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Just For Kicks Al Chase |
Hawaii players help
Mustangs almost make itDuke Hashimoto and Adria Campbell made significant contributions to the success of the Southern Methodist men's and women's soccer teams last fall.
The Mustangs (13-6-3) were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by Santa Clara on penalty kicks 4-1 after playing to a 1-1 draw through overtime. Hashimoto, a sophomore midfielder/striker from Iolani, set up SMU's goal with a pass to Colin Clark.
Hashimoto, who missed four matches with a strained knee, was SMU's third-leading scorer with four goals and five assists for 13 points in the 18 matches he played. He had one game-winning goal and put 16 of his 29 shots on goal.
Campbell, a freshman striker from Punahou, also got a taste of postseason action, but the Western Athletic Conference champion Lady Mustangs (17-3-2) were ousted in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by Texas A&M, also 4-1 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 double-overtime draw.
Campbell had one game-winner among her five goals and was second on the team with eight assists. Her 18 points was fourth-highest for SMU. She put 12 of her 19 shots on goal.
More honors
Kurt Kagawa is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas 2003 College Men's Scholar All-West Region second team. A senior striker for the Whitworth Pirates, Kagawa majors in political science and has a 3.795 grade point average.Shelly Suzuki has been named to the NSCAA/Adidas 2003 Division 3 Women's All-West Region first team and to the NSCAA/Adidas 2003 NAIA Women's All-Region VIII team.
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior defender and Punahou graduate was selected Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year in November.
Convention news
Phil Neddo, Honolulu Bulls Soccer Club director of coaching, was a key speaker at a panel on the development of youth soccer in America at the NSCAA convention that ended today. He also was on a panel that discussed developing a college program for youth players.
Coaching go-round
Tulsa has hired Rena Richardson to head the women's soccer program.Richardson, 32, comes to Tulsa after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Alabama, where she helped the Crimson Tide post a three-year mark of 31-21-5.
Prior to Alabama, Richardson spent two seasons as the head coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, where she undertook the difficult task of starting a Division I women's soccer program, and led the team to 10 wins.
Nevada did not renew head women's soccer coach Dang Pibulvech's contract.
Pibulvech was hired in 1999 to start the program from scratch. He had a reputation for building soccer programs at Colorado College, Washington and Texas, where he had a combined 188-97-1 record. In four seasons at Nevada, Pibulvech posted an overall record of 12-58-2 and a WAC mark of 2-27-2.
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Al Chase can be reached at achase@starbulletin.com