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Seasiders drop Sea Warriors

Austin Smylie scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds to help the Brigham Young-Hawaii basketball team down Hawaii Pacific 89-73 last night at the Cannon Activities Center in Laie.

The Seasiders improved to 12-7 overall, 7-3 in the Pacific West Conference. HPU (8-12, 2-8) hosts Montana State-Billings Tuesday. The Seasiders, who are a game behind UH-Hilo with three games to play, host Western New Mexico the same day.

Jackson in action tonight

Former University of Hawaii football players Nate Jackson and Joe Correia will lead the Hawaiian Warriors, a semi-pro team, against the Free Agent Scouting Combine All-Stars tonight at Waianae High School.

Nanakuli and Waianae alum make up 95 percent of the Warriors team. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Ticket donation is $5.

Cowboys win Waikoloa Intercollegiate

Behind three top-five finishes, the Oklahoma State men's golf team claimed the Waikoloa Intercollegiate at Waikoloa Village Golf Course yesterday.

The Cowboys finished with a three-day total of 801, seven strokes ahead of second-place Georgia Tech. Host Hawaii-Hilo finished 19th at 853 while Hawaii was last in the 21-team field at 861.

Cowboy Tyler Leon led from start to finish, claiming top honors with a 21-under-par 195. Teammates Alex Noren was three strokes behind Leon and tied for second while Ryan Posey tied for fourth at 199.

Hawaii-Hilo was led by Kevin Shimomura, who tied for 54th at 212 while Travis Toyama paced Hawaii with a 211.

Cardinal stop Rainbow Wahine

Katie Hansen scored three goals to lead the third-ranked Stanford water polo team to a 9-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory over Hawaii at Palo Alto, Calif., yesterday.

Hawaii trailed 3-2 after the first quarter but gave up three straight goals to the Cardinal in the second to put the game out of reach.

Monika Kruszona scored two goals to lead No. 7 Hawaii (1-1, 1-1 MPSF). The Rainbow Wahine remain at Stanford for the Stanford Invitational, facing USC and Indiana today.

Rain washes away softball tourneys

The Hawaii softball team had both of its games canceled at the UNLV Desert Classic yesterday in Las Vegas due to rain.

The Rainbow Wahine (3-1) were to meet Utah and Wichita State, but heavy showers washed out all games in the tournament. UH is one of 22 schools in the tournament. Hawaii faces Oklahoma State and BYU today.

Also, rain washed out the season-opener for the Hawaii-Hilo softball team at the Mighty Grip Softball Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.

The Vulcans will play Oklahoma Panhandle State, UC San Diego and host Grand Canyon today.

U.S. Open qualifying dates set

The Hawaii qualifying tournaments for the U.S. Open golf championship will be held on four islands.

Poipu Bay will host the May 19 event on Kauai and the Palmer course at Turtle Bay holds the Oahu event on May 20. On May 21, the Maui course is Kaanapali North, and the Big Island site is the Waikoloa's Beach Course on May 23.

Entries must be received by the USGA office by April 27. The cost is $125.

Applications are available from the USGA Web site (www.usga.org) or by calling 908-234-2300.

The top finishers will advance to sectional play. The Hawaii sectional is scheduled for June 6 at Kaanapali North.

For more information, contact Mary Bea Porter King at marybea@aloha.net or Stephen Perry at sperry@hpa.edu.