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By Matt TuohyKa Leo Editorials Editor
Many students at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are busy with exams, assign-ments and extra curricular activities. But one student in particular is busy not only attending UH, but also providing for it. Michael Dahilig is not only a former president of ASUH, but now a law student at Richardson School of Law and the student component to the board of regents for the UH system. Born and raised on O‘ahu, Dahilig attended private schools until he attended University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for his under-graduate degree. “Growing up, there was a certain piece of the world that I always saw,” Dahilig said. “I wouldn’t call it sheltered, what I would call it is that you don’t get perspective. The broad based perspective of how the rest of the world operates, and you’re being grouped to be an academic achiever.”
But the harsh reality of the difference between public and private schools became apparent to Dahilig when he began classes at UH. “I came from a mentality where stu-dents aren’t supposed to be working to pay for tuition, tuition is supposed to be paid for by your parents,” Dahilig said. “I came from classrooms that had brand new porcelain pitchers and pouring countertops to labs where half the lab stations are broken so you have to triple or quadruple up.” Dahilig is now known these days for being the student member of the board of regents for the University of Hawai‘i system. He was appointed to the position by Governor Lingle and after an interview process he was given interim status on the board. As a board member, Dahilig and his col-leagues are responsible for making the policies that are used by the president and the rest of the administration for running UH. “We deal with personnel issues, any executive and managerial
issues,” Dahilig said. “Like hiring people and firing people and giving them raises.” The most important issue on the board’s agenda lately has been the UARC hearings. “I think it was November of 2004,” said Dahilig. “Then Chancellor Angler came to the board of regents asking for the approval for an applied research laboratory or a UARC.” The board gave its blessing to the concept of a UARC but they needed to look over the contract and talk it over with the constituency of the university. Since the chancellor, most of the faculty and most of the students have rejected the concept of a UARC on campus. In February, President McClain expressed his support for the UARC. He was unable to say what he felt about the contract. Dahilig’s interim appointment ends this semester. Dahilig recently passed the com-mittee hearings for the BOR position and is waiting for the final floor vote from the Hawai‘i State Senate this week.
UH student plays major role as board member
MICHAEL DAHILIG
Earth Day celebrated on the lawn of Hawaii Hall
JULIAN YONG • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
Chad Kabins represented “Pono Energy Company” which specializes in solar powered energy during Earth Day 2006. Shown here is an example of how a water pump can be powered soley by the sun’s rays.
ABOVE: Nani Nikcevich looks at a Jackson Chameleon at the Oahu Invasive Species Committee booth on Earth Day. Jackson Chameleon was brought to Hawaii from Africa as a pet, but they however hurt the native bird population as they eat the same insect as the native birds do.
LEFT: Ashley Cousin enjoys the free massage given by Jesse Goldberg on Earth Day.
PHOTOS BY KARIS LO Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
see page 4 for more photos from Earth Day
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Compiled by Alice Kim
Free Events“Axis: BFA Show ‘06,” the annual bachelor of fine arts graduation exhibition for students of the art and art history department is on display at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Art Gallery and Auditorium. The exhibi-tion is open Mondays through Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. The exhibit is closed on Saturdays. For more information, call Sharon Tasaka at 956-6888, e-mail [email protected], or visit http://www.hawaii.edu/art-gallery/.
The Biomedical Sciences Symposium will take place tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place at the School of Medicine, Kaka‘ako cam-pus in the lobby area of the Medical Education Building. For more information, call Tricia Yamaguchi at 692-1512 or e-mail [email protected].
“Understanding Batter y Performance: From Laboratory to Real Life,” a Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute Seminar Series, will take place tomorrow from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Pacific Ocean Science & Technology building, room 723. Bor Yann Liaw, a spe-cialist at the HNEI, will present
this seminar. For more informa-tion, call the HNEI at 956-8890, e-mail [email protected], or go on the Web to http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu.
“Deep Impact: Secrets of the Comet” will take place tomor-row from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Pacific Ocean Science & Technology building, room 544. Karen J. Meech, a senior faculty member at the UHM Institute for Astronomy, will present this event. For more information, call 956-3131, e-mail [email protected], or go on the Web to http://www.highp.hawaii.edu/prpdc.
