ISLE FILE
Kansas baseball team sweeps Hawai'i-Hilo
Advertiser Staff
Freshman left-hander Wally Marciel, a 2006 Iolani School graduate, pitched a three-hitter over five innings to help Kansas defeat Hawai'i-Hilo, 7-2, last night in the nightcap of a baseball doubleheader at Francis Wong Stadium.
Marciel, who gave up a two-run single to David Chu in the bottom of the second, struck out six and walked three.
Matt Lane and Hiarali Garcia each finished with two shutout innings for the Jayhawks (3-0).
Hilo fell to 0-7.
In the opener, Kyle Murphy hit a three-run homer, and Nick Czyz and Thomas Marcin teamed on a five-hitter as Kansas prevailed, 12-0.
Czyz worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits while striking out seven and walking four. Marcin allowed two hits with two strikeouts and no walks in 2 2/3 innings.
Chu had two hits for the Vulcans.
CHICO SWEEPS HPU
Moanalua High alum Lorin Nakagawa had three RBIs as Chico State defeated Hawai'i Pacific, 10-4, last night to complete a doubleheader sweep at Central O'ahu Regional Park.
Greg Finazzo and Daniel Code each added two RBIs for Chico State, which improved to 3-0.
Colton Silva had two hits and two RBIs for HPU (0-3).
Finazzo had two hits and two RBIs as Chico State won the opener, 7-4.
Silva and Danny Lee each had two hits for the Sea Warriors, who scored three runs in the sixth but left two runners on base after closing to 6-4.
SOFTBALL
HAWAI'I-HILO SWEEPS
Sarah Weisskopf pitched a five-hitter and Tracy Ryan hurled a three-hitter as Hawai'i-Hilo swept a season-opening doubleheader from Arkansas-Monticello, 6-1 and 7-3, yesterday at the UHH field.
Weisskopf struck out seven and walked one, and Leo Sing Chow batted 3 for 3 with two RBIs for the Vulcans.
Ryan struck out 10 and walked two, Dana Lee hit a three-run homer in the second game.
BYUH TAKES TWO
Crystal De La Cruz pitched a three-hitter and Austin Long scattered six hits as Brigham Young-Hawaii swept a season-opening doubleheader from Messiah College (Pa.), 10-0 and 11-3, yesterday at BYUH field. Both games were stopped in the fifth inning because of the eight-run mercy rule.
De La Cruz struck out six and walked none, and Jana Dewey hit two home runs for the Seasiders.
Agesha Lightsy had two hits and two RBIs in the second game for BYUH.
GOLF
ESPN FEATURES KIM
Kimberly Kim, the teen phenom who grew up in Hilo and won the 106th U.S. Women's Amateur golf tournament last year when she was 14 — the youngest champion in the event's history — is recognized in the Feb. 12 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
The magazine, which went on sale Wednesday, features its "NEXT 2007" picks, an annual feature that predicts tomorrow's star athletes. NBA star Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic is the featured rising star, but part of the package is listing the athletes who are "On Deck" — athletes who are on the heels to 2007 NEXT finalists.
The magazine's take on Kim: "Queen of the Greens. Kimberly Kim, 15-year-old golf sensation from Hawai'i, is the youngest champ in history of the U.S. Women's Amateur."
Kim won the title Aug. 13 in North Plains, Ore. She now lives in Arizona.
WATER POLO
STANFORD BEATS UH
Lauren Silver scored five goals as No. 3 Stanford opened its season by beating No. 5 Hawai'i, 10-6, yesterday in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women's match at Stanford, Calif.
Kelly Mason and Lisa van Raalte each had two goals for the Rainbow Wahine (1-1), who led 4-2 early in the second quarter.
The Rainbow Wahine play Indiana and top-ranked UCLA today as part of the Stanford Invitational.
SOCCER
MILILANI, LEILEHUA WIN
Mililani's girls and Leilehua's boys captured third place in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association tournaments last night.
Mililani beat Kalani, 1-0, and Leilehua edged Kalaheo, 2-1.
In fifth-place games, Kaiser's girls beat Moanalua, 4-0, and Roosevelt's boys beat Mililani, 3-2, to earn the OIA's fifth and final berth in the boys state tournament.
BASKETBALL
BYUH'S WILY HONORED
Brigham Young-Hawai'i post player Latoya Wily has been named the Pacific West Conference women's basketball Player of the Week for the fourth time this season.
Wily, a junior, scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in a victory over Hawai'i Pacific last week.
It was the 16th double-double in 18 games for the Kahuku High graduate.
