Oronoz puts Hawaii in final

Sheri Oronoz took care of the hitting and pitching yesterday. She only needed her Hawaii softball teammates to take care of the defense.

And the Wahine did, not committing an error in two victories at the Malihini Tournament at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

UH beat Loyola Marymount 6-2 behind Oronoz's performance, then drubbed New Mexico State 9-2 to head into the tournament championship with a 17-12 record.

Oronoz pitched all seven innings in the first game, giving up two runs on two hits and no walks. She also drove in half her team's runs with a home run to left center field in the second inning. She was 2-for-4.

The last four batters in Hawaii's order went 7-for-14.

Ordonoz went deep again in the second game, driving in three runs on a three-run homer in the final inning to support starting pitcher Melissa Coogan.

The Wahine continue the tournament today at noon against the winner between New Mexico State and Oregon State earlier.

Wahine drop home opener in water polo

The Hawaii women's water polo team dropped its home opener with an 8-5 loss to San Jose State last night at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.

No. 12 Hawaii (7-5, 1-2 MPSF) trailed the Spartans (10-4, 2-1) for most of the match and were down 6-2 by halftime.

Beth Novick and Chelsea Garner-Prohs scored early in the third period to pull the Wahine within two goals, but UH could get no closer. Novick led the Wahine with three goals.

Hawaii hosts Stanford today at 3 p.m.

Hawaii swimmers improve at NCAAs

The University of Hawaii swimming team has only one more day to earn NCAA qualifying marks.

No Hawaii swimmers qualified for the NCAA championships, but many of them recorded their best times of the season at the Short Course Senior Championships at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex yesterday.

Freshman Stephanie Regucera earned the fastest women's time in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 59.61 seconds and also improved her 50 yard freestyle time with a cut of 25 seconds flat.

The final day of the Short Course Senior Championships happen today at 10 a.m.

Coaches take on refs at Quarterback Club

Two coaches and one referee will speak at the Honolulu Quarterback Club tomorrow at noon.

George Lumpkin, associate head coach of the Hawaii football team, and Hawaii Pacific softball coach Howard Okita will be joined by Hawaii Officials Association president Hardy Spoehr.

The luncheon begins at 11:30 and the program starts at noon at the Pagoda Resaurant.

Late Santa Clara rally takes care of Vulcans

The Hawaii-Hilo baseball team took a 6-4 lead into the seventh inning before Santa Clara scored five runs for a 9-7 win at Hilo yesterday.

Keola Park was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Ryan Hanohano was 3-for-3 with an RBI.

Hilo and Santa Clara play two more today, starting at 10:30 a.m.