Star-Bulletin Staff
UH tennis
team ralliesDENVER >> The Hawaii men's tennis team won four of its six singles matches to defeat Denver, 4-3, in a nonconference match played yesterday at Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.
The Warriors trailed 1-0 after dropping two of the three doubles matches with the Pioneers. A win at the No. 1 spot by UH's Ryan Sceats over Urban Ljubic kick-started the rally.
Hawaii (14-11) finishes the conference season tomorrow at Boise State and will then compete at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, Friday-Sunday, at BSU.
Salisbury repeats as BYUH's top athlete
Senior center Scott Salisbury was named the top male athlete for the second consecutive year at the Brigham Young-Hawaii's awards banquet Friday night.The top female award was shared by junior tennis player Jing "Amy" Sun and junior outside hitter Ashley Moeai from the Seasiders' national champion volleyball team.
Salisbury helped fourth-ranked BYUH to its best-ever record (19-4) and was named to the All-PacWest first team and All-West Region second team.
Sun is 30-1 in singles and 31-2 in doubles this season for the Seasiders, who have won 60 matches in a row.
Adrienn Hegedus picked up two awards as the Most Valuable Player of the women's tennis team and also its top scholar-athlete.
6th Paradise Ride has new route
Bicyclists will travel to Molokai for the first time ever in the 6th Paradise Ride, a fund-raiser for a coalition of HIV/AIDS service agencies in Hawaii.The 400-mile trek scheduled for July 19-25 will hit four islands: Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Molokai. The registration fee is $375 and overs all inter-island transportation and other expenses.
For more information, call 1-888-285-9866 or visit the Web site at www.paradiseridehawaii.org.
Karate regional coming next week
The 22nd All Hawaii-Okinawa Karate-Do Championships and USA-NKF Regional Tournament will be held Sunday at the Aliamanuy Military Reservation Gym.The event is open to all karate and martial arts students with competition in kata, kumite and kobundo. Entry fees are $15 per event prior to Sunday and $20 at the door.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the tournaments starting at 9 a.m. For information, call Joseph A. Bunch at 488-6372.
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