Galdiano tied for second at amateur

Pearl City’s Mariel Galdiano shot a 3-under 68 on Monday at Rhode Island Country Club and is tied for second place in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship golf tournament.

Galdiano is two shots behind Xi Yu Lin of the People’s Republic of China going into today’s second round.

The top 64 golfers advance to match play.

Two Honolulu golfers are also competing. Stephanie Kono is tied for 14th at even-par 71 and Kristina Merkle is tied for 27th at 1-over 72.

Maui team 0-3 at LLWS regional

Central East Maui’s chances of advancing in the Little League Baseball West regional dimmed greatly with a 5-3 loss to Washington (Utah) on Monday in San Bernardino, Calif.

Central East Maui fell to 0-3 in the six-team tournament with one game left to play on Wednesday. The top four teams qualify for Friday’s semifinals.

Central East Maui, which entered Monday’s game with just two hits in its first two games of the regional, broke out for 11 hits against the Utah champion. But five errors contributed to a third straight loss.

"It was great to see the kids hit the ball finally, but the errors … ," Maui coach Bernard Kaupe said.

Washington led 4-2 going into the bottom of the fourth when Ka‘o Mindoro hit a one-out solo home run. After giving up an unearned run in the top of the sixth, Maui put two runners on with two out in the bottom of the inning. Orion Miyasato-Farias then lined out to right field to end the game.

"He hit it hard, but right at ’em," Kaupe said. "Hard luck."

Central East Maui has a day off today and closes pool play on Wednesday against Red Bluff (Northern California).

U.S. loses to Russia in volleyball

Team USA fell to Russia on Sunday in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Junior World Championship, but still has a shot at the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.

The U.S. lost 19-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-17, 15-13, despite 18 kills from captain Taylor Crabb, of Honolulu. The Americans finished the second round of pool play 2-1 and second to unbeaten Russia. They are 4-2 overall. Both teams qualified for today’s semifinals.

The U.S. plays Argentina, and Russia faces Serbia. Medal matches conclude the tournament Wednesday. The U.S. has never finished better than seventh.

Setter Micah Christenson, hitter Josh Taylor and libero Henry Cassiday, who are also from Honolulu, are also on the U.S. team. All but Taylor start.

Blake at Maryknoll camp

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Blake and NBA shooting coach John Townsend are two of the instructors at the TRD Pro Player Island Basketball Camp hosted by Maryknoll School starting tomorrow and running through Friday.

The camp is $150 and participants can register at Maryknoll on Wednesday or by going to the school’s website, maryknollschool.org.

The sessions for grades 3-6 run from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and the sessions for grades 7-12 run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.