Ricketts, Hawaii shut out LMU

Stephanie Ricketts tossed a six-hit shutout as Hawaii blanked Loyola Marymount 8-0 in a six-inning mercy-rule softball win yesterday in Los Angeles.

Amanda Tauali'i and Kelly Majam homered for the Rainbow Wahine (8-3) against the Lions (2-4).

Hawaii concludes its first road trip of the season at the Cathedral City (Calif.) Classic this weekend.

Wahine tennis loses on road

The Hawaii women's tennis team dropped its fifth road match yesterday when falling to No. 46 Sacramento State 4-2 at the Spare Tire Indoor Tennis Center.

The Rainbow Wahine (1-7) picked up wins at No. 2 (Sophie Kobuch) and No. 6 (Aglae Van den Bergh). The Hornets (6-3) clinched the match on the No. 1 court when Katrina Zheltova rallied past Barbara Pinterova, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles competition was not played.

PACWEST PLACE

Baseball honors for HPU

Hawaii Pacific senior catcher Bas Nooij and sophomore batterymate Micah Takahashi earned PacWest weekly honors in baseball yesterday.

Nooij hit .500, going 7-for-14 with two homers and eight RBIs as the Sea Warriors went 5-2 last week. Takahashi (Kalani '09) went 2-0 in two starts, allowing four earned runs in 12 innings.

BYUH softball loses 2

No. 4 Dixie State held host Brigham Young-Hawaii to a combined four hits in sweeping yesterday's conference softball doubleheader 11-1 in five innings and 8-0 in six innings.

It was the PacWest opening day for both teams, which meet in another doubleheader today.

The lone run for the Seasiders (0-10) came on Tina Moen's RBI single in the second inning. The Red Storm (5-2) put the game away with a four-run fourth.

Rain leaves UHH in ninth

Rain washed out the yesterday's final round of the Lady Rattler Roundup golf tournament in San Antonio, leaving the Hawaii-Hilo women's golf team in ninth place.

Freshman Dayna Bersamin led the Vulcans with a 6-over 77, sharing seventh place. UHH finished 49 strokes behind winner Tarleton State in the 11-team event hosted by St. Mary's.