Drew Ichikawa pitched seven solid innings and Phillip Steering homered as the Hawaii Hilo baseball team defeated Academy of Art 4-1 on Monday in Oakland, Calif.
Ichikawa allowed six hits and one run. Deric Valoroso worked the eighth and John Kea pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Steering, whose homer in the third made it 3-0, finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
The Vulcans improved to 15-23, 11-19 PacWest, while the Urban Knights fell to 21-20, 16-16.
>> Codi Santana batted 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs and Ryan Torres-Torioka went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored, but Hawaii Pacific lost to Holy Names 11-8 in Alameda, Calif.
The Sharks (17-23, 11-21 PacWest) pulled within 9-8 on Micah Layosa’s bases-loaded walk in the eighth, but the Hawks (10-32, 6-26) added two insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Hilo men, HPU women golfers tied for fifth
The Hawaii Hilo men and Hawaii Pacific women are tied for fifth after Monday’s first round of the PacWest Conference golf championships in Litchfield Park, Ariz.
The Vulcan men shot a 7-over-par 295. Hawaii Pacific is eighth at 305 and Chaminade is 10th and last at 331. Holy Names leads at 286.
The top local men’s golfer is Hawaii Hilo’s Preston-Lee Ching, who is tied for 12th at 1-over 73. Four golfers share the lead at 69.
In the women’s competition, the Sharks are at 37-over 325. Hawaii Hilo is ninth and last at 351. Cal Baptist leads at 292.
The top local women’s golfer is HPU’s Mint Chimsuti, who is 16th at 7-over 79. Anahi Servin of Academy of Art leads at 64.
Both tournaments are being held on the Wigwam Golf Resort’s Gold Course.
