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POSTED: Thursday, November 06, 2008

Fukuroku, Mikula players of year

Hawaii senior Taryn Fukuroku and sophomore Nicole Mikula were named as the Western Athletic Conference offensive and defensive players of the year last night at the tournament banquet in Reno, Nev.

Fukuroku and Mikula, along with UH sophomore Mari Punzal, were named as first-team All-WAC players. Rainbow Wahine junior Ambree Ako was picked to the second team.

“;I'm surprised,”; UH coach Pinsoom Tenzing said. “;I'm excited for them. They all worked hard the entire season.”;

 

Sharks, CaneFires in rare 0-0 tie

Honolulu and West Oahu played to a scoreless tie in Hawaii Winter Baseball yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.

The game ended after nine innings when the coaching staffs mutually agreed that their pitching staffs, limited to strict pitch counts, could not handle the extra work.

Cyle Hankerd had a game-high three hits for the CaneFires (14-14). 'Iolani graduate Kala Ka'aihue had two of the four hits by the Sharks (14-14).

» North Shore punched out nine hits and erupted for six runs in the fourth inning en route to an 11-1 victory over Waikiki last night at Hans L'Orange Park.

Matt McBride led the way with three hits.

Jason Godin earned the win, scattering four hits in five innings.

 

San Diego takes Kauai golf tourney

San Diego captured the Kauai Collegiate Invitational golf tournament yesterday, finishing at 39-under 825 at Puakea Golf Course.

The Toreros finished 15 shots ahead of second-place UNC Wilmington.

Derek Wallace of UNC Wilmington took medalist honors after a 7-under 64 yesterday put him at 15-under 201. He finished one stroke ahead of San Diego's Jake Yount.

Hawaii finished in 12th place out of 14 teams at 6-over 870. UH was led by T.J. Kua, who tied for 15th place at 4-under 212.

 

Seasiders blank Antelopes in soccer

Ashley Hunter and Sarah Welty scored one goal each to lead Brigham Young-Hawaii to a 2-0 women's soccer victory over Grand Canyon yesterday at Laie.

Margaret Sekona and Natalie Cude had assists for the Seasiders (13-4, 9-2 PacWest).

BYUH clinched at least a tie for the conference title with the win.

The Antelopes dropped to 6-12-1 and 5-6.

» Grand Canyon defeated Brigham Young-Hawaii 2-0 in men's soccer on goals by Nick Sykes and Matheau Hall at Laie.

The Antelopes improved to 8-6-4 overall and 7-2-2 in the conference. The Seasiders dropped to 5-11-2 and 3-6-2.

» James Terry, Andre Whitt and Mike Decaires scored goals to give Hawaii Pacific a 3-1 men's soccer victory over Dixie State College of Utah yesterday at Kaneohe.

The win boosted the Sea Warriors' record to 10-5-2 overall and 8-2-1 in the PacWest. The Rebels dropped to 5-9-1 and 5-6-1.

» Erin Beeston scored in overtime to give Dixie State a 3-2 women's soccer win over Hawaii Pacific yesterday at Kaneohe.

Ashley Dolan and Caitlyn McNeely scored goals for the Sea Warriors (4-14, 2-9).

The Rebels improved to 13-6-1 and 10-2.

» Seven different players scored as Notre Dame de Namur routed Chaminade 7-0 in men's soccer yesterday in Honolulu.

The Argonauts improved to 13-3-3, and the Silverswords finished their season at 1-18-1.

» Sarah Biser scored four goals to lead the Notre Dame de Namur women's team to a 6-2 victory over Chaminade yesterday in Honolulu.

Jamie Lindstrom scored both goals for the Silverswords, who finished their season at 1-15.

The Argonauts improved to 10-9.