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UH women lead WAC golf tourney
Advertiser Staff
Sophomore Corie Hou pulled into first alone and brought the University of Hawai'i with her yesterday as the Rainbow Wahine held onto first place going into today's final round of the 18th annual Western Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championship in Fresno, Calif.
The 'Bows opened with 301 Monday at Sunnyside Golf Course and followed with a 302 yesterday. They lead Fresno State (301-610) by seven shots, New Mexico State by 11 and 38th-ranked San Jose State by 13. Defending champion Idaho (308-620) is in fifth.
All five Rainbows are in the top 20 individually. Hou, whose fourth-place finish last year helped Hawai'i to a best-ever third-place WAC finish, shot 1-over 73 yesterday and is at 145 for the tournament. She leads NMSU's Suteera Chanachai (75) and FSU's Laura Luethke (74) by two. Baldwin graduate Kelly Nakashima (76-151) shares fifth.
Hawai'i senior Xyra Suyetsugu (79-154) is in 10th, followed by teammates Phyllis Lai (77-155), and Carolina Perez (73) and Lisa Kajihara (81) at 157.
The Rainbow Wahine, 73rd in this week's GolfWeek/Sagarin Performance Index, need to win the WAC today to advance to their second NCAA Championship. They made their first NCAA Regional last year.
Moanalua graduate Iris Ocariza (77) of Boise State is tied for 22nd and Kaua'i's Jennie Pleas (78), a Nevada senior, is tied for 24th.
MORE GOLF
UH-HILO TIED FOR FIRST AT PACWEST TOURNEY
Hawai'i-Hilo's Zady Ari shot a 1-over-par 73 and is tied for first with Terence Daniels of Grand Canyon after two rounds of the Pacific West Conference Championship Tournament at Turtle Bay's Palmer Course.
The Vulcans are in second place in the team standings at 609. Grand Canyon leads the competition at 606 in the seven-team event.
BYU-Hawai'i is fifth at 648, followed by Hawai'i Pacific (664) and Chaminade (741).
The tournament concludes today.
BASEBALL
SAN JOSE STATE ROLLS OVER UH-HILO, 13-4
Michael Higa went 3 for 4 and hit his second home run of the season, but it wasn't enough as Hawai'i-Hilo dropped a non-league baseball game to San Jose State yesterday, 13-4, in San Jose, Calif.
The Vulcans drop to 13-22 while the Spartans improve to 22-16.
UH-HILO
BANQUET ON TUESDAY
The University of Hawai'i-Hilo will hold its all-sports banquet on Tuesday at Aunty Sally's Luau Hale.
Check-in starts at 5 p.m. with the program beginning at 5:30.
Tickets are $15 and reservations can be made by calling 974-7520.