Paid EventsThe UHM Band’s Aloha Concert will take place tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the McKinley High School auditorium. Ticket prices are $10 and $6. For more information, call the music department at 956-8742, e-mail [email protected], or visit http://www.hawaii.edu/uhm-music/schedule.htm.
The UHM Hula and Chant Ensemble and UHM Hawaiian Chorus will per-form on Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Orvis Auditorium. Ticket prices are $10 and $6. For more information, call the music department at 956-8742, e-mail [email protected], or visit http://www.hawaii.edu/uhm-music/schedule.htm.
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By Christopher JohnsKa Leo Staff Writer
With the phenomenally successful movie “Airplane,” David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams created the spoof genre. David Zucker follows up the 2003 spoof film “Scary Movie 3” with “Scary Movie 4,” released in theaters on April 14. Continuing in the “Scary Movie” franchise are two regular characters: Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) and Brenda (Regina Hall). Tom (Charlie Sheen), George (Simon Rex), CJ (Kevin Hart), Mahalik (Anthony Anderson) and President Harris (Leslie Nielsen) also
reprise their roles from “Scary Movie 3.” Introduced into the madcap mix are Bill Pullman parodying his role in “The Grudge,” Cloris Leachman (“Young Frankenstein”) and Craig Bierko (“The Thirteenth Floor”) as Tom Ryan spoofing both Tom Cruise’s “War of the Worlds” (2005) role and his real-life antics. This supposedly final installment is full of laughs, but has a disjointed plot that fails to demonstrate any control or continuity present in other Zucker out-ings like “Airplane” and “BASEketball.” Instead, “Scary Movie 4” is more a series of loosely connected vignettes as opposed to a cogent film. Using Steven Spielberg’s “War
Scary Movie 4 is funny, but incoherent
of the Worlds,” M. Night Shyamalan’s post-9/11 allegory “The Village” and the American installment of “The Grudge” as their roadmap, the writers scattered in a bit of the “Saw” franchise, “Brokeback Mountain,” “Million Dollar Baby” and many pop-culture references to round out the movie. “Scary Movie 4” is funny; I laughed so hard my stomach started to hurt. While I fault the movie for lack of story, the various spoof bits are hilarious. As with any Zucker film, I am amazed at the talent he can put together. Bierko per-fectly captures Cruise’s on and off-screen persona with seemingly little effort. The ever-funny Anna Faris is regulated to a secondary role, but still shines as Cindy, whose brain-dead affability and on-the-spot comic timing make her a promising comedic actor. Zucker also cobbled together an impressive list of stars to make significant cameos. Dr. Phil McGraw and Shaquille O’Neal both make fun of themselves in the opening “Saw” sequence. Dr. Phil plays himself as emotionally incompe-tent seeking approval and stability while Shaq makes fun of his spotty free throw record by missing numerous shots that could save their lives. James Earl Jones narrates the film with his magnificent voice, Michael Madsen (“Sin City”) shows up in a throwaway cameo, while Dave Attell from Comedy Central’s “Insomniac with Dave Attell” steals his scene. Perhaps the most welcome cameo is Debra Wilson with her perfect impersonation of Oprah, a role she per-fected on “MadTV.” I enjoyed “Scary Movie 4,” but I worry about the repeatability of it. I watch both the first and third installments of the “Scary Movie” series frequently.However, as with “Scary Movie 2,” I do not think I will watch the fourth install-ment much. I do recommend the film for Zucker’s amazing ability to capture the production level of the films he spoofs. “The Grudge” scenes are immacu-late. The Japanese Ghost Boy (Garrett Masuda) looks so much like the boy from “The Grudge” that I had to check and see if it was the same actor. The sequences from “The Village” are also detailed, and it looks like they may have even just borrowed the those-we-don’t-speak-of costumes from the actual production of “The Village.” “Scary Movie 4” is funny, visu-ally stunning in both cinematography and special effects, but lacks the feel of other Zucker hits like “The Naked Gun.” While worth seeing, it is not worth seeing more than once.
Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) meets a ghost (Garrett Masuda) with a grudge in “Scary Movie 4.”
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By Lee Stillerman, M.A.Ka Leo Contributing Writer
The media have started referring to the time after college as a “quar-terlife crisis.” In fact, there are books, such as “Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties” and a Web site, http://www.quarterlife-crisis.com devoted to this life stage. Whether or not there even really is a quarterlife crisis depends on how you define crisis. Developmental psy-chologists use the word “crisis” to refer to psychological challenges that we face throughout the various stages of development from conception to death. Difficult issues that are unique to 20-somethings, which cause distress that must be grappled with, often character-ize the transition into early adulthood. From that way of thinking, it’s true that there is a quarterlife crisis. Part of the anxiety associated with this life stage may relate to the inter-nalized image we have created for ourselves of what the years following graduation will be like. We might pic-ture ourselves with satisfying careers,
wealth and stable relationships, and we may feel insecure when everything isn’t going according to schedule. The farther away from that idealized image we get, the more anxiety we feel as we try to close the gap. Until we can close the gap between where we are and where we want to be, it may help to reassess expectations about things like finding a job and what it will be like to spend your time working 40 or more hours a week for perhaps not very much pay. The nice thing about human development is that in many ways, it is predictable. Within a large group of people the same age, we can expect certain thoughts, feelings and behav-iors. Some anxiety related to career decision making is normal and some-thing we would expect anyone tran-sitioning out of college and into the real world to experience. Likewise, we would anticipate that individuals in this life stage are going to start focus-ing more heavily on making a deep personal commitment to an intimate partner and may experience pressure about things like marriage and family.
Keep in mind that if you have gotten to this point, you have already successfully negotiated difficult transi-tions, like the one from high school to college. Also recall that although it may have taken a while to adjust to life your first college semester, at some point things evened out and felt okay again. With each dif-ficult transition in your life you somehow managed to adapt. It may be scary and sad to think about separating from your family and leaving childhood behind. While it is the end of an era, at the same time, a new chap-ter in your life is beginning. Try to savor the moment. Enjoy yourself if you can, at least until it is time to freak out all over again when you make the age-30 tran-sition. If you expect that there will be some ambiguity, you will be ready to adapt to it and to tolerate it.
StillermanSaysFEATUERS | Monday, April 24, 2006 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 3
Quarterlife crisis can be dealt withStudents
graduating from college may experi-
ence stress from career searching and relationship expectations, a phenomenon
dubbed the “quarterlife crisis.”
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Law team at second place in competition After winning the Best Memorial award, and Molly Sebbins receiving third in the Best Oralist category, the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Team from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa went on to compete against 90 other national and international teams in the 2006 Hardy C. Dillard Competition. The final round required teams to write a brief which analyzed and applied international law in regards to a hypothetical problem about human rights violations and sovereignty over natural resources within a multinational corporation. The UH team from the William S. Richardson School of Law was sec-ond only to the team from China. “This means that our team has been recognized for writing the best memorial of any U.S. team in this year’s competition and the second best memorial of all the teams from all over the world after Xiamen University in China,” said faculty coach Professor Jon Van Dyke. Their brief will now be entered in the Baxter Competition, which will determine the best individual applicants and respondent memori-als. The winners of the Baxter com-petition will be announced in May.
Entomologist and rancher honored by CTAHR The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources will host the 18th Annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 4, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Among the many honors given include the Outstanding Alumnus and Ka Lei Hano Heritage Award for commu-nity service, which will be awarded to Dr. Po-Yung Lai and Herbert “Monty” Richards, respectively. Lai is an alumnus of the University of Hawai‘i and an entomologist who addressed pest control issues in Hawai‘i and expanded export markets. He received a master’s in entomology and was an administrator for the Department of Agriculture in the 1970s and 1980s. Lai was appoint-ed Assistant Dean for Cooperative Extension for CTAHR in the 1990s. In Taiwan, he has cre-ated the Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, an agriculture pro-gram that includes students from over 30 countries in Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Pacific. Richards headed the Big Island Kahua Ranch for 50 years, incorporating new technology and methods in Hawaii’s cattle produc-tion, including artificial insemina-
tion and intensive grazing. He has experimented with wind energy and diversification of crops, used solar power and established the ranch as a tourism destination. He has also served on CTAHR’s Board of Advisors.
