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UH-Florida State softball game canceled
Tuesday’s rainy weather put the University of Hawaii softball team’s pursuit of the longest winning streak in the program’s history on hold.
UH’s game against Florida State scheduled for Tuesday night was canceled due to the wet conditions. The game will not be rescheduled. The Rainbow Wahine will play Thursday against Radford to open the four-day Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament.
The Wahine moved up three places in both national polls after winning five games in the Bank of Hawaii Invitational over the weekend. UH is 19th in the USA Today/NFCA coaches poll and tied for 19th with Auburn in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25.
At 17-0, UH is off to the best start in the program’s history and is one victory shy of the win-streak record set in 2010 when the Wahine won 18 straight during the Western Athletic Conference schedule.
UH takes last place at Spartan Invitational
Hawaii finished last at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational on Tuesday at Almaden Golf and Country Club in San Jose, Calif. The tournament, was won by 23rd-ranked California with a 54-hole score of 15-over-par 879.
The Rainbow Wahine shot 335 in the final round for a total of 984. The top UH finisher was junior Ka‘ili Britos at 78—235. She tied for 29th.
Cal’s Joanne Lee was the medalist at 2-under 214. Cassy Isagawa, a freshman out of Baldwin, finished fourth at 72—217 to lift Oregon into second place.
BYUH golfers earn tie for seventh place
Brigham Young-Hawaii tied for seventh place at the Cal State East Bay Pioneer Shootout on Tuesday.
The Seasiders finished the three-round tourney at 943 at Hiddenbrooke Golf Course in Vallejo, Calif.
Remington Schultz led BYUH with a 25th-place finish at 17-over 233.
Cal State East Bay’s Chris Herzog was the medalist at 5-over 221 and he led his team to the tourney title at 907.
St. Cloud State sweeps UHH in baseball
Kyle Fischer and Travis Enger drove in three runs each to lead St. Cloud (Minn.) State to a 14-4 win in the first game of a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday at Wong Stadium.
Joshua Wong had two hits and drove in a run for the Vulcans (4-12). The Huskies (13-1) won the second game 3-2.
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