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MMA's Inoue returns to ring
Former Super Brawl (Icon Sport) middleweight champion Egan Inoue will return to the ring after a four-and-a half-year absence from the sport of mixed martial arts.
Inoue signed an exclusive Hawaii contract with X-1 World Events and will headline its May 16 show entitled Legends at Blaisdell Arena.
The card will also feature Niko Vitale, Ray Cooper and Marcelo Tigre.
"I just want to see where I am at," the 42-year-old Inoue said. "I want to end my career on my own terms with a win."
Inoue hasn't fought since September 2003 when he lost to Jason "Mayhem" Miller after suffering an injury to his ribs during the fight.
UH fourth at golf tournament
Hawaii enters today's final round of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in fourth place with an overall score of 29-over-par 605.
UH's Lisa Kajihara shot a 70 yesterday at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course to move into sixth place in the individual standings at 147. Carolina Perez (75-75-150) is 11th.
Oklahoma State and Arizona are tied for the tournament lead at 11-over-par 587. Arizona State is third at 18 over, followed by UH. Hawaii-Hilo is 15th at 660.
UH falls to Tennessee in tennis
No. 20 Tennessee left the Hawaii women's tennis team (0-12) still searching for its first dual match win of the season, defeating the Rainbow Wahine 7-0 yesterday at the UH Tennis Complex.
In a matchup of nationally ranked players, UH's Sophie Kobuch (No. 88) took Caitlin Whoriskey (No. 71) to a tiebreaker before losing 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (5).
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BYU-Hawaii keeps rolling in tennis
NCAA Division II top-ranked Brigham-Young Hawaii swept William Jewell College 9-0 yesterday in Laie for the Seasiders' 72nd straight win.
BYUH's Maggie Deng, Jenny Chin and Ayako Ikeda won their singles matches by 6-0, 6-0 scores and the Seasiders improved to 12-0.
The No. 25 BYUH men's team (3-1) also defeated William Jewell 9-0.