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Kenui wins regional soccer award

University of Hawaii soccer sophomore Storm Kenui was named 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Women’s All-West Region third team on Tuesday.

Kenui, a second-team All-Big West selection for the 2014 season, led UH with six goals in the 2014 season while adding two assists. The Moanalua High product was just the fifth UH player to earn NSCAA all-region honors.

McGill wins Sunset Pro junior event

Oahu’s Dax McGill won the Sunset Beach Pro Junior Women’s surfing contest on Tuesday on the North Shore.

In the final, McGill scored a two-wave total of 16.5 — the highest score of the event. Haleiwa’s Honolua Blomfield posted a 10.83, Maui’s Summer Macedo recorded a 4.66 and Brisa Hennessy of Kailua had a 4.13.

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"I finished second here last year, so it feels so good to win," McGill said in a media release. "Ultimately my goal is to qualify for the women’s Championship Tour and win a world title, but for now I just want to score some great waves and get the experience."

Surf was in the 6- to 12-foot range.

UH fifth in Big West softball poll

After finishing near the back of the pack in 2014, the University of Hawaii softball team landed in the middle of the Big West preseason coaches poll released Tuesday.

The Rainbow Wahine placed fifth in the poll with 31 points in voting by the league’s eight coaches.

Defending champion Long Beach State topped the poll with four first-place votes and 59 points. Cal State Fullerton followed with three first-place votes and 56 points. Cal Poly placed third, with one coach picking the Mustangs to win the league title.

UC Santa Barbara was fourth, followed by Hawaii, CSUN, UC Davis and UC Riverside.

The Rainbow Wahine went 22-28 overall last season and 7-14 in Big West play to finish seventh in the league in their first sub-.500 season since 2004 and just the third in Bob Coolen’s 23-year tenure as head coach.

UH opens the season Feb. 5 against St. Mary’s in the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Hawaii will also face No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 25 DePaul in the three-day tournament.