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Hawaii soccer spreads
wide on mainland

After a two-column break, it is time to continue passing on the accomplishments of Hawaii's collegiate soccer players on the mainland last fall.

Edward Ruhland, who redshirted as a freshman in 2001 and didn't play soccer for UC San Diego until this past fall, posted a 3-1-2 record with two shutouts in 10 matches guarding the pipes for the Tritons.

A Hilo graduate, the 6-foot-3 senior started seven of the last nine matches for the 9-4-4 squad, playing 680 minutes. He had 33 saves and a 0.66 goals-against average, best on the team. His only loss came in overtime at Cal State Dominguez Hills on a penalty kick.

Ruhland is majoring in human biology.

As a Hilo senior, he was named Hawaii's male winner of the Wendy's High School Heisman Award and was the first-team goalkeeper on the Star-Bulletin All-State team.

Ryan Kreps completed his four-year career at Point Loma Nazarene by assisting on four goals as a defender. The senior from King Kekaulike started 17 of the 18 matches for the 12-5-1 Sea Lions, who finished 24th in the final NAIA national poll.

Maile Tavepholjalern scored once and assisted on three goals in 12 matches for Harvard. The junior midfielder, who played at Punahou before graduating from Torrey Pines (Calif.) High School, missed several matches with an ankle injury.

The Crimson (8-6-2) lost to Connecticut 2-1 on a goal in the 89th minute in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Jennifer Katres, a junior defender at Missouri Valley College (12-4-2) from Kalaheo, was named to the Daktronics-NAIA All-America team.

Mitchell Fu, a junior midfielder from Maryknoll who played for Pac-Five, made 14 starts for 1-13-1 Cascade College, an NAIA school in Portland, Ore. He put two of four shots on goal without scoring.

Also at Cascade, Graham Kovarik suffered a knee injury at the beginning of the season and was limited to five matches for the Thunderbirds. The Kapaa graduate allowed 12 goals and made 19 saves in 322 minutes in the goal. The sophomore had a 3.36 goals-against average, best on a team that was outscored 89-4.

Chris AhNew played the first five matches of the season for the California Institute of Technology, then spent the remainder of the fall semester attending University College of London as an exchange student.

The striker (Kamehameha) had no goals or assists in his brief stint with the Beavers.

Marcus Asahina, a junior midfielder from Punahou, appeared in 15 matches for the Puget Sound Loggers (13-3-3). The foreign language and international affairs (Japanese) major took one shot, but missed.

Elizabeth Kalama scored one goal on 10 shots in 17 matches for Point Loma Nazarene (9-6-2).

Kalama, a sophomore from Kamehameha and primarily a defensive midfielder, was named the Sea Lions' Female Athlete of the Week the first week of November.

Coach Mark Halpert said at that time, "Elizabeth plays with a lot of spirit and fight. In both of last week's games she was marked against the opponent's top players and she didn't let them do any damage."