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FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM HPU's Mikael Maata lost to Eric Sandblom in the finals last year, but turned it around on him yesterday in the title match of the Dillingham Tennis Championships at Punahou School.

Maata upsets Sandblom
for title

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Star-Bulletin staff and wire services

Michael Maata upset top-seeded and two-time champion Erik Sandblom 6-2, 6-2 yesterday at Punahou School to capture the crown at the 50th Annual Dillingham Championships.

The victory by Maata, a two-time All-American at Hawaii Pacific, avenged last year's loss to Sandblom in the finals of last year's tournament.

Other winners in Hawaii's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament included women's singles champion Petra Gaspar, formerly the top-ranked Hungarian player in the world and doubles champions Polina Kravets and Silvia Ricote. The men's doubles final was declared "abandoned" due to rain with Matey Pampulov and Sasha Pirc leading Maata and Jan Axel Tribler 6-1, 4-2.

BYUH's Lin again best in PacWest

For the third time this season, Brigham Young-Hawaii middle blocker Chun Yi Lin was named Pacific West Conference Player of the Week. Lin led the Seasiders into first place in the PacWest by tallying 34 kills in two wins over Hawaii Pacific. Lin hit .600 and .474 and leads the PacWest in hitting percentage.

83-year-old enters Ironman Triathlon

The oldest man entered in Saturday's Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kailua-Kona is 83-year-old Norton Davey, a former vice president of Continental Airlines.

His first Ironman triathlon was in 1982 at age 63. He has competed in more than 95 of these events which include a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile marathon, all to be completed in under 17 hours.

Rainbow Wahine sweep WAC weekly honors

Hawaii soccer players Natasha Kai and Mahie Atay captured the Western Athletic Conference offensive and defensive player of the week honors after their impressive performances this weekend against Tulsa.

Kai earned her second player of the week award with the second hat trick in Rainbow Wahine history. After scoring nine points last week, Kai is the school's freshman record holder for points (20), goals (9) and shots (61). Atay, also a freshman, recorded 12 saves and two shutouts in the Wahine's first conference games.

UH sailors win Stoney Burke race

The Hawaii coed sailing team won the Stoney Burke Invitational with a 19-point victory over second-place Southern California at Treasure Island, Calif., yesterday.

Bryan Lake and Elena Millard captured the 'A' Division and Joey Pasqualli and Sarah Hitchcock finished in second in the 'B' Division.

Hawaii took either first or second in seven of 10 races.

Irons advances to quarterfinals

Hanalei's Andy Irons controlled his fourth-round match with Nathan Hedge yesterday at the Billabong Pro Mundaka in Spain.

Irons, the Association of Surfing Professionals' ratings leader, opened with a 7.0 and then collected a 7.85 for a comfortable lead. Hedge came back, posting a 7.35, but still needed another ride worth 7.51 points.

Irons advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Flavio Padaratz, who defeated Oahu's Kalani Robb yesterday.

"I am stoked with that heat," Irons said. "I started off getting a good first wave and was on a roll from there. My board felt really good and I'm looking forward to the quarters."