Aquaculture from Hawai‘i and Samoa Aquaculture, the cultivation of sea life, usually for food, is an important part of Hawaii’s culture. Residents in Hawai‘i consume three times more seafood than people on the mainland, making a sustain-able aquaculture even more impor-tant. Aquaculture can provide local protein sources and can diversify economies in the Pacific. With the support of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega of American Samoa, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Sea Grant College Program, a UH Sea Grant, supports a myriad of research programs related to aqua-culture as well as outreach pro-grams in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. Research has led to such developments as the first submers-ible, open-ocean fish mega-cage, the establishment of farms that supply ornamental fish, a clam hatchery in American Samoa and support for an American Samoa farmer of tilapia.
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ABOVE: Tsehiatu Abye relaxs and enjoys the Earth Day celebration on campus Friday afternoon.KARIS LO • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
LEFT: A beautiful girl enjoying her veggie burger. JULIAN YONG • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
TOP: Jamie Stephens and Nichole Myers enjoy themelves and dance along with the Organix band on Earth Day.KARIS LO • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
With live music, hot food, and tie-dyed flags waving in the wind, Earth Day 2006 was celebrated on the front lawn of Manoa’s Hawai‘i Hall last Friday, featuring eco-friendly student organizations and presentations to bring energy efficiency, recycling, and food as energy into operation at UHM’s campus.
Of the five years the Office of Sustainability organized the event at Manoa, this year was the first that Earth Day was celebrated in the campus’ central location. In addition to the entertainment and information booths, students also planted gardens in the lawn of Hawaii Hall during the festivities. While this year’s turnout appeared smaller to some attendees this year, Office of Sustainability Coordinator Linda Day said she was happy to see the work the stu-dents put into the forums and said their ideas will make a difference.
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NICHOLAS GREGORY • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
Cristian “See” Ellauri speaks about the positive changes that can be made to our community’s attitudes regarding our planet.
NICHOLAS GREGORY • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
Kristina Domanski of the ‘Native Hawaiian Trading Post’ proudly displays tribal jewlery and art from indigenous cultures from around the world.
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No. 23 Fresno State (31-13, 9-1 WAC) came back from a 0-2 defi-cit to defeat the Rainbow Wahine Softball Team, 5-2 at Bulldog Diamond in front of a crowd of 1,747. The Bulldogs scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth to forge a three run lead with only two innings to play. With the series sweep, FSU solidified first place in the WAC, with UH (23-17, 7-4 WAC) falling to second. The Rainbow Wahine started the game by notching a run in the top of the first inning. Valana Manuma led the game off with a single up the middle. She moved into scoring position on a passed ball. After a pop out to the sec-ond baseman, Brandi Peiler hit a grounder towards the pitcher that moved Manuma to third. With two outs, Tanisha Milca then stepped to the plate and hit a chopper that went over the third baseman into left field, scoring Manuma easily from third. With that run, the Rainbow Wahine had their first lead in the series, 1-0. In the top of the fourth with two outs, UH pitcher Kate Robinson helped herself out by crushing a high fly that landed in the fourth row of the right-center field bleachers for Hawaii’s sec-ond run of the game.
