BASKETBALL

Commercial features former Silversword

Huskers. Rebels. Bulldogs.

Silverswords?

Chaminade gets a shout-out on the Enterprise Rent-A-Car commercial "Team Spirit" currently being broadcast during the NCAA basketball tournaments.

Featured is former Silverswords big man John Wyatt, who has worked at Enterprise for the past 24 years and currently is a regional vice-president. Wyatt played for Chaminade from 1987-89, was team captain, homecoming king and most outstanding student his senior year.

TENNIS

Quite the week for HPU men

Hawaii Pacific anticipates a big leap in the ITA national rankings Wednesday after continuing its undefeated season in impressive fashion with road wins over the Nos. 1, 2 and 4 teams last week.

The fifth-ranked Sea Warriors, who improved to 15-0 with Monday’s 8-1 win at Rollins (Fla.) College, dropped No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic 7-2 Wednesday in Las Vegas. HPU then eked out a 5-4 victory over top-ranked Barry Saturday at Miami Shores, Fla., with the deciding match coming at No. 6 singles when Clemens Graute outlasted Ollie Lemaitre 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

In Sunday’s match in Boca Raton, Fla., HPU won handedly, 5-1, over the Fighting Knights. The Sea Warriors went 8-0 the past 11 days with matches in three states: two in California, three in Nevada, and three in Florida, all against teams in the top 17.

BASEBALL

Vulcans’ Kurokawa earns weekly honor

Hawaii Hilo sophomore pitcher Jordan Kurokawa was named the conference co-pitcher of the week following an impressive performance on the road.

The Maryknoll graduate did not allow an earned run in 111⁄3 innings pitched over two starts last week, with just one earned run in his past four starts (192⁄3 innings). Kurokawa (2-2) struck out two in two scoreless innings of a 2-1 nonconference loss at Sonoma State and then earned a complete-game victory at Academy of Art, giving up one unearned run and six hits while striking out six as the Vulcans won 5-1.

Kurokawa shared the honor with Azusa Pacific’s Zach Hedges.