Sports Notebook

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Softball season ends
early for Hawaii

Division II scoreboard

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By Jerry Campany
jcampany@starbulletin.com

For the third straight year, Hawaii will not have a representative in the NCAA Division II softball regional.

The state's hopes were dashed this time after Hawaii-Hilo stranded 24 runners in a doubleheader and was swept last week by Montana State-Billings.

The performance dropped them to ninth in the regional poll, one spot ahead of Hawaii Pacific. Only the top six teams, including conference champions, get a shot at the regional.

"The ending part was a disappointment," Hilo coach Callen Perreira said. "We had a shot to get into the regional but for some reason we didn't step it up when we needed to."

Western New Mexico, which also took three out of four from Hilo late in the year, won the Pacific West Conference title and will go to the tournament as the second seed, behind Cal State Bakersfield. UC Davis, Humboldt State, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Stanislaus round out the field.

This is usually the time of year when area athletic directors dust off their angrily worded form letters to the NCAA accusing the organization of snubbing them. Those letters are staying put for now, partly because the field is selected purely by the numbers for the first time this year and partly because none of Hawaii's teams feel left out.

Hawaii Pacific fell behind too early to catch up and Hilo fell apart at the end after a good start. The Vulcans were expected to dominate, but the re-emergence of Brigham Young-Hawaii and Montana State-Billings made the conference more than a two-team race and took something out of them.

The Vulcans can look back on the season as one in which they introduced former Kamehameha star Leo Sing Chow to the college game. Sing Chow finished the year 10th in the nation in earned run average and ended with a 14-4 record.

The problem for Hilo, though, was that the longer college season took a lot out of the freshman's arm and she could not pitch on back-to-back days when the Vulcans folded down the stretch. She was needed, because Hilo's returning pitchers who were so strong last year lost effectiveness as the season went along.

Perreira believes that Sing Chow will come back stronger next year after going through a rehab plan over the summer.

Water polo power: The Brigham Young-Hawaii men's water polo team has signed another California standout to a letter of intent for this fall. Brad Spongberg, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound driver from Long Beach who was All-League each of the last three seasons, has signed to play for the Seasiders.

Spongberg, who prepped at Millikan High School under Johnny Bega, was an honor roll student and was named to the 18-and-under Junior Olympic Team. He helped lead his high school team to the CIF playoffs every year he played.

First round this weekend: Hilo interviewed Salt Lake Community College volleyball coach Julie Morgan yesterday and were to meet with Baldwin Wallace College (Ohio) coach Victoria Brault today.

Hilo assistant athletic director Jim DeMello says that even if one of the candidates overwhelms the committee, the new coach would not be hired until next week at the earliest.

HPU honors athletes: Hawaii Pacific basketball player Leandro Maruoka and volleyball player Susy Garbelotti were named the school's athletes of the year this week.

The school's cheerleaders took the school's Emma Mauz "Super Fan" award and Rachel Kettering was the best of that bunch, being named the cheerleader of the year.

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[ TOP PERFORMERS ]

>> Jamie Reyes, Hawaii Pacific softball: The sophomore centerfielder from Palolo helped the Sea Warriors finish their season with a six-game winning streak, beating Chaminade four times. Reyes was 7-for-16 from the plate with a pair of home runs.

>> Chelsea Smith, Brigham Young-Hawaii cross country: The sophomore from Spokane, Wash., broke Jeannie Wokasch's nine-year winning streak by finishing first in the Wahiawa Pineapple Run, finishing the 10K course in 39:12. Smith, the only Seasider to compete at the Division II national championships, is training for her first marathon.

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[ SCOREBOARD ]

Coming up

Today

Tennis: Regional tournament at Laie, BYU-Hawaii vs. Sonoma State, UH-Hilo vs. UC San Diego (women)

Tennis: Regional tournament at Pomona, Calif.; Cal Poly Pomona vs. Grand Canyon, Hawaii Pacific vs. UC Davis (women)

Tennis: Regional tournament at Laie, UH-Hilo vs. UC Davis (men)

Tennis: Regional tournament at San Diego, UCSan Diego-Hawaii Pacific (men)

Tomorrow

Tennis: Regional tournament final at Pomona, Calif.; Cal Poly Pomona-Grand Canyon winner vs. Hawaii Pacific-UC Davis winner (women)

Tennis: Regional tournament final at Laie, BYU-Hawaii-Sonoma State winner vs. UH-Hilo-UC San Diego winner (women)

