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Hawaii trailing SMU in swim meets

Hawaii's men's and women's swimming and diving teams are both second to Southern Methodist after the second day of their respective conference championships.

"All day long, the cell phones are humming," said UH coach Mike Anderson, who is with the Rainbow Wahine at the Western Athletic Conference championships while the men are competing in the National Independent Conference meet. "I do love the fact that we're kicking butt in both places."

At Oakland, Mich., UH's Andrew Affleck broke his own pool record yesterday in winning the 500 freestyle in four minutes, 21.36 seconds. Teammate Cheyne Bloch set conference and pool records by winning the 200 individual medley in 1:46.37. Hawaii's Mike Gowdy finished second in 3-meter diving.

SMU's 326 points led the NIC heading into today's action. UH had 292 points.

At San Antonio, the Rainbow Wahine's 258 points were second to SMU's 334 at the WAC championships. "The kids are pumped," Anderson said. "Two years ago they were last at this meet."

Hawaii's Nicole Mackey and Yan Chen were 1-2 in the 200 individual medley. Mackey's 2:00.18 improved her WAC-leading mark and is an NCAA qualifying time.

UH's Dena Quick won the 50 freestyle in an NCAA qualifying and UH school record 22.72. Hawaii's Qiongjie Huang and Maggie Roberts finished 1-2 in 1-meter diving.

Jessica Affleck's 4:53.82 was also a UH record in the 500 free.

Hawaii water polo loses in OT thriller

The Hawaii water polo squad fell to San Diego State 11-10 in overtime yesterday, their second consecutive overtime defeat.

Beth Novick led Hawaii with four goals and four steals, and Kristy Bagnall and Shannon Carroll added two goals apiece as the Wahine fell to 4-5 overall, and 1-3 in the MPSF.

Hawaii continues its four-day road trip today against No. 16 Arizona State, which will be the Sun Devils' first MPSF conference match in school history. Game time is 2 p.m.

Three Wahine make top 15 in pentathlon

Hawaii's Amanda Page, Patricia Gauthier, and Lana Phillips are all in the top 15 of the pentathlon after the first day of the WAC Indoor Track and Field championships at the Idaho Sports Center in Nampa, Idaho.

Page accumulated 2,950 points through five events which puts her in 10th place. She finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 11.59 meters.

Gauthier is close to Page in 11th, 92 points behind, while Phillips sits in 13th place. Gauthier's best finish was sixth in the long jump while Phillips' best performance was eighth in the 60-meter hurdles.

BYU-Hawaii remains No. 1

The BYU-Hawaii women's tennis team retained its top rating in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA II national rankings released yesterday.

The Seasider women are 5-0 this season, and have won 71 consecutive matches and 174 out of the last 175. They are also the two-time defending NCAA II Champions.

Wahine match postponed: The Hawaii-Michigan women's tennis match was postponed yesterday due to bad weather. Weather permitting, the Wahine and Wolverines will make up the match today at 3 p.m. at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex.

Vulcans make stand with win in Laie

Ryan Abrahams exploded for 30 points and Joe Travis pulled down 14 rebounds to help UH-Hilo to an 84-72 win over Brigham Young-Hawaii in Laie yesterday.

The Seasiders (20-5, 10-3 PacWest), who have already clinched the conference's berth to the NCAA Tournament, were held to 22 points on 24 percent shooting in the first half. The Vulcans (16-8, 8-6) raced out to a 31-22 lead at the break by shooting 53.8 percent from the field.

BYUH's Jake Chrisman matched Abrahams with 30 points but didn't get as much help. Austin Smylie scored 14 points for the Seasiders, while Micheal Stowell scored 13.

Justin Griffin scored 19 points for the Vulcans, followed by Travis with 14 and Cabagnot with 10.

Vulcans blasted by Bruins

Jonathan Cabral plated a run with a double, but the UH-Hilo baseball team dropped the first game of its four-game series with UCLA yesterday in Hilo, 10-4.

The series continues at 3 p.m. today at Wong Stadium.

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