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PacWest addition might mean more sports

By Cindy Luis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 19, 2010

The addition last week of Cal Baptist as the 10th member in the Pacific West Conference is more than just an expansion of the number of schools. It also expands the possibilities of additional sports that will compete for an NCAA Division II championship.

The PacWest currently has 10 core sports that all members offer, five in fall (women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer and cross country); two in winter (men's and women's basketball) and three in spring (softball, men's golf and women's tennis). Baseball joins the spring mix beginning this season, with men's tennis and women's golf given tentative approval to be added to the spring schedule as early as the 2011-12 school year.

Continued growth is a given, according to PacWest commissioner Bob Hogue.

He just returned from the Division II commissioners' meeting in Arizona and "based on what has happened at the Division I level, we want to make sure it doesn't happen at D-II," Hogue said of the recent movement of teams to different conferences.

"There is ongoing discussion about future expansion (in the PacWest), and we've talked about other numbers beyond 10."

The addition of Cal Baptist, a longtime power in the NAIA, not only opens the doors to expansion in southern California -- Cal Baptist is in Riverside, Calif. -- it also has PacWest schools looking at some of the sports sponsored by the Lancers.

One is men's volleyball, a sport once offered by Brigham Young-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific.

Grand Canyon also offers men's volleyball, and Hogue said several schools have expressed interest in adding it as well as women's sand volleyball. Although Hogue said there has been no discussion with the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation -- the University of Hawaii's conference for men's volleyball -- he said that the NCAA men's volleyball representative will be making a presentation to the PacWest at the NCAA convention in January.

"It's an exciting time for us," Hogue said.

Men's volleyball has 22 teams at the combined Division I and II levels.

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SOCCER

MEN'S STANDINGS

	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA	All
NDNU	7	1	1	.833	19	6	10- 2- 1
Grand Canyon	7	1	0	.875	25	6	9- 2- 1
Hawaii Pacific	6	2	0	.750	18	6	7- 5- 0
Dixie State	4	3	1	.562	14	12	5- 6- 1
Hawaii-Hilo	4	3	2	.556	22	14	5- 4- 2
Acad. of Art	4	6	0	.400	13	22	5- 9- 0
Dominican	2	5	2	.333	9	16	2- 8- 3
BYU-Hawaii	1	7	1	.167	8	24	2- 8- 1
Chaminade	0	7	1	.063	7	29	1- 8- 1

Yesterday
Chaminade 2, Dominican 2
Hawaii-Hilo 0, N.D. de Namur 0

Tomorrow
Dominican at Hawaii-Hilo
NDNU at Hawaii Pacific

Saturday
Dominican at Hawaii Pacific
NDNU at BYU-Hawaii

MEN'S STATISTICS
Through Sunday
POINTS

	G	A	Pts
Ciliento, GCU	14	3	31
Bukoski, HPU	10	5	25
Guevara, Dom	8	2	18
Young, GCU	7	3	17
Montes, NDNU	7	3	17
Cruz, AA	8	1	17
Guffens, HPU	4	6	14

Goals--14: Ciliento, GCU. 10: Bukoski, HPU. 8: Guevara, Dom; Cruz, AA. 7: Young, GCU; Montes, NDNU. 6: Geis, UHH.

Assists--6: Fuffens, HPU; Durano, AA. 5: Martinez, GCU; Bukoski, HPU; Carlson, NDNU. 4: Garcia, GCU.

Saves--60: Carlson, Dom. 59: Sperry, CU. 41: Flache, HPU. 40: Walters, DSC.

WOMEN'S STANDINGS

	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA	All
BYU-Hawaii	6	0	1	25	25	3	10-0-2
Grand Canyon	6	2	1	19	22	9	7-2-1
Hawaii-Hilo	4	4	0	12	12	9	5-6-1
Hawaii Pacific	4	4	0	12	11	10	4-7-0
NDNU	3	3	2	11	8	9	5-5-2
Dixie State	4	5	0	12	12	10	7-6-0
Dominican	3	4	1	10	8	10	4-7-1
Chaminade	2	5	0	6	2	17	2-7-0
Acad. of Art	1	8	1	4	3	26	2-9-2

