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BYU-Hawaii sweeps tennis singles titles

BYU-Hawaii’s Zevhan Zakharov and Annie Hwang captured the USTA/ITA men’s and women’s West Regional Tennis Tournament titles Saturday in Los Angeles.

Zakharov defeated Max Jigante of UC San Diego 6-2, 6-4 in the final, while Hwang won when teammate Sherry Liu defaulted.

Zakharov and C.J. Adamson lost 8-4 in the doubles final to Ahmed Saleem and Bastien Tonus of Grand Canyon.

Hwang and Liu teamed to win the doubles title with an 8-0 victory over Grand Canyon’s Frederique Van de Velde and Mittag.

Zakharov, Hwang and Liu advance to the ITA Small College Championships, which begin Oct. 13 in Mobile, Ala.

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BYUH topples HPU in soccer showdown

Senior Natalie Drewery scored in the 28th minute and freshman Rylei North added two second-half goals as Brigham Young-Hawaii defeated Hawaii Pacific 3-0 Saturday at Atherton Field in Kaneohe.

The Seasiders improved to 4-0-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the PacWest. The Sea Warriors slipped to 6-2-1 and 4-1-1.

BYU-Hawaii sophomore goalie Megan McCain had a season-high eight saves in posting her fourth shutout.

» Marina Nesic had three goals to lead Grand Canyon (4-4-2, 3-1-1) over host Hawaii-Hilo (2-4-1, 0-3-1).

» Academy of Art (1-3, 3-5) scored three goals in the first 12 minutes of the second half for a 4-1 victory over Chaminade (1-8, 1-4) in San Francisco. Freshman Alyssa Nagai scored for the Silverswords.

Hawaii Pacific blanks BYU-Hawaii

Chance Bukowski and Truls Lystad scored two goals each Saturday as the Hawaii Pacific men’s soccer team shut down BYU-Hawaii, 5-0 in Laie.

HPU moved to 8-2 overall and 5-1 in conference. BYU-Hawaii is 5-1-1 and 1-1-1.

» Saeed Robinson scored three goals to power visiting Grand Canyon (6-2-1, 3-1-1) to a 9-0 victory over HawaII-Hilo (2-5-1, 1-3).

» Patrick Heinemann scored 3 minutes into the match as Academy of Art (2-6, 1-3) defeated Chaminade 3-0 Saturday in San Francisco. The Silverswords fell to 0-9-1 and 0-5.

BYUH sweeps Grand Canyon in volleyball

Freshman Stella Chen had 21 kills, 16 digs, four assists and two aces as BYU-Hawaii completed a two-match sweep of Grand Canyon on Saturday in Phoenix.

The Seasiders won 25-13, 18-25, 25-17, 25-17 to improve to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the PacWest. The Antelopes fell to 8-6 and 2-4.