Florence, Zietz move on in Billabong Pro
Two Hawaii surfers finished second in their first-round heats to advance in the Billabong Pro Tahiti on Monday.
John John Florence and Sebastian Zietz came up short of winning their heats in the 10- to 15-foot waves, which would have advanced them straight into the third round. Florence scored 15.83 points, which would have been good enough to win half of the heats, but fell to Kai Otton’s 18.24. Zietz scored 10.34 but lost to Kelly Slater, who tallied 16.40.
Freddy Patacchia was third in his heat, failing to advance when he finished behind Kolohe Andre of Brazil and Julian Wilson of Australia.
Florence takes on Brazil’s Raoni Monteiro and Zietz faces Alejo Muniz, also of Brazil, in Tuesday’s action.
Kim leads OCC Women’s Invitational
Alice Kim accumulated 38 Stableford points to lead the Oahu Country Club Women’s Invitational after the first round on Monday.
Sydney Maluenda trails Kim by four points going into Tuesday’s final round. Defending champion Jeannie Pak is tied for third with Keilyn Ing and Tuan-Yu Chiang at 33 points.
Rozanne Okazaki leads the A flight with 37 points, Marty Drew leads the B flight with 44 and Royce Sonnenberg and Seema Singh are tied atop the C flight with 38.
The final round begins Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.
Rodriguez and Shimomura tied at Pearl
Juan Rodriguez of Nanea Golf Club and Ko Olina’s Kevin Shimomura each shot 74s at Pearl Country Club to share the first-round lead at the Aloha PGA Assistants Championship.
Waialae’s Brandon Nahele is two strokes back after a 76, and Waikoloa Village’s Jeff Ingman will join the final group with a 79.
The leaders tee off Tuesday at 8:34 a.m. The winner earns a spot in the national tournament Oct. 30 at Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Seasiders fourth in initial volleyball poll
The Brigham Young-Hawaii women’s volleyball team will start the season ranked No. 4 in the AVCA Division II preseason poll.
The Seasiders, who made it to the national championship match last year, trail No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul, No. 2 Tampa and No. 3 Minnesota Duluth.
BYUH opens the season Aug. 30 against island rival Hawaii Pacific.
