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Rainbow Wahine edge Spartans

Kaulana Gould's two-out single drove home Tracie Uchima in the bottom of the eighth inning as the University of Hawaii softball team defeated San Jose State 2-1 in a Western Athletic Conference game last night at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Uchima reached base on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on Denise Dahlberg's single. Gould then hit a pitch by Carol Forbes to left field to bring home Uchima.

The Spartans led 1-0 after the second inning when Kristy Ballinger hit a solo home run. The Rainbow Wahine tied the game in the bottom of the seventh when Gould doubled to right field and scored on Tyleen Tausaga's single to center.

Gould and Tara Harbert both went 2-for-3 to lead the Rainbow Wahine. Jana Arde was 2-4 to lead San Jose State.

Melissa Coogan pitched a complete game for Hawaii, striking out four while giving up just four hits.

Hawaii (30-20, 11-5 WAC) will finish its regular season with a doubleheader against San Jose State (32-24, 6-7) this afternoon.

Hamamoto receives WAC honors

University of Hawaii men's golfer Jarett Hamamoto was named to the Western Athletic Conference second team yesterday.

A junior transfer from the Air Force Academy, Hamamoto had three top 10 finishes this season, including fourth place at the WAC Championship.

Hamamoto and Cody Wolfenbarger led the team with a 73.2 average.

Named to the first team were SMU's Will Dodson and Colt Knost, UTEP's James Allenby, Ryan Carter of Fresno state and David Kim of San Jose State.

Joining Hamamoto on the second team were Preston Smith of Louisiana Tech, Adam Hagen of Nevada, Tulsa's Sam Korbe and Scott Abbott of SMU.

Dodson was named Player of the Year and his coach Jay Loar earned Coach of the Year honors. The Freshman of the Year award went to Boise State's Matt Hastings.

Nakamura leads Hickam Invitational

Wade Nakamura shot an one-under 71 to lead after the first round of the Hickam Invitational at Mamala Bay Golf Course yesterday.

One stroke behind Nakamura are Clayton Gomi and Tod Terada.

The second round continues this morning with the finals tomorrow.