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Wild card advances to face Irons

Wild card Luke Munro upset No. 4 Mick Fanning in the second round of the WCT Quicksilver Pro in Gold Coast, Australia, to advance to a third-round showdown with defending WCT champion Andy Irons.

"I'd love to go up against Andy," Munro said. "I watched his heat the other day and he ripped, but I'll be out there putting in my two waves."

Kalani Robb, another Hawaii surfer, overcame a broken board at the end of his first ride to defeat Pat O'Connell and advance.

"I got a barrel on my first wave and then did a floater, but when I came down I could feel the board bust under my feet," Robb said. "I feel lucky."

Bruce Irons wasn't as fortunate as Robb, losing to Danny Wills in a tight heat, 15.23 to 14.33.

Third-round action is scheduled to begin today, waves permitting.

Day to be honored by Swim Magazine

Former Pearl City swimmer Nadine Day will appear in the May/June issue of Swim magazine.

Day, who resides in Indiana, was selected as one of 12 swimmers of the year by the magazine.

Day is a former NCAA All-American and spent time on the U.S. national team before settling into coaching. She currently holds the world master's record in the 200 IM.

Willoughby named Asics Player of Year

Hawaii All-American hitter Kim Willoughby has been named the Asics/Volleyball magazine Player of the Year.

Willoughby, who led the Rainbow Wahine to a third-place finish nationally last December, was also named to the 12-player first team. As a senior, she hit .373 with 6.60 kills per game en route to AVCA player of the year honors.

UH All-American hitter Lily Kahumoku was an honorable mention pick.

Pietsch honored by MPSF

UCLA water polo player David Pietsch, a Punahou School graduate, was named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic first team yesterday.

Pietsch was a sophomore driver for the Bruins (20-7) last season. He scored 16 goals in 27 matches with nine assists.

HPU and BYUH split tennis matches

The top-ranked Hawaii Pacific men's tennis team defeated No. 3 Brigham Young Hawaii 5-1 today in a match shortened to just singles matches due to rain.

BYUH's Jan Kerjci scored the Seasiders only point, defeating HPU's Matey Pampulov 6-4, 6-2. HPU came back to win the rest of the singles matches, led by Mikael Maatta, who took down Dillon Porter 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the second singles flight.

The top-ranked BYUH women's tennis team was able to make up for the men's loss by shutting out 15th-ranked Hawaii Pacific 6-0.

Judy Weng scored the most dominating win on the women's side, blanking Isidora Ljuri 6-0, 6-0. The Seasiders' win streak improved to 72 consecutive matches as they moved to 6-0 for the season.

Next up for both the BYUH men's and women's tennis teams is a match with UH-Hilo Monday at 2 p.m in Laie.

Wahine softball team opens with a pair of wins

Melissa Coogan and Shannon Tabion pitched a pair of gems to help the Hawaii softball team to a sweep on the first day of the Kipa Aloha Malihini Tournament at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium yesterday.

The Wahine beat Southern Illinois 3-1 in the first game behind Tabion's 4-hitter, then outlasted the College of Charleston 5-4 in eight innings in the second game. Coogan went to entire way for the Wahine, striking out 10 to improve to 4-6.

The Rainbow Wahine are 11-10 this year, while the Cougars dropped to 11-3.

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