Hawaii track team
opens tomorrowThe Hawaii track and field team opens tomorrow in the University of Washington Invitational in Seattle.
Aside from UH and Washington, competing teams are Oregon, UNLV, Sacramento State, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, UC Davis, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, Occidental, Western Oregon, Portland and Seattle Pacific.
Rainbow Wahine head coach Carmyn James leads six athletes --runners Carolyn Berger, Natalie Kolodziej, Casey McGuire-Turcotte, Diane Kohara, Cheryl Smith and Alethe West -- into the competition.
Wallace to speak at booster meeting
Hawaii basketball coach Riley Wallace is the featured speaker at Tuesday's monthly booster club luncheon and meeting at the Pagoda Restaurant.The event, which begins at noon, is open to the public. The cost is $15, which includes lunch.
Reservations are required for those who plan on eating lunch. For information, contact the basketball office at 956-6501.
Brigham Young-Hawaii splits with Augustana
Brigham Young-Hawaii defeated Augustana 1-0 in the first game of a softball doubleheader split yesterday in Laie.Tracy Bonomi pitched a two-hitter for the Seasiders, who got their only run when Alisha Durrette doubled in the third and scored on an error.
Augustana (4-2) won the second game 5-1.
Heather Murray had a hit and an RBI for BYUH in the second game.
UH softball tickets are on sale
Tickets for the Hawaii softball team's games are on sale at the UH ticket office.Prices are $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and $1 for students.
The Rainbow Wahine open Thursday against Texas-Arlington in the opener of the Chevron Paradise Classic. Long Beach State and Mercer are also visiting for the tournament.
Hawaii Pacific wins and loses by 7-3 scores
Hawaii Pacific split a doubleheader with Cal State Stanislaus yesterday in two 7-3 games.Tascha Berinobis belted a home run and Kristin Fujii had two hits in HPU's first-game win.
Fujii and Milonne Chapman swatted doubles for HPU in the second game.
Top performers
Igor Beljanski, Chaminade basketball: The Silverswords' 6-foot-7 senior center scored 54 points and grabbed 22 rebounds as Chaminade went 2-1 in concluding its final three conference road games of the season.Scott Salisbury, Brigham Young-Hawaii basketball: The Seasiders' 6-8 junior center continues to stake his claim as the PacWest's best big man. Salisbury grabbed his conference-leading 10th double-double in a win over Hawaii Pacific a week ago.
Jonathan Torres, Hawaii-Pacific baseball: The junior infielder from Kailua has been a force at the plate in his first season with the Sea Warriors. In five games against Arkansas Tech through Wednesday -- all HPU wins -- Torres collected eight hits in 18 at-bats, with a home run, three doubles and 13 runs batted in.