Seasiders in soccer regional

The Brigham Young-Hawaii women's soccer team advanced to the NCAA II West Regional tournament for the first time in the three-year history of the program, and will face UC San Diego in the first round Thursday at 7 p.m. at Seattle Pacific's Interbay Field.

The Seasiders, seeded sixth, won the Pacific West Conference championship for the second year in a row, but the league did not have an automatic bid for postseason play last season.

BYUH faced the Tritons once before, losing 1-0 last year at home. The winner will face second-seeded Seattle Pacific at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Triple Crown holding period begins

There are many great sporting events in Hawaii, but surf fans will tell you that nothing matches the history, drama and danger of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.

The 12-day holding period for the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa begins tomorrow. This is the first jewel of the Triple Crown and is a 6-Star Qualifying Series event. Following this contest is the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing men's contest and Roxy Pro women's event at Sunset Beach from Nov. 12 to Dec. 7. » B6

UH's Heinemann pushes through

Hawaii senior and sixth-seeded Sascha Heinemann defeated 10th-seeded Nicolas Edlefsen to advance to the main draw of the Honolulu Futures tournament.

Top-seeded Jeffery Das and fourth-seeded Andreas Weber, a junior at UH, were the only two seeds not to advance.

Hawaii in eighth at Turtle Bay tourney

San Diego State's Andrew Cooley and Texas' Adam Wennerstrom shot 6-under 66s to share the lead after the first round of the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate yesterday.

Hawaii's Robert Berton shot the low round of the day for the Rainbow Warriors, finishing with a 69. Thomas Kua (70), Jarred Sawada (71) and Kamden Brakel (75) combined to shoot 285 for Hawaii, which is tied for eighth in the team standings.

The Aztecs hold the team lead heading into today's second round.

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Seasiders beat team from China

Brigham Young-Hawaii senior Latoya Wily scored 16 of her 23 points in the first half to lead the Seasiders to a 85-66 victory over Tianjin University of China in the American Money Group Asia-Pacific Basketball Classic last night in Laie.

Wily added 17 rebounds as BYUH outscored Tianjin 50-32 in the first half. Richelle Fenenbock added 13 points, and freshman Dara Tompkison chipped in 11. Felisita Ika had 16 points and six rebounds off the bench.

The Seasiders open their regular season Nov. 21 against Whitworth (Wash.).