Viloria-Romero III available on PPV
Three-time world champion Brian Viloria’s WBO flyweight title defense against Omar Nino Romero will be available on pay-per-view in Hawaii at 3 p.m. on March 31.
The fight, which takes place at the Ynares Sports Arena in the Philippines, is being distributed by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via In Demand, DIRECTV and Dish Network.
It will also be available online on Ustream.tv at www.ustream.tv/integratedsportsppv.
Viloria (30-3, 16 KOs) will face Romero (31-4-2, 13 KOs) for the third time in his career. Romero handed Viloria his first professional loss in August 2006 to win the WBC light flyweight title. Romero defeated Viloria again three months later by majority decision, but the result was later ruled a no contest after Romero failed a post-fight drug test.
Viloria has won 11 of his last 12 fights, including an eighth-round TKO of Giovani Segura last December.
Oda leads state amateur stroke play
John Oda shot an even-par 72 for a 212 total to maintain a one-shot lead over Jonathan Ota and Alex Chiarella after the third round of the Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Pearl Country Club on Saturday.
The three are scheduled to go out off the first tee at 12:50 p.m. today.
In the senior division, the field was cut to 13 golfers, with the leaders going out at 11:40 a.m.
UH’s Cohen earns spot in NCAAs
UH senior Douglas Cohen earned a spot in the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships after finishing fourth in the platform final of the NCAA Zone E Championships on Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Cohen posted a 655.70 in the final for his first trip to the NCAA championships, which will be held March 22-24 in Federal Way, Wash.
BYUH sweeps Chaminade in softball
Brigham Young-Hawaii swept Chaminade 2-0 and 8-0 in women’s softball Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park. The games were originally scheduled for Laie but moved to CORP because of poor field conditions on the North Shore.
Chaminade is 5-7 overall and 4-2 in the PacWest. BYUH is 7-5 and 4-4.
HPU sweeps Notre Dame de Namur
Breanne Patton and Melissa Kirby each pitched complete-game victories to lead Hawaii Pacific (10-4, 5-1 PacWest Conference) past Notre Dame de Namur (12-10, 2-5) Saturday at Sand Island Park.
Patton (6-1) pitched a three-hitter over six innings, and Keila Elderts, Nicole Morrow and Celina Garces each had two hits in HPU’s 8-0 first-game win. Kirby (4-3) pitched seven innings in a 7-1 win. Morrow drove in two runs in the second game.
UCLA belts UH in men’s tennis
No. 4 UCLA (12-2), which featured nationally ranked players at three singles positions and at one doubles position, defeated the 1-6 University of Hawaii men’s tennis team 7-0 Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
» In a UH women’s match, Barbara Pinterova beat Elizabeth Ullathorne 7-5, 6-4 for the Rainbow Wahine’s only win in a 6-1 loss to No. 20 Texas Tech on Saturday at the UH Tennis Complex.
