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Notebook
Thursday, February 10, 2000
BYU-Hawaii senior swingman David Evans, the leading scorer in NCAA Division II men's basketball, was honored as the sportsman of the month for January by The Honolulu Quarterback Club this past Monday at the Pagoda Restaurant. Evans averaged 32 points per game for the month, while pouring in a high of 48 in a game against conference foe Montana State-Billings. On the season, Evans is leading all Division II scorers with an average of 29.6 points per contest. SMALL COLLEGE NOTEBOOK
BASKETBALL
Evans gets QB Club honor
BYU-Hawaii (14-5 overall, 7-1 Pacific West) and Hawaii Pacific (9-11, 3-5) open a key home-and-home series tonight at Blaisdell Arena. The second game is Saturday night at Cannon Activities Center in Laie. The Sea Warriors won the first and only matchup between the two teams earlier this season, defeating the Seasiders 80-71 to capture the Pacific West Hawaii Tournament championship for the second straight year.
Hawaii's other two PacWest teams will be facing each other Saturday night in Hilo. Chaminade (12-10, 6-4) and UH Hilo (11-11, 5-5) meet at 7:15 p.m. at Afook-Chinen Civic.
Both teams are seeking to get back on the winning track, each having dropped their last two games within the conference during the crucial second half of the PacWest schedule. The Silverswords are currently sitting in third place in the Pacific Division of the PacWest Conference, while the Vulcans are fourth.
Recent PacWest Player of the Week honoree Stanley Martin of the Silverswords is 38th amongst all NCAA Division II scorers with a 19.7 points per game average.
The baseball season is just getting under way for two teams. BASEBALL
Good start for Vulcans
The UH-Hilo Vulcans (7-8), who joined the University of Hawaii Rainbows in the Western Athletic Conference this season, are already seeing good results on the mound. Two of the Vulcans' starting pitchers, senior left-hander Thomas Ford and senior right-hander Kaholo Rickard, have opened the year 2-0.
Ford was named WAC Pitcher of the Week for his two-hit shutout against the Tennessee Volunteers this past Sunday. With the dominating win, Ford lowered his ERA to 1.59, while Rickard's ERA - 0.00 - is as good as it gets.
The Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific University (7-6) wrapped up their series with Western Oregon University on Tuesday night, winning six out of eight games against the Wolves (2-6). The final game of the series ended in dramatic fashion, as the Sea Warriors battled back from a 4-3 deficit with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning, to eventually win the game.
With the Sea Warriors down to their final strike in the 10th with runners on first and second, shortstop Bryce Uegawachi fought off five pitches before depositing a 2-2 fastball into right field to score the game-tying run. Right fielder Scott Suraci then followed with a seeing-eye single up the middle to drive in the game winning run.
Giving the Sea Warriors the opportunity to rally back for the win, junior right-hander Eli Lloyd turned in a dominating performance, pitching all 10 innings, striking out 8, while only allowing two earned runs.
In a major accomplishment for small-college athletics, Petra Gaspar of BYU-Hawaii reached the semifinals of the prestigious NCAA Division I Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships last week. Gaspar won the Rolex ITA Small College Superbowl of Tennis prior to the Rolex National, receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA event and becoming the lone small-college competitor in the Division I field. TENNIS
A big step for Seasiders' Gaspar
Not only did Gaspar play well against the Division I competition, she advanced further than any other small college competitor in the history of the tournament. In the semifinals, Gaspar lost to eventual champion Laura Granville 6-4, 6-4, giving Granville her toughest match of the tournament.
Granville is considered by many to be the best collegiate women's tennis player at the moment as she is coming off back-to-back U.S. Juniors titles.
By Brandon Lee, Special to the Star-Bulletin