Just For Kicks
HAWAII'S collegiate soccer players continue to harvest postseason awards, led by seniors Katy Holland and Alicia Vegas. Top honors to
Holland and VegasHolland (Moanalua) has been named the co-women's soccer player of the year in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. She shares the honor with DePauw's Beth Walse.
Holland, a striker for Trinity University in San Antonio, also is on the all-SCAC first-team for the second consecutive season.
Vegas (Waimea) of Simpson College is the co-MVP of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, along with Luther's Jennifer Shinbori.
Vegas also was MVP in 1997 and a first-team all-conference pick four consecutive years.
Brian Ching (Kamehameha), a 6-foot junior striker for Gonzaga, is an All-West Coast Conference first-team member. He scored 13 goals and had seven assists for the 9-8-1 Bulldogs.
Gonzaga senior defender J.C. Fernandez (Maui), is an All-WCC second-team selection.
KJ Nishikawa (Iolani) has been named to the All-Big West Conference second team.
The 5-foot-6 junior midfielder scored once and assisted on two goals for the Pacific Tigers.
Nishikawa injured her right knee Oct. 17 in a match against Cal State Fullerton and will have surgery next month.
Named to the All-North Central Conference second team were senior striker Jackie Pang and junior defender Megan Inouye, both Mililani graduates. They were instrumental in Northern Colorado posting a 15-3-0 record, its all-time best.
Pang set the single-season record for assists (12) and holds the Bears' career marks for assists (28) and points (88).
Sophomore Jason Efhan (Kapaa) was named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference second team. He scored 12 goals and added four assists for Southern Colorado. The Thunderwolves (15-5-1) were league champions.
Freshman Mia Moe (Punahou), a Loyola Marymount midfielder, earned West Coast Conference honorable mention.
The United States Men's Under 17 National Team lost a heartbreaker to Australia, 7-6, on penalty kicks, after playing to a 2-2 tie in double overtime yesterday in a semifinal match of the FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.
"I believe in 10 or 11 years these kids and other players that we are still out there scouting are going to be challenging for a World Cup title when they are 28 or 29 years old," said head coach John Ellinger.
Also, the U.S. National Men's Team closed out its 1999 season on Nov. 17, the first under head coach Bruce Arena, with a 2-1 loss to Morocco.
Eric Wynalda, making his first appearance for the U.S. since the 1998 World Cup, scored his 33rd international goal, an American record.
Western Athletic Conference champion Southern Methodist lost to host and sixth-ranked Penn State, 5-0, in the third round of the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.
Hawaii Wahine head coach Pinsoom Tenzing is spending Thanksgiving in San Diego scouting potential recruits participating in the Surf Cup.
The first Army Christmas Indoor Soccer Tournament will be held at the Martinez Physical Fitness Center on Schofield Barracks, Dec. 20-29.
The event is open to active Army personnel, family members, DOD civilians, retirees, reservists, national guard and AAFEES employees.
The entry deadline is Dec. 8. For more information, contact Sherri Ward at 655-4804 or 696-9559.
