Seasiders drop 2 in softball

Taylor Thurman’s two-run homer highlighted a four-run fifth and Academy of Art completed a softball doubleheader sweep of Brigham Young-Hawaii with an 8-5 win in Monday’s second game in Brisbane, Calif.

The Urban Knights (17-30, 13-17 PacWest) took the opener 6-2 at Mission Blue Field. AAU’s Kimberly Dauer scattered four hits and struck out 10. She lost her shutout bid by giving up two runs in the sixth.

In the second game, the Seasiders (6-42, 3-29) took a 3-0 lead in the first, with Tiffanee Frampton’s double to left scoring Chandra Tewari with the first of three runs. The Urban Knights scored once in the bottom of the first and tied it up with two in the third before building a 7-3 lead with runs in the bottom of the fifth.

BYUH closed to 7-5 with two runs in the sixth on a solo homer by Coralee Alexander and an RBI single by Tewari, but did not get any closer.

HPU baseball splits 2 with Azusa Pacific

The Hawaii Pacific baseball team split a doubleheader with Azusa Pacific on Monday, winning the first game 15-10 and dropping the second game 6-5 in Azusa, Calif.

Codey Ellenwood went 4-for-5 with five RBIs to lead the Sea Warriors (28-16, 17-13) in the opener. Kale Sumner added three hits and three RBIs.

The Urban Knights (12-27, 9-17) scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh for the victory.

Vulcans lead shortened golf championships

Hawaii Hilo carded a 293 to take an eight-stroke lead into today’s final round of the controversy-marred PacWest men’s golf tournament at Litchfield Park, Ariz.

The 12-team tournament was initially a 54-hole event, but was cut to 36 holes after a problem with the course setup for round one was discovered. Tee markers for three holes were not set to match the scorecards, with a large portion of the 60-player field not playing the same course as the remaining golfers.

First-round scores were eliminated after consultation with USGA representatives and input from the conference coaches.

Vulcans Dalen Yamauchi shot a 3-under 69 on the Wigwam Golf Course’s Gold Course, four shots ahead of teammate James Hall, BYU-Hawaii’s Colten Lambe and Grand Canyon’s Alex Dalhquist.

The Seasiders were in second at 301, followed by Grand Canyon and Dixie State at 302. Hawaii Pacific was fifth at 308, with Cal Baptist at 309 and Academy of Art at 310.

Point Loma and Dominican shared eighth at 313, Notre Dame de Namur was at 317, Chaminade at 318 and Holy Names at 319.