Tabion blanks Portland State
in UH’s doubleheader split

Shannon Tabion limited Portland State to five hits to salvage a doubleheader split with the Vikings at Portland, Ore., yesterday. Hawaii lost the first game 3-0, but won behind Tabion 5-1 in the second.

Portland pitcher Morgan Seibert forced the Rainbow Wahine (32-22, 13-7 Western Athletic Conference) to leave eight runners on base in the first game while her teammates broke through for three runs after Sheri Oronoz shut them out for three innings.

Hawaii jumped on Portland State (19-30, 8-10) in the second game, scoring a run in the first inning then breaking the game open when Trisha Ramos hit a three-run home run.

Hawaii leadoff hitter Natalie Gonzales had three hits to extend her hitting streak to 10 games, within four of Cathy Turner's streak of 14 in 1995.

Stacey Porter hit her 14th homer of the season in the second game and drove in her 42nd run of the year. She is within six of Cheyene Thompson's record of 48 in 1994.

Vulcans take third: The Hawaii-Hilo softball team finished the Mountain Dew Classic at Bakersfield, Calif., in third place after upsetting San Francisco State 12-2 and Chico State 3-0 in the championship round.

The Vulcans (38-19) were denied a shot at PacWest champion Western New Mexico though, as they lost to UC-San Diego 2-1 in a semifinal game.

Kahuanui services Saturday at Nuuanu

Services for Harry "Clown" Kahuanui, a Hawaii Circle of Honor member who died at 74 on April 21, have been set for Saturday.

Visitation will be held at 8 a.m. at Nuuanu Mortuary's East Chapel, with the service at 10 a.m. and burial at 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Ordenstein's Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary.

Wahine drop to eighth in MPSF with loss

San Diego State's Casey Finnegan beat Hawaii goalkeeper Christa Tackaberry on a lob shot with 29 seconds left yesterday to give the Aztecs a 9-8 win over the Wahine in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation water polo tournament in Los Angeles.

The loss dropped UH to eighth place. Karin van Hoff and Chelsea Garner-Prohs each scored two goals.

Coed sailing team wins district championship

The No. 12 Hawaii coed sailing team beat Stanford to win the Pacific Coast Dinghy District Championship yesterday at Keehi Lagoon.

UH scored 94 points, while Stanford took second with 125.

Both teams qualify for the North American Championships, which will be hosted by Hawaii from May 29 to June 7 at Keehi Lagoon.