Hawaii's Linsky wins WAC honor

Hawaii sophomore Lenny Linsky was named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference pitcher of the week yesterday.

The 6-foot-2 sophomore recorded saves in all three of Hawaii's victories over Oregon, giving up just one hit and no runs over 5 1/3 innings.

He is believed to be the first Rainbow to record saves in three consecutive games.

For the season, Linsky has allowed just three batters to reach base in six innings on a hit and two walks, while striking out five.

Hawaii (4-4) hosts The Citadel for a four-game series beginning Thursday night at 6:35 at Les Murakami Stadium.

C-USA honors Hawaii swimmer

Hawaii freshman Luca Mazzurana was named the top swimmer of last weekend's Conference USA Invitational.

Mazzurana won two races at the meet and finished third in another for the Warriors, who finished second to defending champion Southern Methodist.

Hawaii coach Victor Wales was named the coach of the meet.

UH volleyball tickets on sale

Tickets for the Hawaii women's volleyball team spring match against Arizona at the Stan Sheriff Center on March 18 will go on sale tomorrow.

Prices are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for students. All seats for the 7 p.m. match are general admission.

The Rainbow Wahine are coming off a 32-3 season in which they finished third nationally, losing to eventual champion Penn State in the NCAA semifinal. The Wildcats were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament and finished 19-11.

Pro baseball team holds tryout

Maui's Golden League baseball team, Na Koa Ikaika Maui, will have an open tryout Sunday at 4 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Field.

Any experienced players with prior professional or college experience are welcome to try out, but players over 28 years old are required to have played at the Double-A level or higher.

The team will be managed by former Cleveland Indian Cory Snyder.

Ho, Bartels win heats in Australia

Hawaii's Coco Ho and Melanie Bartels won their heats at the Roxy Pro surf contest today in Australia.

Ho scored 11.70 points to advance to a matchup with Amee Donohoe in the next round of the ASP Women's World Tour event, while Bartels had 16.63 points and will face Jesse Miley-Dyer in today's third round. Hawaii's Carissa Moore finished second in her heat to Sally Fitzgibbons and will surf against Peru's Sofia Mulanovich.

» Hawaii's Fred Patacchia, Kekoa Bacalso and Andy Irons all moved on to the third round with second-round victories at the Quiksilver Gold Coast, an ASP World Tour surf contest in Australia.

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Kessel leads UH-Hilo to split

Shane Kessel went 3-for-4 with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to lead the Hawaii-Hilo baseball team over Grand Canyon 4-3 yesterday in Hilo.

Grand Canyon won the second game of a doubleheader, 7-2. Kessel still had a hot bat in that game, going 2-for-3 to raise his team-leading average to .375.

Tyler Simao picked up the win in the first game for the Vulcans by striking out both batters he faced with the potential go-ahead run on base in the top of the seventh. Grand Canyon had scored all three of its runs in the inning before Simao put out the fire.

Leadoff hitter Ronel Trias was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the frame, then was sacrificed to second by Keoni Manago before Kessel ended the game with his blooper into center field off Brady Wager.

The Vulcans are 5-9, 1-5 in the PacWest, while the Coyotes are 7-7 and 4-2. The teams play another doubleheader today in Hilo.