Hawaii’s Moore eliminated from Roxy Pro
Defending world champion Carissa Moore of Honolulu was eliminated from the Roxy Pro Snapper Rocks surf contest on Australia’s Gold Coast on Tuesday.
Moore, who won her opening-round heat, placed third in round three and won again in round four before losing in the quarterfinals to Tyler Wright of Australia. Moore’s two-wave score of 13.47 fell short of Wright’s 18.03. Moore finished equal fifth.
Hawaii’s Malia Manuel also finished equal fifth, falling in the quarterfinals to Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons, 17.00 to12.00. Manuel won her first- and third-round heats earlier this week.
Coco Ho of Hawaii finished second in her first-round heat and then lost in the second round to Sarah Mason of New Zealand.
In the men’s event, the Quiksilver Pro, Hawaii’s John John Florence and Fred Patacchia were eliminated in the third round earlier this week. Florence fell to Adrian Buchan of Australia, 16.03 to 13.60, and Patacchia lost to 11-time world champ Kelly Slater of Florida, 16.36 to 12.40.
UHH finishes sixth in golf tournament
Hawaii-Hilo finished in sixth place at the St. Edward’s Invitational women’s golf tournament on Tuesday at the Grey Rock Golf Course in Austin, Texas.
The Vulcans ended up at 653 for the two-day tournament, 47 shots behind first-place Tarleton State (Texas).
UHH’s Kristen Sawada tied for 17th place at 162, 15 strokes behind medalist Spencer Heller of Sonoma State.
Sueda is PacWest player of week
Hawaii-Hilo’s Aisha Sueda was picked as the Pacific West Conference softball player of the week.
Sueda led the Vulcans to a 5-1 record in six games against Cal State Stanislaus. She went 9-for-18 with a homer and nine RBIs.
Hawaii Pacific drops Chaminade in tennis
Hawaii Pacific defeated Chaminade 9-0 in women’s tennis on Tuesday at Central Oahu Regional Park.
Zora Vickova, Vivian Hansen, Magdalena Smejova , Ielyzaveta Rybakova, Lea Kruse-Untermann and Carrie Shuler all won in singles and doubles for the Sea Warriors (4-1).
Chaminade dropped to 4-3.
