WAHINE PLAYBOOK
vs. Hawaii Pacific Sea Warriors
Kickoff: Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
Coaches: Hawaii, Pinsoom Tenzing, 7th season (46-71-9, .401); Hawaii Pacific, Mark Kane, 6th season (28-42-3, .404).
Season records: Hawaii (4-12-3 overall); Hawaii Pacific, (10-5-0 overall).
Series record: Hawaii leads the series, 6-0.
Match keys: This is the season finale for both teams. Because of this and the fact these are the only women's collegiate teams in the state, there has never been a lack of spirited play in the previous six meetings ... "For us, the key is to not take them lightly. They have the best personnel they have ever had," said Tenzing ... The Sea Warriors have found the back of the net consistently this season. Kane knows he has players who can finish, but a key will be to create scoring opportunities. "We've got to stop what they do. They have a lot of speed up the sides and we have to neutralize that," Kane said.
Top players: Hawaii, Jennifer Starsiak, junior striker (3 goals, 2 assists), Megan Lytle, senior midfielder (1 goal, 3 assists), Camille Kalama, senior midfielder (2 goals), Malia Beter, senior midfielder (2 goals ) and Demarre Sanchez, senior goalkeeper (89 saves, 1.66 goals allowed average) ... Hawaii Pacific, Jannicke Snildal, senior midfielder/striker (9 goals, 1 assist), Liane Watanabe, junior midfielder (4 goals, 9 assists), Taryn Geolina, junior striker (4 goals, 2 assists), Hanna Olofsson junior midfielder (3 goals, 3 assists) and Yonie Espiritu, junior goalkeeper (0.81 goal allowed average, 20th best in NCAA Division II).
Interesting facts: Hawaii will be without striker Veronica Flores (red card in Southern Methodist match) and midfielder Tiffany Makue (fifth yellow card of the season in SMU match) ... There are six Wahine redshirts. They are strikers Wendi Young (Hawaii Baptist Academy), Pam Fong (Pearl City H.S.) and Melina Juan (Ball State); midfielders Tia Medeiros (Baldwin H.S.), and Hurry Insalangthy (Kahuku H.S.), and defender Jamie Morgan (Mililani H.S.) ... Hawaii Pacific has been involved in three overtime matches in 2000 and won them all ... Liane Watanabe, who set an HPU single-season record for assists with nine, transferred from UH after two seasons in Manoa ... Three of the last four matches have been 1-0 UH victories ... The Sea Warriors have set records this season for most victories (10) and most goals (33).
On the air: Live on KFVE-TV (Channel 5).
Tickets: No admission or parking charge.
Al Chase, Star-Bulletin
