Hawaii’s Alessa Quizon defeated South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag 10.80 to 10.20 in their second-round heat during the Roxy Pro France on Saturday in Landes, Aquitaine, France.
Hawaii’s Malia Manuel was eliminated by Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore 13.50 to 13.40.
Quizon will join local surfers Coco Ho, Carissa Moore and Tatiana Weston-Webb in the third round.
Hawaii’s John John Florence defeated Australia’s Kai Otton 16.33 to 15.33 during the third round of the Quiksilver Pro France on Saturday in Landes.
Hawaii’s Keanu Asing lost to Brazil’s Italo Ferreira 13.60 to 13.10.
Florence is the lone Hawaii surfer remaining in the contest.
Hawaii Hilo golfers finish in top half
Hawaii Hilo’s Kristen Sawada finished tied for fourth at the St. Martin’s Invitational women’s golf tournament Saturday in Olympia, Wash.
Sawada finished at 156 after posting a final-round 80 at Olympia Golf & Country Club.
Hilo finished fifth in the nine-team tournament at 675. St. Martin’s won with a 631.
Hawaii teams complete invitational
The University of Hawaii women’s cross country team placed four runners in the top seven en route to victory at the Chaminade Invitational on Saturday at Kapiolani Park.
Hawaii Pacific’s Johanna Apelryd won the 5-kilometer race in 18:21.9.
The Rainbow Wahine were paced by Montana Martinez’s second-place finish in 18:23.4.
Hawaii finished with 27 points and was followed by HPU (38), Brigham Young-Hawaii (58) and Hawaii Hilo (114).
In the men’s event, Hawaii Pacific’s Jacob Alplund won the 8K race, crossing in 27:13.3.
The Sharks took the team title, finishing with 25 points, while BYUH had 34 and Chaminade finished at 76.
Hawaii Hilo picks up four-set road victory
Marley Strand-Nicolaisen had 16 kills and Morgan Lees added 14 as the Hawaii Hilo volleyball team beat Point Loma Nazarene 25-22, 25-22, 15-25, 25-23 on Saturday in San Diego.
Sienna Davis recorded 37 assists for the Vulcans (5-5, 3-4 PacWest).
Heather Leavitt finished with 26 kills and Savannah Wedemeyer had 40 assists for the Sea Lions (8-8, 3-5).
>> Elizabeth Culpepper had 24 kills and Pomai Recca added 17, but Hawaii Pacific fell to Dixie State 25-22, 18-25, 28-26, 25-23 in St. George, Utah.
Amanda Moriarty recorded 34 digs for the Sharks (11-6, 6-3 PacWest).
Taylor Duryea finished with 15 kills and Kailey Frei had 42 assists for the Red Storm (8-8, 5-3).
>> Keani Passi finished with 19 kills and Kim Spring added 12 in Chaminade’s 25-22 , 22-25, 25-20, 25-20 loss to California Baptist in Riverside, Calif.
Kasse-Ann Kiriu-Dela Cruz and Skyler Curry each had 24 assists for the Silverswords (12-4, 5-3 PacWest).
Lauren Hackett recorded 16 kills for the Lancers (13-3, 6-2).
>> Sinamoni Tonga had 18 kills and Ying Chun Chen recorded 38 assists, but Brigham Young-Hawaii (8-8, 6-2 PacWest) fell to Azusa Pacific 29-27, 25-20, 25-18 in Azusa, Calif.
Malary Reid finished with 10 kills for the Cougars (8-8, 4-4), while Natalie Klapp had nine.
BYU-Hawaii pulls off road shutout
Jacob McRae scored at 23:49 as the Brigham Young-Hawaii men’s soccer team beat California Baptist 1-0 in Riverside, Calif.
Jaden Epplette made two saves for the Seasiders (4-6, 2-3 PacWest).
The Lancers fell to 4-6-1 and 3-3.
>> Santiago Alejandro scored two first-half goals as Dixie State defeated Hawaii Hilo 2-0 in St. George, Utah.
The Red Storm improved to 7-1-1 and 5-0-1 in the PacWest; the Vulcans fell to 1-9 and 0-5.
>> Chaminade allowed four first-half goals in a 5-2 loss to Concordia (Calif.) in Irvine, Calif.
Lukas Pousset (10:58) and Tyler Braunthal (54:40) scored for the Silverswords (0-8, 0-5 PacWest).
John Letona and Erik Torres each scored twice for the Eagles (3-7, 3-3).
>> Callum Wallace scored two goals and Kaleb Armbrust also scored as Azusa Pacific beat Hawaii Pacific 3-0 in Azusa, Calif.
The Cougars improved to 3-4-2 and 3-1-1 in the PacWest; the Sharks dropped to 5-4-1 and 3-2-1.
Local PacWest teams lose on the road
The Hawaii Hilo women’s soccer team had just one shot on goal in a 3-0 loss to Dixie State on Saturday in St. George, Utah. Freshman goalkeeper Teani Teanio tallied 14 saves against a Storm offense that racked up 33 shots in the match. Jasmine Arollo, Kaisa Rogers and Alexis Torres scored goals for DSU, which improved to 5-5-0 overall and 3-3-0 in the PacWest. The Vulcans fell to 4-2-3 overall and 3-2-0.
>> After a scoreless first half, Concordia blanked the Chaminade women’s soccer team 3-0 in a PacWest matchup on Saturday in Irvine, Calif.
McKenna Carillo notched goals in the 53rd and 75th minute for the Eagles (6-2-2, 5-1 PacWest), while Alexis Garcia-Irons found the net in the 49th minute. Chaminade (1-8, 0-5 PacWest) was outshot 16-1 in the loss.
>> Lauren Wallberg found the net in the 75th minute to lead Cal Baptist over the BYU-Hawaii women’s soccer team in a 1-0 PacWest win in Riverside, Calif. on Saturday.
Kelsey East posted six saves for the Seasiders (2-6-2, 1-3-1 PacWest), while the Lancers (5-5-1, 5-1-0 PacWest) racked up seven shots on goal.
>> Hawaii Pacific suffered its second consecutive shutout in a 2-0 loss to Azusa Pacific on Saturday in Azusa, Calif. Rachel Curley and Mayra Almazan found the net for the Cougars (7-2, 3-2 PacWest), while Mikaela Truckey assisted on both goals. The Sharks (4-7, 1-5 PacWest) were outshot 21-5 and goalkeeper Kelby Boswell posted eight saves.
