	5	0

Jeremy Crivello, Blake Amaral (5), Keaka Blaine Pilayo (7) and Kolten Wong; Charley Clark, Chris Brien (7), Hayden MacDonald (7) and Curtis Davis. W--Pilayo.

Leading hitters--Hilo: K. Wong, 2-3, 2 2bs; K.B. Pilayo, 2b, 3 RBIs; J. Crivello, 2-4.

TENNIS

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters

At Mason, Ohio
Purse: $2.45 million (Masters)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
First round singles

Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 6-3, 6-3.
Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.
Arnaud Clement, France, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 6-2.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-6 (7).
Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Andy Murray (14), Britain, 6-1, 6-2.
Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Guillermo Canas (15), Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.
James Blake (9), United States, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Second round singles

Andy Roddick (3), United States, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Tommy Robredo (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-1.

VOLLEYBALL

CSTV/AVCA Division I Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll

First-place votes in parentheses
Listed with 2006 final record and ranking

School	Pts.	Rec	LY
1. Nebraska (53)	1,491	33-1	1
2. Stanford (7)	1,443	30-4	2
3. Penn State	1,350	32-3	5
4. Texas	1,269	24-7	7
5. UCLA	1,214	33-4	3
6. USC	1,197	27-5	8
7. Florida	1,131	30-3	10
8. Washington	1,088	29-5	4
9. Minnesota	1,032	26-8	6
10. Hawaii	982	29-6	9
11. Wisconsin	924	26-7	11
12. California	746	22-10	13
13. Purdue	658	23-11	18
14. Cal Poly SLO	636	23-6	17
15. San Diego	614	26-6	14
16. Ohio State	586	25-8	16
17. BYU	375	25-6	20
18. Duke	284	29-4	22
19. Long Beach St.	268	26-6	NR
20. Missouri	253	18-13	21
21. Utah	231	28-4	15
22. Oklahoma	205	26-5	12
23. LSU	200	26-6	19
24. Santa Clara	194	20-8	NR
25. Ohio	178	28-5	25

Also receiving votes: Louisville 157; Pepperdine 126; New Mexico State 104; Notre Dame 86; Colorado State 76; Colorado 63; Arizona 44; Iowa State 39; Michigan 31; Northern Iowa 29; Texas A&M 29; Kentucky 24; St. John's 24; Alabama 22; Michigan State 22; UC Santa Barbara 12; Wichita State 11; Tennessee 10; Middle Tennessee 9; Sacramento State 5; Georgia Tech 3; Oregon 3.

CSTV/AVCA Division II Coaches 2007 Preseason Top 25 Poll

First-place votes in parentheses
Listed with 2006 final record and ranking

School	Pts.	Rec	LY
1. Tampa (29)	881	35-1	1
2 Minnesota Duluth (3)	861	31-4	2
3 CSU San Bernardino (3)	779	27-2	7
4 UC San Diego	739	26-3	5
5. Florida Southern (1)	728	31-5	9
6. Concordia-St. Paul	690	36-3	4
7. Truman	649	36-2	6
8. Ashland	626	23-10	10
9. North Alabama	591	34-6	3
10. Hillsdale	514	29-2	12
11. Grand Valley State	503	27-4	13
12. Central Missouri	492	29-7	17
13. Chico State	468	21-6	16
14. West Texas A&M	449	34-4	11
15. SIU Edwardsville	409	29-6	14
16. Washburn	369	27-9	23
17. CSU Los Angeles	312	18-9	19
18. Nebraska-Omaha	296	21-7	22
19. BYU-Hawai'i	272	20-1	15
20. Seattle Pacific	261	24-3	18
21. Wayne State (Neb.)	160	30-8	20
22. Rockhurst	145	26-5	NR
23. Western Washington	124	18-7	NR
24. Lock Haven	80	32-6	21
25. Southwest Minnesota State	67	27-9	25

Others receiving votes: Nebraska-Kearney 58; Dowling 38; Abilene Christian 29; Pittsburg State 19; Central Washington 17; Findlay 14; Augustana (SD) 7; Lewis 6; Mesa State 6; Bentley 5.

