The Hawaii Pacific men and Hawaii Hilo women will compete in their respective PacWest Soccer Championships, which start Thursday.
The men’s tournament is in San Rafael, Calif.
HPU (6-1-2 PacWest) shared the PacWest title with Vanguard (6-1-2). The Sharks were awarded the top seed via tie-breaker.
On Thursday, HPU will play No. 4 Dominican (5-1-3) in a semifinal at 9 a.m. No. 3 Westmont (5-2-2) and No. 2 Vanguard will play at noon. The final is Saturday at noon.
The women’s tournament will be played at Hilo’s Vulcan Soccer Field.
On Thursday, No. 4 seed Biola (5-2-2) will play No. 1 Point Loma (7-2-0) in a semifinal at 11 a.m., and No. 3 Hawaii Hilo (6-3-0) will face No. 2 Concordia Irvine (7-1-1) at 2:30 p.m. The final is Saturday at noon.
Minot State men’s hoops rallies past HPU
Parker Falcon scored 17 points and Jayse Boatwright added 16 as Minot State (Minn.) rallied past Hawaii Pacific 71-70 in a semifinal of the Hoops in Hawaii Tip-Off Classic men’s basketball tournament on Saturday at McCabe Gym.
Boatwright made a free throw with 23 seconds remaining to put the Beavers (2-0) ahead 71-67. The Sharks’ Nemanja Sarenac hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Loic Affoumon grabbed nine rebounds for Minot State, which trailed 49-31 early in the second half.
Evan Kilminster scored 14 points, and Will Woodward and Sarenac each had eight rebounds for the Sharks (1-1).
>> Ryan Heise scored 17 points and Gavyn Hurley added 15, including 6-for-6 shooting from the field, as Winona State (Minn.) beat Chaminade 83-74 in a consolation game.
Luke Haertle added 13 points for the Warriors (1-1).
Sam Sivulich finished with 18 points, Kanaan Holder added 16 and Bruce Carpenter had 14 for the Silverswords (0-2).
HPU women’s hoops makes tourney final
Vivica Bretton scored 14 points, and Sadie Jarmolowicz had 10 points and 10 rebounds as Hawaii Pacific defeated Winona State (Minn.) 71-56 in a semifinal of the Hoops in Hawaii Tip-Off Classic women’s basketball tournament on Saturday at the TC Ching Athletic Center.
Megan Schuman added 12 points and Sydney Cherney had 11 for the Sharks (2-0), who will face Colorado Mesa for the title today at 7 p.m.
Lucia Ricci scored 14 points and Kyla Hopton had 12 for the Warriors (1-1).
>> Bridgette Tello scored 16 points and Sheridan Liggett added 13 as Alaska Anchorage beat Chaminade 83-52 in a consolation game.
Lillee Duffin finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Seawolves (1-1), who held a 48-24 rebounding advantage.
Ella Kletti scored 19 points for the Silverswords (0-2).
Hawaii Hilo volleyball team falls in 5 sets
Saren Rogers had 20 kills and Sophia Baugh recorded 46 assists as the Point Loma women’s volleyball team outlasted Hawaii Hilo 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 15-25, 15-13 on Saturday at Vulcan Gymnasium.
Gianna Callari and Hailey Clark each added 10 kills for the Sea Lions (19-5, 14-2 PacWest).
Alohi Garcia finished with 22 kills and Anolani Santos had 42 assists for the Vulcans (19-8, 11-5).
>> Livia Eyre finished with 11 kills and Nevada Knowles posted 24 assists as Concordia Irvine beat Hawaii Pacific 25-14, 25-14, 25-23 at St. Francis’ Shark Tank.
Emma Wegleitner added nine kills for the Eagles (21-5, 14-3 PacWest).
Jordyn Pascone and Ella Schoene each had five kills for the Sharks (4-18, 3-13).