Tennis: Regional tournament final at Laie, BYU-Hawaii vs. UH-Hilo-UC Davis winner (men)

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Softball

	PacWest			Overall
	W	L	Ptc.	W	L	Ptc.
Western New Mexico	14	2	.875	48	8	.857
Hawaii-Hilo	12	8	.600	28	19	.596
Hawaii Pacific	10	8	.556	32	20	.615
Brigham Young-Hawaii	8	10	.444	20	24	.455
Mont. St.-Billings	6	10	.375	15	16	.484
Chaminade	4	16	.200	11	36	.234

Batting leaders

Batting average

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	.443
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	.397
Nancy Vega, Hilo	.371
Theresa Campbell, MSUB	.370
Stephanie Cochrun, MSUB	.354
Holly Garcia, HPU	.345
Jamie Reyes, HPU	.344
Kim Fukumoto, HPU	.341
Leinani Hashida, Hilo	.338
Jennifer Baron, HPU	.328

Slugging percentage

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	.749
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	.575
Layne Pavey, MSUB	.561
Wendy Layton, Hilo	.519
Nancy Vega, Hilo	.515
Jamie Reyes, HPU	.510
Holly Garcia, HPU	.510
Theresa Campbell, MSUB	.507
Pua Reis, Chaminade	.490
Erin Castillo, Hilo	.489

On-base percentage

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	.483
Theresa Campbell, MSUB	.447
Jennifer Baron, HPU	.435
Kim Fukumoto, HPU	.429
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	.426
Nancy Vega, Hilo	.417
Lori Browning, WNMU	.416
Jessica Garcia, WNMU	.411
Stephanie Cochrun, MSUB	.404
Holly Garcia, HPU	.402

Runs scored

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	52
Jessica Garcia, WNMU	41
Brandy Choy Foo, HPU	35
Bethany Harris, WNMU	32
Lori Browning, WNMU	28

Hits

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	81
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	69
Jessica Garcia, WNMU	53
Leinani Hashida, Hilo	50
Holly Garcia, HPU	50

Runs batted in

Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	52
Shellie Broyles, WNMU	50
Holly Garcia, HPU	33
Tascha Berinobis, HPU	32
Wendy Layton, Hilo	31

Doubles

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	22
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	16
Jessica Garcia, WNMU	13
Kristin Fujii, HPU	12
Holly Garcia, HPU	12

Home runs

Shellie Broyles, WNMU	10
Pua Reis, Chaminade	6
Wendy Layton, Hilo	5
Erin Castillo, Hilo	5
Debbie Yescas, WNMU	5
Loihi McKeague, Chaminade	5

Sac bunts

Diana Kim, Hilo	11
Anuhea Diamond, HPU	11
Rachel Lacar, HPU	10
Claresa Asuncion, Hilo	10
Tascha Berinobis, HPU	9

Stolen bases

Danielle Harmon, WNMU	12
Brandy Choy Foo, HPU	11
Jamie Reyes, HPU	8
Rachel Stahle, WNMU	8
Lori Browning, WNMU	8

Pitching leaders

Earned run average

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	0.52
Leo Sing Chow, Hilo	0.66
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	1.36
Joey Ehnes, MSUB	1.84
Tara Martinez, Hilo	1.86
Jessica Parra, HPU	2.18
Malia Sullivan, HPU	2.31
Mallory Anderson, HPU	2.37
Lisa Hansen, BYUH	2.47
Megan McCrae, MSUB	2.62

Opposing batting average

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	.137
Leo Sing Chow, Hilo	.159
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	.196
Megan McCrae, MSUB	.245
Lisa Hansen, BYUH	.249
Tara Martinez, Hilo	.250
Joey Ehnes, MSUB	.252
Jessica Parra, HPU	.255
Kristine Kahoalii, Hilo	.258
Malia Sullivan, HPU	.263

Innings pitched

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	200.2
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	159.2
Donnell Wittekind, Chaminade	157.0
Jessica Parra, HPU	135.0
Malia Sullivan, HPU	130.1

Batters struck out

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	224
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	125
Megan McCrae, MSUB	56
Leo Sing Chow, Hilo	52
Lisa Hansen, BYUH	42

Batters struck out looking

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	285
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	162
Megan McCrae, MSUB	77
Leo Sing Chow, Hilo	70
Donnell Wittekind, Chaminade	65

Wins

Angela Slaugh, WNMU	27
Tiffany Mondhink, WNMU	21
Leo Sing Chow, Hilo	14
Malia Sullivan, HPU	13
Jessica Parra, HPU	11