GOLF

World rankings

Through August 12

1. Tiger Woods	USA	22.10
2. Jim Furyk	USA	8.69
3. Phil Mickelson	USA	8.44
4. Ernie Els	SAf	7.67
5. Adam Scott	Aus	6.48
6. Padraig Harrington	Irl	6.23
7. Vijay Singh	Fij	5.88
8. Sergio Garcia	Spn	5.53
9. Geoff Ogilvy	Aus	5.49
10. Henrik Stenson	Swe	5.30
11. Luke Donald	Eng	5.10
12. Choi Kyung-Ju	Kor	5.09
13. Rory Sabbatini	SAf	4.96
14. Steve Stricker	USA	4.83
15. Justin Rose	Eng	4.75
16. Zach Johnson	USA	4.49
17. Retief Goosen	SAf	4.47
18. Trevor Immelman	SAf	4.24
19. Angel Cabrera	Arg	4.16
20. Paul Casey	Eng	4.07
21. Niclas Fasth	Swe	3.91
22. Stewart Cink	USA	3.84
23. Scott Verplank	USA	3.55
24. David Toms	USA	3.54
25. Stuart Appleby	Aus	3.21
26. Nick O'Hern	Aus	3.18
27. Andres Romero	Arg	3.11
28. Charles Howell III	USA	3.10
29. Arron Oberholser	USA	3.10
30. Richard Green	Aus	3.04
31. Aaron Baddeley	Aus	3.04
32. Ian Poulter	Eng	2.89
33. Brett Wetterich	USA	2.83
34. Woody Austin	USA	2.81
35. Robert Allenby	Aus	2.77
36. Stephen Ames	Can	2.77
37. Richard Sterne	SAf	2.72
38. Rod Pampling	Aus	2.71
39. Tim Clark	SAf	2.68
40. Anders Hansen	Den	2.67
41. Boo Weekley	USA	2.66
42. Colin Montgomerie	Sco	2.63
43. Davis Love III	USA	2.56
44. Jose Maria Olazabal	Spn	2.53
45. Robert Karlsson	Swe	2.52
46. Mike Weir	Can	2.50
47. John Senden	Aus	2.39
48. Carl Pettersson	Swe	2.37
49. Hunter Mahan	USA	2.34
50. Chris DiMarco	USA	2.33

Champions Tour earnings

Through August 5

1. Jay Haas	19	$2,104,158
2. Brad Bryant	17	$1,635,853
3. Loren Roberts	16	$1,449,232
4. R.W. Eaks	17	$1,062,805
5. Tom Purtzer	18	$1,030,035
6. D.A. Weibring	18	$987,777
7. Denis Watson	16	$979,043
8. Tom Kite	19	$918,584
9. Hale Irwin	15	$901,051
10. Eduardo Romero	13	$882,647
11. Tom Watson	8	$862,965
12. Keith Fergus	17	$724,501
13. Mark O'Meara	10	$707,799
14. Lonnie Nielsen	18	$680,859
15. Ben Crenshaw	14	$667,683
16. Scott Hoch	15	$652,457
17. Andy Bean	19	$606,072
18. Mark James	13	$598,520
19. Bobby Wadkins	18	$592,154
20. David Eger	18	$585,590
21. Joe Ozaki	12	$563,576
22. Gil Morgan	18	$530,771
23. Bob Gilder	20	$523,534
24. Jim Thorpe	19	$502,558
25. Tom Jenkins	19	$428,922
26. Morris Hatalsky	19	$428,816
27. Allen Doyle	15	$417,554
28. David Edwards	19	$411,852
29. Wayne Levi	16	$408,945
30. Fred Funk	4	$395,950

