Kristine Pasek and Gina Tumasone each scored two goals, and Lindsey Poulsen added a score as the University of Hawaii at Hilo defeated Chaminade 5-1 on Saturday in Honolulu.
The NCAA Division II women’s soccer match was played at the Silverswords’ home field.
The Vulcans (2-1) continued to build on their confidence under first-year coach Unity Beddingfield. They streaked to a 3-0 lead at halftime, then added two more scores in the second half. The Silverswords’ lone goal, by Shayla Hosaka, came at the 74:28 mark to slice the UH-Hilo lead to 4-1 before Poulsen closed the visitors’ scoring with a goal at 79:56 off an assist from Brianna Lopiccolo.
Pasek scored UH-Hilo’s first two goals. The first came at 24:36 off a Lopiccolo assist; the second at 28:28 on an unassisted play. Tumasone added her goal at 37:45 off Teal Basquez’s assist to make it 3-0.
Tumasone notched her seccond goal in the second half, at 64:57, off an assist from Analysa Rodriguez.
Vulcan goalies Breegan Saller (first half) and Helen Schrock (second half) combined on the near shutout. Schrock had four saves and gave up the lone goal.
Volleyball
Denise DeVine had 16 kills, and Cambria Martin 13 to lead a balanced attack as Southern Arkansas University beat UH-Hilo 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, 25-16 on Saturday afternoon at UH-Hilo’s gym.
The visiting Muleriders improved to 4-2, while the Vulcans fell to 0-6.
Freshman Bria Morgan led UH-Hilo with 13 kills, and sophomore Olivia Lane had 12, with one error in 25 swings, a sizzling .440 hitting percentage.
Cross-country
UH-Hilo’s Nadia Ramirez ran 20 minutes, 34 seconds to finish 26th in the 2012 Big Wave Invitational on Saturday in Kaneohe on Oahu. The 5K run was hosted by the University of Hawaii.
The Vulcans finished with a 180 team score to finish in seventh place.
Competing for the Vulcans squad were Keri Fujiwara (44th, 22:20), Jordan Bledsoe (48th, 22:34), Justina Wood (52nd, 24:32) and Hilary Ramos (55th, 29:07).
The University of Alaska-Anchorage easily captured the women’s team title while its runner Susan Tanui claimed the individual crown in 18:09.
Host Hawaii finished fifth.
