BASKETBALL
Wild finish sets up tourney seeds
Hawaii Pacific’s overtime win over Chaminade on Saturday night dropped the Silverswords to third place and into Thursday’s first-round game with the Sea Warriors at the PacWest men’s basketball tournament in Azusa, Calif.
Had Chaminade won, the Silverswords would have earned a bye into Friday’s semifinals as the No. 2 seed. Instead, the Sea Warriors rallied from 13 points down late in regulation and defeated Chaminade in overtime.
Chaminade, seeded third, and HPU, seeded sixth, meet at 3:30 p.m. at Azusa Pacific’s Felix Event Center. Fifth-seeded Brigham Young-Hawaii faces fourth seed Dominican in Thursday’s second game.
The winners advance to Friday’s semifinals, where conference champion Dixie State is the top seed and Grand Canyon No. 2. The championship is Saturday.
On the women’s side, Hawaii Pacific defeated Chaminade on Saturday to earn the top seed and a first-round bye into the conference tournament. The Sea Warriors finished tied for second with Grand Canyon but had the head-to-head tiebreaker; Cal Baptist, ineligible for the tournament while transitioning to Division II status, won the PacWest title.
HPU will face the winner of Thursday’s first-round game between fourth seed Dixie State and No. 5 Hawaii Hilo. In Thursday’s second game, BYUH, seeded sixth, plays third seed Academy of Art.
BASEBALL
Vulcans sweep doubleheader
Two freshmen led the Hawaii Hilo baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of Holy Names (Calif.) on Monday at Wong Stadium in Hilo.
The Vulcans blanked the Hawks 6-0 in the first game. Freshman Jordan Kurokawa struck out six and scattered five hits over seven innings to earn the win.
Fellow frosh Keenan Nishioka hit a walkoff single to right field in the bottom of the seventh to lead the Vulcans (5-13, 4-8) to a 3-2 win over the Hawks (4-9, 3-3) in the nightcap.
Softball
BYUH earns split with Martin Methodist
Brigham Young-Hawaii split a nonconference doubleheader with Martin (Tenn.) Methodist in Laie on Monday.
The Seasiders rode a strong pitching performance by Tiffanee Frampton to take the first game 7-4.
The RedHawks (8-6) took advantage of five BYUH errors in the second game, scoring five unearned runs to salvage the split with a 5-3 win. Senior Haley Sones homered in the loss for the Seasiders, who fell to 5-13.
Volleyball
Sea Warriors compete indoors, on sand
Hawaii Pacific will play Hawaii and Texas Tech in spring exhibition indoor matches and takes on Hawaii and Florida International as part of its sand schedule.
The Sea Warriors, Brigham Young-Hawaii and Chaminade play in the annual round-robin exhibition tournament hosted by the Rainbow Wahine on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. Admission is free for the event in Gym II.
HPU also will play Texas Tech on March 13 at St. Andrew’s Priory. The match starts at 7 p.m., with a $3 admission charge for 14 and older.
The Sea Warriors’ sand team takes on Hawaii and Florida International on March 16 at the Queen’s Beach Sand Box beginning at 8 a.m. On April 6, HPU plays Chaminade at 8 a.m. at Ala Moana Beach Park.