Fresno State came right back in the bottom of the fourth, cutting the lead in half. Kristin Sylvester hit a triple towards right field to lead the inning off. Two batters later, Sylvester scored on a single. Robinson got out of the inning for UH with a fly out to center and a strike out swinging to end the inning with Hawai‘i still clinging to a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the fifth, though, Fresno State exploded, posting four runs. Shannon Garvin led the inning off with a sharp single to left. Then Christina Clark smashed a line-shot over the center field fence for a two-run home run. The homer was the 60th of Clark’s career. The next batter, Haley Perkins hit a triple to the fence down the right field line. Paula Blanning then entered the game for the struggling Robinson. Blanning got the first batter to ground out to Tausaga at first, hold-ing the runner at third. But the next batter, Sylvester hit a grounder to Manuma at short. Manuma’s throw to the plate was wide, and Perkins scored from third. Nichole Willis then hit a single to third, and the following batter hit the third infield hit off Blanning to second. With the bases loaded and one out, Amanda Nesbitt hit a single to right. On the play, the run scored, but Milca, Hawaii’s right fielder,
was able to get Nesbitt out at first for the second out of the inning. Blanning then got the last bat-ter to ground out to third for the last out. But the damage had been done, and FSU’s rally catapulted them from a 1-2 deficit to a 5-2 lead. Hawai‘i tried to mount rallies in the sixth and seventh innings, but came up short. Robinson took the loss for Hawai‘i, throwing 4.0 innings and gaving up four runs on seven hits with a walk and four strike outs. For the Bulldogs’ Nessbit got the win, throwing 5.0 innings. She gave up two runs on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Barr got the save, throwing 2.0 innings, giving up only one hit with a walk and two strike outs. The game was a milestone for Fresno State’s Margie Wright, who got her 1,200 career win with the Bulldog victory.
‘Bows lose early lead to fall to Bulldogs 5-2
JULIAN YONG • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Mike Wilton and the Warriors debrief after their loss to UCLA in four games at the Stan Sheriff Center. See story on page 8.
Warriors defeated
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EditorialCartoonBy Sarah PachecoKa Leo Staff Writer
Solicitors. The word alone annoys me. It’s not just that solici-tors interrupt life at the most inop-portune times, but it’s also that they are persistent. They will not take no for an answer. Answering the phone only to hear the voice of a telemarketer can be a bother. However, there are many ingenious ways to avoid wasting half an hour of your life explaining to Rob from Tennessee that you do not want to change your long-distance telephone plan. The obvious excuse is to say, “You have the wrong number,” before the telemarketer starts his spiel. I especially enjoy using this excuse when my last name is mispronounced. Sorry, Sarah Pasheeakoo does not live here. Another easy means of getting off the phone is to use the old too-busy-to-chat line and hang up. However, some people fall prey to these tele-vultures. The thought that this is someone’s job, that he needs to call up an absolute stranger and nag until he gets a new cus-
tomer, makes me sad. My mother is one of these people who takes pity on telemarketers and continues the conversation because she: A. can-not come up with a good excuse for getting off the phone and B. cannot forcefully say “no thanks, not inter-ested, good-bye.” While these tactics are success-ful with people over the phone, it fails when the solicitor meets you face to face. What do you say when some stranger comes knocking at your door to ask for a donation to a cause in which you’re not that inter-ested? The excuses of, “Sorry, wrong house,” or “I don’t live here, can’t help you,” probably won’t work. You could not answer the door and hide behind a chair until they get tired and leave. But door-to-door solicitors are crafty. The other day I was ambushed while I was wash-ing my car. I was tired, soapy and not looking my best when someone came up the driveway asking for my money. In return I would get a news-letter every month telling me how much they need more of my money to help save the universe. I really did not want to contribute to this organi-zation, but the look on the person’s
face was begging for a donation. I knew this is all part of the plan. The charities or organizations pick out the best-looking, most innocent-appearing individuals to go out into the merciless world of suburbia and ask otherwise stingy strangers for a check. It’s the Girl Scouts complex. Girl Scouts stake out the exits to supermarkets and pounce right as people try to run to their cars. You can’t say no to a cute, cherub-faced child. If you do, you have no soul. This is why I could never be a Girl Scout: I didn’t want to make people feel soulless. And I wasn’t a very cute kid. Solicitors are trying to make a living, just like most other people in the adult world. There are jobs that need workers, workers who need jobs, so on and so forth. I know people who have been or are currently solicitors and hate their job because they know how much it irritates people. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to support the industry. The next time I get a call asking if someone 18 or older can come to the phone to receive an amazing deal on car insurance, I’ll say, “I’m sorry. I’m 15.”
