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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, May 15, 2000

HPU men bow
in tennis final

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hawaii Pacific's title bid in the NCAA Division II men's tennis tournament ended with a 5-2 loss to Lander (S.C.), which won its eighth consecutive national championship by snapping the Sea Warriors' winning streak at 20.

The runner-up finish was the best ever for the Hawaii Pacific in tennis.

A 9-8 setback for HPU's Erik Sandblom and Stefan Pampulov in the No. 1 doubles match, which went to an 11-9 tiebreaker, was pivotal for the Senators.

Sandblom bounced back with a 6-2, 6-1 singles victory over Evgeni Mikheev, tying the score at 2-2. But Lander won the next three singles matches to clinch the title.

In today's women's final, defending champion BYU-Hawaii took on Lynn (Fla.). BYUH trimmed Rollins (Fla.), 5-0, in Saturday's semifinals for its 66th straight victory and a 29-0 record this season.

Dailey leads polo team

Mike Dailey scored three goals to lead Hawaii Polo Inn past Los Lobos, 6-3, in yesterday's season opener for the Honolulu Polo Club at Waimanalo.

Garcia stays in surf chase

Hawaii's Sunny Garcia, gunning for a third consecutive victory on the Association of Surfing Professionals world tour, advanced to today's third round of the Gotcha Pro Tahiti by besting Shane Wehner of Australia in an elimination heat yesterday at Teahupoo.

In Round 3, Garcia, the World Championship Tour points leader, joined isle surfers Andy Irons, Conan Hayes, Shane Dorian and Shawn Sutton, all of whom had advanced earlier.

Parrish Army 'gold glover'

Moanalua grad Melissa Parrish, a sophomore at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., was honored as the outstanding defensive player for the Army softball team, which won the Patriot League title and a berth in the NCAA Division I tournament.

Parrish, the Cadets' leadoff hitter and left fielder, did not commit an error all season.

Stabb wins Faerber run

Eric Stabb won yesterday's 20th Johnny Faerber All-Men's 10K run, finishing the 6.2-mile race in 32 minutes, 26 seconds.

Stabb pulled away from Jonathan Lyau midway through the course that started and finished at Kapiolani Park. Lyau finished in 33:05.

Michael Georgi won the masters (40-over) division in 36:16, seventh overall. Some 156 runners competed in the event named for longtime University of Hawaii women's cross country coach.

Crawford does well

Former University of Hawaii volleyball player Therese Crawford put down 13 kills and had 16 digs to help the United State Professional Volleyball League Stars defeat Japan's Pioneer Team, 30-18, 30-25, 30-21, 30-18 Saturday for the championship of the inaugural Millennium Cup in Chicago.

The USPV will debut next January with up to 10 teams throughout the Midwest.