No. 3 BYUH edges
No. 1 HPU in tennis

Brigham Young-Hawaii showed Hawaii Pacific that collegiate tennis is indeed a team sport, sweeping the national No. 1 in doubles then beating them overall 5-4 at Kailua yesterday.

But it wasn't an upset, as the Seasiders came into the match ranked No. 3.

"Whether we are No. 1 and they are No. 3 -- or the other way around -- really doesn't make much difference," BYUH coach Dave Porter said. "I think it just tells us that both teams are very competitive and are in a group of a half dozen (championship caliber) teams."

HPU fell to 6-2 on the season, while BYUH stayed perfect at 6-0.

The Seasiders went into the singles competition with a 3-0 lead, thanks to a sweep of all three doubles matches. Paouda Ndiaye and Andrew Makarevich polished off the sweep with a 9-8 win over Stefan Pampulov and Blaz Jurjec after the Seasiders' other two teams won their matches 8-6 and 8-2.

But HPU's Jurjec, Jan Tribler and Matey Pampulov beat their opponents in straight sets to erase the advantage and leave it up to the Nos. 1, 5 and 6 players. Ndiaye beat Karl Sloss 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to push BYUH up by one, but Stefan Pampulov tied it again when he closed out Merc 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Jan Krejci gave the Seasiders the win with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win over HPU's Mikael Maata, which came just as Pampulov was walking off the court a winner.

HPU plays Chaminade at home Tuesday while BYUH is off unil taking on Chaminade Feb. 28 in Laie.

The teams play against each other again March 19 in Laie, their last meeting of the regular season.

Warriors drop to third in magazine poll

Pepperdine jumped past Hawaii in the latest Volleyball magazine poll, vaulting from third to the top spot. UCLA dropped from the top spot to second and Hawaii fell to third.

The Waves beat UC-Irvine over the weekend, while the Warriors were idle.

Kahoalii named player of the week

Hawaii-Hilo pitcher Kristine Kahoalii was selected the Pacific West Conference's Player of the Week for her performance in the Koolau Classic.

The junior pitcher was a perfect 3-0 with a pair of shutouts to lead the Vulcans to the tournament championship. She threw 21 innings and allowed only a single run on 15 hits. She struck out six and walked five.

Wahine golfers open season 16th

The Hawaii women's golf team finished 16th at the Lady Aztec Spring Invitational at the Lake San Marcos Country Club yesterday with a score of 677.

Colorado State took home the team title with a 308 score that gave them an 11-shot margin over Kent State. Hwanhee Lee of UNLV was the medalist with a 4-over-par 150.

Rene Krause shot the best two rounds for the Rainbow Wahine, shooting consistent 83s to tie for 41st.

Lee already ranked in collegiate wrestling

Travis Lee is ranked 13th in the nation after just 17 collegiate matches.

The St. Louis High School graduate, who won three state titles, is 14-3 for Cornell in the 125-pound weight class.