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The Warriors crumbled apart as the Bruins used a 6-0 run to close out Game 4, 24-30. With the win the Bruins ended the Warriors‘s 19-match win streak. “[Hawai‘i] didn’t serve as well as we expected them to,” George said. “Our game plan was to shut down (Lauri) Hakala and we couldn’t do it. He kept putting balls by us. Luckily
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In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet utters the famous words; “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Yet for the second ranked University of Hawai‘i Warrior volleyball team, falling in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Quarterfinals on their home court is anything but sweet. The Warriors fell to the Bruins of the University of California at Los Angeles in four games (30-18, 28-30, 22-30, 24-30) last Saturday. 5,966 fans packed the Stan Sheriff Center as the heavy pounding of the Polynesian drums sounded mute amongst the enthusiastic cheers and chants of the playoff-ready fanatics. “The crowd was great,” said UH setter Brian Beckwidth. “They backed us up the whole way and gave us sup-port the whole match.” With a packed house behind them, the Warriors got off to a quick 11-4 lead that forced the Bruins to use two early time outs. Hawai‘i continued to dominate Game 1, hitting at .438 while limiting the Bruins to a negative .034 hitting percentage. The Warriors took Game 1 at 30-18 off a kill by UH senior outside hitter Jose Delgado. “In Game 1, we were ready to play earlier than them the whole game,” Beckwith said. UH Head Coach Mike Wilton agreed with Beckwith. “We served and we passed [well in Game 1].” With the possibility of playoff elimination nearing the minds of the UCLA squad, the Bruins began to slow-ly turn the tide on the Warriors in Game 2. After trailing at 12-14, the Bruins took advantage of Hawaii’s numerous service errors to tie the game up three times. An attack error by Delgado gave the Bruins Game 2, 28-30.
Bruins ice Warriors’ hot streak
ABOVE: Lauri Hakala and Matt Carere make a team effort dive for the ball. PHOTO BY JULIAN YONG • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
LEFT: Hawaii’s Head Coach Mike Wilton tries to motivate his team for a comeback against UCLA during Saturday night’s game. PHOTO BY DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
UCLA kept the tempo going their way and continued to use Hawaii’s errors against them to take Game 3 easily at 22-30 “They [UCLA] served really well and we had trouble passing,” Beckwith said. With their season on the line, the Warrior squad showed strong resil-ience to the Bruin attack in Game 4. UH middle blocker Maulia LaBarre tied the game at 3-3 early on with a double-handed block, proving the Warrior block was still strong and pres-ent. Hawai‘i out blocked UCLA 13.5 to 7.5 in the match. As the Bruins held a minor lead in Game 4, the Warriors made their final push with a kill from UH out-side hitter Matt Bender followed by a UCLA attack error, which tied the game 24-24. “[Hawai‘i] came back with the fans on their sides,” said UCLA outside hitter Paul George. “But we played our game and our rhythm.”
we were able to shut down their middles and step up our defense as best as we could.” UH outside hitter Lauri Hakala led all scorers with 17 kills, followed by Delgado’s 15. Steve Klosterman and Nick Scheftic led the Bruins with 14 kills a piece. The Warriors fell to 23-5 on the season, two of those losses came against the Bruins. While UCLA moves on to play Pepperdine in the MPSF Semifinals, the Warrior squad can only hope that a record-breaking season—aided by the outcome of the rest of the MPSF playoffs, will be enough for an at-large bid to the NCAA Final Four.
The best possible scenario will see top ranked University of California at Irvine winning the tour-nament, which would leave Hawai‘i as the highest ranked team left for at-large consideration. “We will cheer like crazy for UC Irvine to win the conference tourna-ment, [because] if they do then we still have a real good shot at going to the Final Four,” Wilton said. Delgado said that despite the loss, he is very proud of his team. “We had a spectacular season,” he said, “It’s a tough loss but that’s what happens in this sport.”
Lauri Hakala and Matt Carere make a team effort dive for the ball.JULIAN YONG • Ka Leo o Hawai‘i
