Lincoln Memorial freshman Tyra Sanchez ended her month of March helping the Lady Railsplitters win their first East Coast Conference title ever.
The 2017 Moanalua alumna made the all-tournament team after helping the Lady Railsplitters finish 9-1 in the tournament.
Sanchez averaged 19.59 points per frame.
She started the month rolling the first 300 game in school history at the Big Red Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
Sanchez helped the Lady Railsplitters beat No. 2 McKendree by one pin by shooting a perfect score in the anchor position. Her 12th and final strike not only clinched the perfect game, but gave her team the win by a single pin.
“What an amazing performance for a freshman to step up and not only throw our first-ever perfect game but to also strike out in the 10th against the defending NCAA national champions to win the match by one pin,” LMU director of bowling and women’s coach Joseph Slowinski said in a press release. “Tyra can flat-out strike when she gets it going, and today may be the start of her big breakout as a player. Tyra has worked so hard to improve and be an important contributor to our success as a team.”
LMS will host Texas Southern in the opening round of the 2018 National Collegiate Women’s Bowling Championship on Friday. The winner will advance to St. Louis to compete in the double-elimination NCAA tournament April 12-14.
Baseball
Duhay gets hot at the plate
Coppin State senior Caleb Duhay, a 2014 ‘Iolani alumnus, was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference co-player of the week on Monday.
Duhay, a 6-foot outfielder, hit .429 (9-for-21) with three multi-hit games to help the Eagles go 3-1 against conference opponents and 3-2 overall.
Duhay had six stolen bases in those five games and had two three-hit games against Norfolk State over the weekend.
In a 7-5 win in Sunday’s series finale, Duhay drove in three runs and scored the game-winning run in the 12th inning.
Duhay is hitting .316 for the season and leads the Eagles in runs scored (16), extra-base hits (six) and stolen bases (15).
His 16 stolen bases are tied for 18th in Division I and his 0.65 stolen bases per game is ninth overall.
Coppin State is in first place in the North Division of the MEAC with a 7-2 record.
Tennis
Uyeda remains undefeated
Linfield (Ore.) freshman Michelle Uyeda was named the Northwest Conference women’s tennis student- athlete of the week on Monday.
Yoshida, a 2017 Kealakehe alumna, was a perfect 4-0 that week, winning twice in singles and twice in doubles to help the Wildcats beat Redlands (Calif.) 5-4 on Wednesday and UC Santa Cruz 8-1 on Friday.
Uyeda has yet to lose in her collegiate career, posting an 8-0 record in both singles and double competition.
Uyeda has dropped only two sets all season but came back to win both of those matches in three sets.
Against UC Santa Cruz, Uyeda had to go to a tiebreaker to win 8-6 to claim a 9-8 victory at No. 2 doubles.
Uyeda has played five of her eight singles matches at the No. 3 position and the other three at the No. 2 spot.
Linfield is 9-1 overall this season.
Murata gets noticed after perfect week
Pacific (Ore.) sophomore Rayden Murata was named the Northwest Conference men’s tennis student-athlete of the week on Monday.
Murata, a 2016 Kalani graduate, went 4-0 in singles play during the Boxers’ trip to Texas for spring break.
Three of those four wins came at No. 4 singles and the other was at No. 3. Pacific finished 2-2 on its road trip, with wins over Southwestern and Schreiner.
Murata went 2-2 at No. 1 doubles with partner Oscar Wright.
BASEBALL
>> Beau Branton, Punahou ’14: The Stanford senior second baseman finished 4-for-9 with a walk and three RBIs to help the Cardinal win two of three against Oregon over the weekend.
>> Codie Paiva, Kamehameha ’15: The Loyola Marymount junior right-hander gave up four runs on eight hits in seven innings with four walks and four strikeouts to improve to 3-3 for the season in a 13-4 win over Pacific on Friday.
