Rainbow Wahine soccer beats alumnae

Goals by Kama Pascua and Olivia Stanford boosted the Hawaii soccer team to a 2-0 victory over the UH alumnae in an exhibition on Saturday night at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.

The alumnae featured Natasha Kai, who played at UH from 2002 to 2005 and went on to become an Olympic gold medalist. Kai was largely held in check, and her clean scoring looks were few.

"We wanted (our players) to enjoy it, and we wanted them to be productive, and I think we did that," UH coach Michele Nagamine said. "It was nice to see some familiar faces from the past. Our pregame talk was, ‘Keep Tasha Kai in front of you … and don’t make her mad.’ "

Pascua, a sophomore, lofted in a shot in the 13th minute, and Stanford, a senior, connected in the 18-yard box in the 72nd.

UH (5-5) opens Big West Conference play at home on Thursday against Cal State Fullerton.

Vulcans edge Urban Knights

Kristine Pasek scored twice, including the match-winner in the 53rd minute, to lead Hawaii Hilo over Academy of Art 2-1 in a PacWest women’s soccer match Saturday in San Francisco.

The Urban Knights (1-6, 1-1) opened the scoring in the 23rd minute only to see Pasek answer 12 seconds later on a breakaway goal to tie it.

Pasek’s second goal came on a header off a deflection by goalie Rachael Rempe to win it for the Vulcans (4-1-2, 1-0-1).

In other PacWest women’s soccer matches:

» At San Rafael, Calif., Katie Callister’s goal in the 86th minute lifted Brigham Young-Hawaii to a 2-1 win over Dominican.

After trailing the Penguins (0-8-0, 0-2-0) 1-0, the Seasiders (10-6, 6-4) tied it on McKenzie Evans’ header off a corner kick by Tess Hobbs in the 72nd minute.

» At Belmont, Calif., Ashlyn Ubongen’s penalty kick in the 24th minute proved to be the match-winner as Hawaii Pacific held on for a 2-1 victory against Notre Dame de Namur.

Erika Ellis’ goal in the 22nd minute opened the scoring for the Sharks (4-2-1, 1-1) against the Argonauts (2-5, 0-1).

» At Fresno, Calif., Fresno Pacific (1-5-1, 1-1-1) blanked Chaminade 2-0, handing the Silverswords (2-4, 2-1) their first conference loss.

Hawaii Pacific edges NDNU in men’s soccer

Jackson Groves’ header in the 76th minute lifted Hawaii Pacific over Notre Dame de Namur 3-2 in a PacWest men’s soccer match Saturday at Belmont, Calif.

The Sharks (4-3-1, 2-0) led 2-0 after 24 minutes on goals by Christopher Campbell and Brais Garcia.

The Argos (2-4-1) rallied to tie it in the 56th minute, but Groves, a transfer from Oregon State, scored his first goal for HPU 20 minutes later for the win.

In other PacWest men’s soccer matches:

» At Fresno, Calif., Chaminade fell 2-1 to Fresno Pacific in double overtime in a battle of conference unbeatens. It was the second straight double-OT match for the Silverswords (3-4, 2-1), who beat Dominican on Thursday.

Chaminade’s lone goal came in the 29th minute from Nicolas Ferro. Alvaro Nogales won it for the Sunbirds (5-1, 3-0) with two minutes left in the second overtime period.

» At San Rafael, Calif., Pawel Dregan’s first goal of the season was all Brigham Young-Hawaii needed to edge Dominican 1-0. Dregan’s score came in the 26th minute for the Seasiders (2-4-1, 2-0) against the Penguins (0-7-1, 0-2).

» At San Francisco, Academy of Art (3-5, 1-1) shut out Hawaii Hilo (2-4-1, 0-2) 3-0.

BYUH takes trio of tennis titles

The Brigham Young-Hawaii women’s tennis team won two titles and the men one at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Nannan Zhang doubled up on trophies, winning the singles championship and then partnering with Min Liu for the doubles title over UC San Diego’s Kyra Scott and Britta Mosser 8-6.

Yevhen Zakharov and Martin Chojnacki defeated Azusa Pacific’s Jan Meyer and Garry Yam 8-3.

The Seasiders move on to compete in the 2014 USTA/ITA National Small College Championships on Oct. 9-12 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, S.C.

UH tennis struggles at ITA Championships

University of Hawaii men’s tennis players Pavel Liska and Nils Shuhmann won their opening round matches but fell in Round 2 of the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. Carter Lam and Chas Okamoto also competed in the pre-qualifying round, but lost their opening-round matches.

» UH sophomore Cindy Nguyen fell in the pre-qualifying opening round at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles on Saturday. Nguyen fell 1-6, 6-4, 3-6 to Rutuja Bhosale of Texas A&M.

The Rainbow Wahine open their season with the UH Anuenue Invitational on Oct. 4 at the UH Tennis Complex.

Chaminade volleyball sweeps Hawaii-Hilo

Cassie Rushlow put down 15 kills and Suncica Bakic added 14 to lead Chaminade over Hawaii Hilo 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 in a PacWest volleyball match Saturday night at McCabe Gym.

Athena Maskarich had 21 digs for the Silverswords (8-6, 1-3). The Vulcans (3-4, 2-2) got seven kills from Morgan Lees.