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Seasiders break into national poll

The Brigham Young-Hawaii basketball team is ranked No. 22 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll.

The Seasiders, who are 14-2 and have not lost to an NCAA Division II team, is one of three teams in the west region ranked in the poll. Humboldt State dropped to No. 7 and Cal State San Bernardino is No. 18.

Seasiders shooting guard Shawn Opunui is leading the nation in 3-point percentage, hitting 56.8 percent of his attempts. The Seasiders are second in the nation in field-goal percentage, hitting 52.7 percent of their shots. Concord College makes 53.3 percent of its attempts.

Vulcans foul out: The Hawaii-Hilo basketball team dropped its second straight game, losing to Montana State-Billings 94-84 last night in a Pacific West Conference match in Billings.

The Vulcans (11-4, 3-2) committed 35 fouls with five players fouling out. The Yellowjackets (10-4, 2-2) took advantage of that, converting 44 of 56 shots from the free-throw line.

Trae Fortier scored 23 points and Jerett Skrifvars had 21 to lead the Yellowjackets. Ryan Abrahams scored 22 points off the bench and Justin Griffin added in 20 to lead the Vulcans.

Noble effort: Hawaii Pacific guard Marvin Noble is the PacWest Player of the Week after leading the Sea Warriors over Hawaii-Hilo on Saturday.

Noble scored 48 points in two games against Hilo, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out eight assists.

Hawaii drops 1 spot in coaches poll

The Hawaii men's volleyball team slid one spot in the AVCA coaches poll. The Warriors checked in at No. 4 this week after splitting a pair of matches at UC Santa Barbara last week.

Pepperdine retained the No. 1 spot with Long Beach State taking over second. UCLA dropped to No. 3 after losing on the road to Stanford. Cal State Northridge, Stanford, UCSB, Brigham Young, Penn State and UC Irvine rounded out the top 10.

More spots created for Triathlon

World Triathlon Corporation is adding a new Olympic-distance qualifying race to provide Hawaii residents the chance to earn spots in the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship.

The new race, which will result in 35 Ironman berths for Big Island residents and 20 more for competitors from the rest of Hawaii, is set for June 13.

"Our goal is to make this triathlon a world-class event and one of Ironman's most desirable qualifying races," event director Diana Bertsch said in a release.

The race will begin at Hapuna Beach, and the bike course will utilize part of Queen Kaahumanu Highway, as does the Ironman bike route.

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