>> Jacob Maekawa, Mid-Pacific ’16: The San Diego State second baseman finished 4-for-9 with a double, two runs scored, two RBIs, a walk and a stolen base as the Aztecs lost two of three to New Mexico over the weekend.
>> Pikai Winchester, ‘Iolani ’15: The Grand Canyon junior designated hitter finished 6-for-12 with a double, a homer, four runs scored, nine RBIs and two walks to help the Lopes win two of three over Northern Colorado over the weekend.
>> Tyler Yamaguchi, Mid-Pacific ’15: The Northern Colorado shortstop hit two homers and drove in five runs in a 7-4 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday to avoid a series sweep.
>> Cameron Igarashi, Mid-Pacific ’14: The Willamette (Ore.) right fielder finished 5-for-12 with two doubles, four runs scored and an RBI to help the Bearcats win two of three against Pacific Lutheran over the weekend.
>> Aaron Fong, Punahou ’14: The Willamette (Ore.) senior shortstop finished 2-for-7 with four walks, three runs scored and two stolen bases against the Lutes.
>> Casey Isa, Moanalua ’14: The Whitworth (Wash.) junior second baseman finished 4-for-9 with a walk and two runs scored to help the Pirates win two of three against Lewis & Clark over the weekend.
>> Chase Wago, Mid-Pacific ’16: The Oregon Tech freshman left-hander improved to 5-2 with an eight-inning complete game in a 12-2 win over Corban University on Friday. Wago gave up two runs on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
>> Emmett Covello, Kaiser ’16: The Oregon Tech sophomore blasted a three-run homer as the designated hitter in the win over Corban.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
>> Daniel Pietsch, Seabury Hall ’14: The Georgia Tech junior helped the 4×400 men’s relay team finish second at the Florida Relays on Saturday with a season-best time of 3 minutes, 9.21 seconds — ranking second in the ACC this season. On Saturday, Pietsch made his outdoor debut in the men’s 400 meters and finished eighth with a time of 46.67 seconds.
>> Drew Kargol, Mid-Pacific ’15: The Redlands (Calif.) junior finished fifth in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 10 minutes, 23.86 seconds to help the Bulldogs finish 3-0 at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Multi-Dual No. 2 meet on Saturday.
WOMEN’S WATER POLO
>> Hi’ipoi Lee, Kamehameha ’14: The Occidental (Calif.) senior scored a goal and had six steals in a 12-3 loss to Chapman (Calif.) on Wednesday and had four goals, three steals and two assists in a 14-10 loss to Virginia Military Institute on Thursday.
>> Kolby Kahahawai, Kamehameha ’15: The Redlands (Calif.) junior scored three of the Bulldogs’ five goals in a 12-5 loss to Virginia Military Institute on Wednesday.
>> Kahea Kahaulelio, Kahuku ’15: The Pomona-Pitzer junior scored two goals in a 9-4 win over Cal Lutheran on Wednesday and added three goals and three steals in a 14-4 win over Whittier (Calif.) on Saturday.
>> Nohea Kahaulelio, Kahuku ’15: The Pomona-Pitzer junior scored one goal against Cal Lutheran and finished with a goal and a steal against the Poets.
>> Haley Crabtree, Punahou ’17: The Pomona-Pitzer freshman goalkeeper played the second half against Whittier (Calif.) and saved seven of nine shot attempts.
>> Roxy Kiessling, Punahou ’14: The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior had a goal, two assists and a steal in an 11-7 win over Whittier (Calif.) on Wednesday.
>> Emma Choy, Punahou ’15: The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps junior had an assist and two steals against the Poets.
>> Noa Cravens, Kahuku ’17: The Whittier (Calif.) freshman made four steals against CMS.
>> Leimana Hassett, Kamehameha-Maui ’14: The Whittier (Calif.) senior attempted two shots and scored once against the Athenas.
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Stats compiled by Billy Hull, Star-Advertiser. To submit an athlete for publication, email: bhull@staradvertiser.com.
