Hawaii Grown Notebook

BASEBALL

» Kansas freshman outfielder Michael Suiter (Punahou ’11) started in two of the Jayhawks’ three wins in the Music City Classic, finishing 4-for-8 with an RBI in games Friday and Saturday. Freshman Justin Protacio (Mid-Pacific ’11) went 1-for-6 with two RBIs, and freshman right-hander Robert Kahana (Campbell ’11) pitched a scoreless inning of relief.

» Long Beach State sophomore catcher Royce Murai (Pearl City ’10) started two games against Virginia Commonwealth over the weekend, going 2-for-8 with a double and four RBIs.

» Northwestern senior Michael Jahns (St. Anthony ’07) made two appearances, pitching two innings and allowing four hits and no earned runs with one walk and two strikeouts in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge over the weekend. Senior Paul Snieder (Punahou ’07) finished 3-for-14 with a triple and seven RBIs as the Wildcats finished 1-2.

» San Jose State freshman outfielder Kalei Contrades (Saint Louis ’11) made his first start on Sunday, going 1-for-4 with a walk and run scored, helping the Spartans salvage a game in the series with a 7-3 win over San Francisco.

» Southern Utah senior Justin Neuhart (Molokai ’07) hit .250 (2-for-8) and senior Mitchell Kauweloa (Kamehameha ’07) and sophomore Bryson Kenolio (Kamehameha ’10) each singled and drove in one of four Thunderbirds runs as SUU went 0-3 against Saint Mary’s (Calif.) over the weekend.

» Claremont-Mudd-Scripps sophomore Brett Watanabe (‘Iolani ’10) went 5-for-8 with a double, three runs and an RBI as the Stags defeated Linfield (Ore.) and George Fox (Ore.) on the first day of the Arizona Desert Classic on Thursday.

» Pacific (Ore.) junior outfielder Nick Tasaka (Mid-Pacific ’09) hit .308 (4-for-13) with three RBIs and senior Mike Nagamine (Mid-Pacific ’08) homered and drove in three runs as the Boxers finished 1-6 in a seven-game road trip at Hawaii-Hilo and Hawaii Pacific that ended on Saturday. Junior right-hander Rob Dittrick (Mid-Pacific ’09) started two games, going 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA, allowing six earned runs on 11 hits in eight innings with one walk and six strikeouts.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

» Arizona senior Rebecca Cardenas (Hawaiian Mission Academy ’08) scored a career-best 9.850 on the bars and a 9.90 on the floor to finish in second in a dual-meet win over Brigham Young on Friday.

» LSU freshman Randi Lau (Thompson Academy ’11) earned her first collegiate win with a season-best 9.90 on the vault in a tri-meet win over Washington and Seattle Pacific on Friday.

» Arizona State senior Kahoku Palafox (Maryknoll ’08) took first with a season-high 9.875 on bars and second on the beam (9.80) in a loss to Illinois on Sunday.

» Sacramento State senior Emiko Ono (Roosevelt ’08) finished first on the vault with a 9.775 in a dual-meet against Utah State on Friday.

SOFTBALL

» Florida State sophomore Courtney Senas (Mililani ’10) went 2-for-9 with a double, two walks, two runs, two RBIs and two stolen bases to help FSU win the first four games of the Seminole Classic #2 over the weekend to remain undefeated so far this season.

» Redlands (Calif.) senior right fielder Kai Masutani (‘Iolani ’08) went 2-for-8 with a run and two RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Whittier (Calif.) on Sunday.

» Lewis & Clark sophomore Caitlin Basilio (Mililani ’10) went 3-for-7 with a double, three runs and two RBIs as the Pioneers lost two games in the Northwest Cup on Sunday.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

» Fairfield (Conn.) senior Michelle Yoshida (Punahou ’08) won the silver medal in the women’s 200-yard backstroke with a record-setting time of 2:02.90 in her final individual event as a Stag at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday. Yoshida took silver in the 50 freestyle on Thursday and won gold in the 100 backstroke on Friday. She graduates with nine individual MAAC titles, two silver medals, and one bronze relay medal. She also holds 11 individual school records and is a part of 10 relay records.

» Lindenwood (Mo.) senior Sarah Billiamosa (Pearl City ’08) was named the female swimmer of the meet at the Liberal Arts Championships that ended Friday. Billiamosa set meet and pool records in the 200 individual medley (2:07.51), 400 IM (4:32.53) and 200 butterfly (2:10.96). She also swam on the 400 free and 800 free relay teams that came in first.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

» George Fox (Ore.) sophomore Shaina Inn (Hawaii Baptist ’10) recorded one of two points by the Bruins on Saturday, winning her No. 3 singles match in a 5-2 loss to La Verne.

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

» Dartmouth junior Joy Piotrowski (Punahou ’09) won the triple jump with a distance of 35 feet, 5.25 inches and finished fourth in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 17 feet, 7 inches at the USATF New England Indoor Championships hosted by Harvard on Sunday.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

» Vassar (N.Y.) College freshman Colin Fearn-Johnson (Punahou ’11) put down four kills in six attempts and added three digs, a block assist and an ace in a three-set sweep over State University New York Institute of Technology last Wednesday.

» Emerson (Mass.) junior Justin Chun (Punahou ’09) had a team-high 11 digs in a five-set victory over Lasell on Monday.

» Holy Names (Calif.) freshman Keenan Paulos (Saint Louis ’11) had 11 kills, four digs and three aces and sophomore Mike Gomez (Maryknoll ’10) had five digs, an assist and an ace in a five-set loss to Johnson & Wales (Colo.) on Thursday.

MEN’S WRESTLING

» Johns Hopkins University freshman Evan Johnson (Punahou ’11) won by fall in the 197-pound weight class in a dual meet with Scranton on Saturday.

» Midland (Neb.) University freshman Jacob Luning-Hoshino (Kamehameha ’11) beat the No. 2-seeded wrestler on his way to a fifth-place finish at 141 pounds in the NAIA Northern Regional on Saturday.

» Menlo (Calif.) College junior Drake Medeiros (Saint Louis ’08) won two matches at 125 pounds and finished in fourth place at the NAIA West Regional on Saturday.