FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Senior forward Paul Jesinskis played in 21 games for the Rainbows last year.

Jesinskis out indefinitely
with broken bone in wrist

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Hawaii senior basketball forward Paul Jesinskis learned yesterday that he will be out indefinitely with a broken wrist.

Jesinskis, who is one of four seniors on the squad, injured his wrist several weeks ago, but an X-ray yesterday revealed a fractured scaphoid of the left wrist. Jesinskis will undergo surgery this morning.

Last season the Skyline Community College transfer played in 21 games and averaged 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds and scored 10 points against Colorado State on Nov. 24.

Hawaii sailors finish second

The Hawaii co-ed sailing team won 13 races, but still finished second in the North-South Intersectionals at Santa Barbara, Calif., yesterday.

Hawaii finished 15 points behind Southern California. Matthew Stine and Will Edwards each won their division.

3 Hawaii lifters win bench-press titles

Sonny Ronolo, Ed Morishima and his son, Ed Morishima Jr., won titles in their respective divisions at the World Bench Press Championships at Reno, Nev., last weekend.

Ronolo bench pressed 292 pounds to finish first in the 181-pound class of the 75-79-year-old age group. The elder Morishima won the 165-pound title of the 68-74 division with a lift of 220 pounds. Ed Morishima Jr. was the open and the 40-46-year-old champ in the 181-pound class with a bench press of 479 1/2 pounds.

Kahumoku named player of the week

Hawaii's Lily Kahumoku has been named the Western Athletic Conference's Player of the Week, her second this year.

Kahumoku hit .418 in two matches last week as the Rainbow Wahine beat Fresno State and San Jose State to clinch the WAC regular-season title. She had a career-high 33 kills in the win over Fresno and added a double-double against the Spartans with 16 kills and 10 digs.

Kahumoku won the award once during the 2000 season.

Garbelotti honored again: Hawaii Pacific's Susy Garbelotti was one of 18 players selected to the Verizon Academic All-America team yesterday.

Garbelotti finished her career Saturday with the third-best kills-per-game average in the nation and carries a 3.23 grade-point average.

Seasiders get third seed in water polo

The Brigham Young-Hawaii water polo team received the third seed for the eight-team Western Water Polo Association playoffs that begins Friday at UC-San Diego. The Seasiders will face sixth-seeded UC-Davis at 8 a.m. Hawaii time.

Chaminade was awarded the fifth seed and will play Air Force in the first round at 11 a.m. Friday.

The championship will be played Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

HPU basketball team wins exhibition

The Hawaii Pacific men's basketball team defeated Shanghai Jiao Tong University 118-48 in an exhibition game at the Blaisdell Arena last night.

Hawaii Pacific had seven players scoring in double-digits, led by junior guard Marvin Noble, with 24 points

The Sea Warriors takes on St. Mary's in their season-opener Nov. 25.