Yesterday
Dominican at Chaminade
NDNU at Hawaii-Hilo

Tomorrow
NDNU at Hawaii Pacific
Dominican at Hawaii-Hilo

Thursday
NDNU at BYU-Hawaii
Dominican at Hawaii Pacific
Dixie State at Grand Canyon

WOMEN'S STATISTICS

Points	G	A	Pts.
Nesic, GCU	10	3	23
Aiono, BYUH	8	3	19
Mearns, BYUH	5	3	13
Fuller, HPU	6	0	12
Emmett, AA	5	2	12
Micheletti, BYUH	5	1	11
Davis, DSC	4	3	11

Goals--10: Nesic, GCU. 8: Aiono, BYUH. 6: Fuller, HPU; Mearns, BYUH; Carels, GCU; Micheletti, BYUH; Emmett, AA.

Assists--6: Brown, Dom. 3: Slater, BYUH; Nesic, GCU; Maeshiro, HPU; Lambert, UHH; Mason, Dom; Edman, BYUH; Mearns, BYUH; Herrera, BYUH; Aiono, BYUH; Paetz, NDNU; Tershay, NDNU: Sharpe, AA; Davis, DSC; Peterson, DSC.

Saves--89: Minor, CU. 69: Herring, Dom. 50: Co, AA. 49: McCaine, BYUH. 48: Baxter, NDNU. 47: Makino, HPU. 46: Phillips, GCU. 43: Barone, UHH; Beck, DSC.

VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN'S STANDINGS

	W	L	Pct.	GB	All
Hawaii Hilo	7	1	.875	--	12-3
BYU-Hawaii	7	1	.875	--	0-5
Acad. of Art	6	3	.667	1 1/2	10-8
Hawaii Pacific	5	3	.625	2	11-4
Dixie State	5	3	.625	2	10-6
Grand Canyon	5	5	.500	3	9-12
NDNU	1	6	.143	5 1/2	3-11
Chaminade	1	7	.125	6	4-11
Dominican (CA)	0	8	.000	7	2-17

Thursday
Chaminade at Hawaii Pacific, 7 p.m., St. Andrew's Priory gym
NDNU at Dixie State

Friday
Grand Canyon at Hawaii-Hilo, 7 p.m., UHH gym
NDNU at Dixie State
Academy of Art at Dominican

Saturday
Hawaii Pacific at BYUH 7:30 p.m., Cannon Activities Center
Grand Canyon at Hawaii-Hilo, 7 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz at Dominican

Last week
Dixie State def. Chaminade, 3-2
Grand Canyon def. Hawaii Pacific, 3-2
Hawaii-Hilo def. NDNU, 3-0
BYUH def. Dominican, 3-0
Dixie State def. Chaminade 3-1
Hawaii Pacific def. Grand Canyon, 3-1
BYUH def. NDNU, 3-0
Hawaii-Hilo def. Academy of Art, 3-0
BYUH def. Dominican, 3-0
Academy of Art def. Chaminade, 3-0
Hawaii-Hilo def. NDNU, 3-0

STATISTICS
Through Sunday

Hitting percentage	S	K	E	TA	Pct.
Tupola, BYUH	39	75	10	164	.396
Thornquist, UHH	49	117	24	272	.342
Bush, AA	60	101	29	224	.321
Balanay, HPU	57	169	51	399	.296
Fitzgerald, DSC	67	162	46	400	.290

Kills	S	K	Avg/S
Hurley, UHH	50	248	4.96
Villamayor, NDNU	49	208	4.24
Dan, AA	68	288	4.24
Falealiii, Dom	61	189	3.10
Hagemeyer, BYUH	53	160	3.02

Assists	S	A	Avg/S
Swenson, UHH	50	5.39	10.78
Kea, HPU	55	560	10.18
Cheng, AA	68	628	9.24
Preach, GCU	80	695	8.69
Clark, DSC	62	532	8.58

Aces--25: Chase, 25. 23: Kotoyori, BYUH. 19: Becker, BYUH, and Bell, HPU. 17: Villamayor, NDNU; Vine, UHH; and Kea, HPU. 15: Akiona, NDNU.

