Hula Bowl CEO takes leave
to join Lingle’s campaign
Hula Bowl Maui CEO Lenny Klompus temporarily left that position in order to serve on Linda Lingle's gubernatorial campaign team yesterday.Klompus will serve as communications director for Lingle until after the campaign, when he and his wife, Marcia, will go back to running Hula Bowl Maui.
Klompus will oversee all communications aspects of the campaign, including local and national media relations, research and the organization's Web site.
Porter gets second player of the week
Hawaii sophomore Stacey Porter was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week yesterday after helping the Wahine to a 5-1 record last week.The first baseman hit .556 with eight RBIs and also became Hawaii's single-season home run leader.
This is the second player of the week honor for Porter.
Hawaii pitcher Melissa Coogan was nominated for pitcher of the week honors, but lost out to Louisiana Tech's Sabra Warner.
Warriors fall to sixth in tennis tournament
The Hawaii men's tennis team lost 4-1 to Denver in the fifth-place game of the UCI Anteater Classic yesterday at Irvine, Calif.Jorge Gonzalez was the only Warrior to win his match, beating Trevor Young 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the five spot.
After four of Hawaii's top-five players lost to clinch it for Denver, both teams decided to abandon Jay Patel's singles match and did not play the three scheduled doubles matches.
Hawaii stuck in fourth in latest volleyball poll
The Hawaii men's volleyball team was still rated fourth in Volleyball magazine's 13th poll of the year, released yesterday.Pepperdine (21-4) overtook UCLA (23-4) for the top spot, while BYU (19-5) stayed one spot ahead of Hawaii.
The Waves swept the Bruins Saturday night to get the No. 1 position, but UCLA was without two starters because of injury.
The Warriors (17-6) host the Bruins on Friday and Saturday.
Seasiders upend Troy State in tennis
The Brigham Young-Hawaii men's and women's teams swept Troy State at Troy, Ala., by 7-0 scores.Jan Krejci was the only Seasiders men's player that didn't sweep, dropping the second set but coming back to beat Pablo Martinez 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. Kellie Taguchi was the only BYUH woman's player tested, surviving Carolina Amavena 6-4, 6-7 (5), 10-8.
The Seasiders men's team is ranked No. 1 in Division II. The BYUH women are No. 2.
Vulcans leave Florida with softball sweep
The Hawaii-Hilo softball team won the last two games of its Florida trip yesterday, sweeping Florida Southern 1-0 and 6-3 at Lakeland.Claressa Asuncion drove in Hilo's only run of the first game with a double in the third inning, while Kristine Kahoalii threw her eighth shutout of the year.
Tara Martinez went 6 1/3 innings in the second game to get the win after Taysha Anderson bailed her out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning to get the save.