Aaron Lum drove in three runs with a third-inning single and seventh-inning homer, leading the Hawaii Pacific baseball team to a 5-2 victory over Pacific Lutheran last night at Hans L'Orange Park in Waipahu. Lum leads way for
Sea Warriors in baseballGreg Tsugawa improved his pitching record to 2-0 with relief help from Kaina McCallum in seventh inning as the Sea Warriors (11-9) won the rubber game of the three-game series.
WAHINE SOFTBALL NO. 11: The University of Hawaii women's softball team dropped three games last week, leading to a drop in this week's national coaches poll.
The Wahine (30-6) fell from a school-best seventh to 11th. Arizona State was the uanimous choice in the top spot, followed by Michigan, Washington and Fresno State.
Hawaii continues its 12-day road trip tomorrow and Saturday with WAC doubleheaders at Fresno State. The Wahine were to have played at St. Mary's today but the game was postponed indefinitely due to bad weather.
UH WATER POLO TEAM LOSES: At San Pablo, Calif., fourth-ranked California edged No. 3 Hawaii, 8-7, in a women's water polo game yesterday.
Cal won it on a goal with 51 seconds left by Colette Glinkowski.
Cal led, 7-5, before Hawaii came back to knot it in the fourth quarter on goals by Karin Umemura and Marie-Luc Arpin. Luc-Arpin finished with four goals and Vanessa Wasik two.
Hawaii fell to 12-4. Cal improved to 15-3.
HPU WINS TWO: At San Francisco, the third-ranked Hawaii Pacific softball team swept a doubleheader from San Francisco State, 5-0 and 18-2, yesterday at Stephenson Field.
Susie Schoales pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out seven, and Samee Fernandez drove in two runs in the opener. In the second game, Ilima Guerrero brought in four runs with a double and a homer and Fernandez drove in a pair on two doubles.
HPU upped its record to 21-10. The Gators slipped to 6-14.
UH GOLFERS FAR BACK: Tulsa held a one-stroke edge over Louisiana State and Arizona State was just two back after yesterday's second round of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Rainbow women's golf tournament at the Kaneohe Klipper Course.
The University of Hawaii Wahine were tied for 15th with Oklahoma, 55 shots off Tulsa's team pace of 596.
Ashley Winn of LSU led the individual scorers with a 6-under aggregate of 138 after shooting a 2-under 70 yesterday. Christina Kuld of Tulsa also shot 70 and was two strokes behind Winn.
Desiree Ting was the low scorer for the Wahine at 161 after an 81.