BASKETBALL

WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	Pct	GB
y-Detroit	24	8	.750	--
x-Indiana	19	12	.613	4 1/2
x-Connecticut	17	14	.548	6 1/2
Washington	15	17	.469	9
New York	13	18	.419	10 1/2
Chicago	13	19	.406	11
WESTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	Pct	GB
x-Phoenix	21	11	.656	--
x-San Antonio	20	11	.645	1/2
x-Sacramento	18	13	.581	2 1/2
x-Seattle	16	17	.485	5 1/2
Houston	12	20	.375	9
Los Angeles	10	22	.313	11
Minnesota	8	24	.250	13

x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched conference

Yesterday

Washington 65, Connecticut 64
Houston 81, Detroit 73
Chicago 77, New York 65
Seattle 81, Minnesota 67
San Antonio 84, Los Angeles 77, OT

Today (All times Hawaii time)

Connecticut at Indiana, 1 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 4 p.m.

GLANTZ-CULVER LINES

Major League Baseball

National League
FAVORITE	LINE	UNDERDOG	LINE
at Florida	-120	Arizona	+110
New York	-150	at Pittsburgh	+140
Philadelphia	-115	at Washington	+105
at Atlanta	-250	San Francisco	+220
at Chicago	-185	Cincinnati	+175
at Milwaukee	-155	St. Louis	+145
at San Diego	-190	Colorado	+180
at Los Angeles	-185	Houston	+175
American League
at New York	-140	Baltimore	+130
at Cleveland	-185	Detroit	+175
at Boston	-280	Tampa Bay	+240
at Toronto	-125	Los Angeles	+115
at Texas	-110	Kansas City	+100
at Oakland	-115	Chicago	+105
at Seattle	-135	Minnesota	+125

NFL preseason

Thursday
FAVORITE	OPEN	TODAY	OU	UNDERDOG
at Kansas City	3	3	(34 1/2)	Miami
Friday
at Philadelphia	3	3	(35)	Carolina
at Buffalo	2 1/2	3	(34)	Atlanta
at New England	5 1/2	5 1/2	(35)	Tennessee
at N.Y. Jets	3	4	(35)	Minnesota
Saturday
at Arizona	3	3	(35 1/2)	Houston
at Cleveland	3	2 1/2	(35 1/2)	Detroit
at Cincinnati	3 1/2	3	(38)	New Orleans
at Jacksonville	3 1/2	4	(33 1/2)	Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh	1 1/2	2	(33 1/2)	at Wash.
at St. Louis	1	1	(38)	San Diego
at Dallas	5 1/2	5	(35 1/2)	Denver
at Green Bay	1 1/2	1	(35 1/2)	Seattle
at San Francisco	4	3 1/2	(36 1/2)	Oakland
Sunday
at Baltimore	4	4	(33 1/2)	N.Y. Giants
Monday
at Indianapolis	2 1/2	2	(35 1/2)	Chicago

TRANSACTIONS

Baseball

American League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Acquired INF Jack Hannahan from Detroit for OF Jason Perry. Purchased the contract of Hannahan from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned INF J.J. Furmaniak to Sacramento.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS--Purchased the contract of LHP Carmen Pignatiello from Iowa (PCL). Recalled INF-OF Jake Fox from Iowa. Optioned RHP Sean Gallagher and INF Eric Patterson to Iowa. Transferred C Henry Blanco from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

CINCINNATI REDS--Placed C David Ross on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Ryan Jorgensen from Louisville (IL). Assigned INF Mark Bellhorn outright to Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES--Activated LHP Brian Fuentes from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Tim Harikkala for assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Placed 3B Nomar Garciaparra on 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Eric Hull from Las Vegas (PCL).

NEW YORK METS--Activated OF Marlon Anderson from the bereavement list. Optioned INF-OF David Newhan to New Orleans (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Designated RHP Masumi Kuwata for assignment. Placed C-OF Ryan Doumit on the 15-day DL. Transferred LHP Zach Duke from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Purchased the contracts of INF Matt Kata and C Carlos Maldonado from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES--Activated RHP Doug Brocail from the bereavement list. Optioned RHP Mike Thompson to Portland (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Activated RHP Shawn Hill from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Billy Traber to Columbus (IL). Agreed to terms with LHP Josh Smoker and assigned him to the Nationals (GCL).