Blocks	BS	BA	Total
Fitzgerald, DSC	9	63	72.0
Hill, DSC	12	54	66.0
Taylor, GCU	12	53	65.0
Balanay, HPU	13	48	61.0

Digs--465: Durbin, GCU. 372: Pelayo, HPU. 345: Jeffress, DSC. 291: Keanini, AA. 273: Kotoyori, BYUH. 255: Inamasu, 255.

Points	K	SA	BS	BA	Total
Dan, AA	288	10	3	29	315.0
Hurley, UHH	248	13	5	26	279.0
Villamayor, NDNU	208	17	3	9	232.5
Fitzgerald, DSC	162	18	9	63	220.5
Falealiii, Dom	189	14	5	14	215.0
Balanay, HPU	169	3	13	48	209.0

MEN'S SOCCER

Chaminade, Dominican tie

Goals by Jon Fukumoto and Nick Ogata gave Chaminade a 2-1 halftime lead, but the Silverswords could not hold on, settling for a 2-2 double-overtime draw in a PacWest men's soccer match yesterday at Saint Louis field.

Goalie Hayes Sperry made seven saves for Chaminade (1-8-1, 0-7-1) against the Penguins (2-8-3, 2-5-2).

» Hawaii-Hilo played Notre Dame de Namur, which had won six in a row, to a scoreless tie in men's soccer yesterday in Hilo.

Both teams had five shots on goal in the defensive battle. Isiah Castro of the Argonauts and Dane Kaylor of the Vulcans (5-4-2, 4-3-2) recorded the shutouts.

HONOR ROLL

» Jeremy Gweder, UHH: The sophomore defender scored the first goal in the Vulcans' 6-0 win over Chaminade.

» Jose Vasquez, UHH. The senior defender had two goals and an assist in the 6-0 win over the Silverswords.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Parker's goal helps Hilo win

Kelly Parker's goal gave Hawaii-Hilo a 1-0 women's soccer win over Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont, Calif.) yesterday in Hilo.

Chelsea Gomez assisted on the goal for the Vulcans (6-6-1, 5-4). Alysia Ann Barone made seven saves for the shutout.

» Bridget Folan scored in the 32nd minute and Mary Wheeler in the 73rd to lead Dominican over Chaminade 2-0 at Saint Louis field.

Goalie Marissa Minor had 10 saves for the Silverswords (2-8, 2-6) against the Penguins (5-5-1, 4-4-1).

BYUH's Aiono earns honor

BYU-Hawaii senior midfielder Natasha Aiono earned weekly honors after helping the Seasiders go 3-0-0 last week, scoring three goals and an assist. She had both goals in the 2-0 victory over Dominican.

HONOR ROLL

» Natalie Cude, BYUH: The junior midfielder scored two goals, both coming in the 4-0 win over Notre Dame de Namur.

» Meghan Fuller, HPU: The sophomore forward scored the only goal of the game to lift the Sea Warriors over Dominican.

» Megan McCain, BYUH: The freshman keeper allowed no goals in three victories, with six saves.

» Kim Micheletti, BYUH: The freshman defender had a goal and an assist for the unbeaten Seasiders.

» Lauren Minami, UHH: The senior forward had a goal and an assist in the 2-0 win over Chaminade.

VOLLEYBALL

HONOR ROLL

» Kelly Balanay, HPU: The senior middle hit .390 for the week with 40 kills and 7.5 blocks as the Sea Warriors went 1-1.

» Hillary Hurley, UHH: The junior hitter had 51 kills, four aces and three block assists to lead the Vulcans to a 3-0 record.

» Lauren Miller, BYUH: The senior setter had 113 assists in three Seasider wins.

» Leilani Ramsey, UHH: The senior hitter had 36 kills, 3.5 blocks and two aces to help the Vulcans go 3-0.

» Katie Swenson, UHH: The senior setter had 113 assists in three Vulcans wins.

» Tanza Tupola, BYUH: The senior middle led the conference in hitting for the week (.615) with 18 kills as the Seasiders kept pace with the Sea Warriors atop the conference standings.

» Rachael Thornquist, UHH: The junior hitter had 26 kills, hit .434 and had 10 blocks for the Vulcans.