Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, May 14, 1999

Wahine take two in
WAC tourney

Hawaii won both of its games on the opening day of the Western Athletic Conference softball tournament at Fresno Calif., yesterday.

Freshman Jennifer Tandarich's game-winning single lifted the Wahine over Nevada-Las Vegas, 4-3, to start the day.

Sophomore Janelle Gonzales then tossed a six-hitter in beating the No. 20-ranked New Mexico Lobos, 3-2.

The Wahine advanced to a winner's bracket game today in the double-elimination tournament. The tourney champion gets an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

National honors for BYUH tennis

Brigham Young University-Hawaii women's tennis coach David Porter was named the NCAA Division II National Women's Coach of the Year yesterday.

Petra Gaspar, a freshman on the BYUH women's team, was named NCAA Division II National Rookie of the Year.

On the men's team, Wei-Yu Su was named NCAA Division II National Senior Player of the Year.

On the court, the top-seeded Seasider women opened play in the NCAA II tournament with a 5-0 victory over Central Oklahoma at Pensacola, Fla.

Hawaii Pacific's men beat Bloomsburg, 5-1, in the NCAA Division II round of 16.

HPU puts three on All-West team

Three players from Pacific West Conference softball champion Hawaii Pacific were named to the NCAA Division II All-West Region first team yesterday.

Freshman pitcher Jennifer Monzon, senior second baseman Jarnett Lono and junior outfielder Lyrissa Sagawa made the 14-player first team.

Hawaii-Hilo had two first-team selections, junior catcher Melanie Hipwell and senior shortstop Kristy Odamura.

Monzon was 21-1 with a 0.41 earned-run average for the Sea Warriors. Lono batted .393 and scored a team-high 37 runs. Sagawa batted .472.

Monzon, Lono, Sagawa, Hipwell, Odamura and HPU pitcher Susie Schoales also were named to the Pac-West's All-Conference team.