Irish assistant rips Niumatalolo

SOUTH BEND, Ind. » Notre Dame associate head coach Corwin Brown criticized Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, a former UH assistant, for his postgame comments about the Irish defensive game plan and for the way his team uses what Brown called “;malicious”; illegal cut blocks.

“;I thought it was very disappointing what the Navy coach said after the game,”; Brown said. “;He didn't want something to be misconstrued, then he said it regarding how we prepared and what we prepared to do.”;

Brown went into his criticism of Niumatalolo after practice, cutting off a reporter and speaking for 2 minutes about the Navy coach.

Weber UH's lone winner

Senior Andreas Weber was the only Hawaii men's tennis player to win a singles match yesterday against Brigham Young in the Hawaii Invitational.

Weber, ranked 119th in the ITA tennis preseason rankings, defeated Evan Urbina 6-3, 7-6.

The Cougars won the other seven singles matches and all four doubles matches. The final round of the tournament takes place today beginning at 3 p.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.