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ABOVE: Members of the BYUH 9th Ward eat dinner at the annual intramurals awards banquet. The married-student ward earned the most points throughout the year and was awarded the Iosepa Cup, BELOW, by President Steven Wheelwright. The 9th Ward couple who organized their intramural play were Crystal and Andrew Gancinia.
Spring Intramurals 2009 Volleyball (Co-ed Open) May 5-7 Tennis (Co-ed Doubles) May 12-14 3 on 3 Basketball (M and W) May 19-21 Inner Tube Water Polo (Co-ed Open) May 26-28 Golf (2 person Scramble) May 30 * Download rosters at sports. byuh.edu/intramurals * Contact Coach Mike at 675-3714, or James at kammerej@ byuh.edu or Ashton at acs_ blonde@hotmail.com
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Women’s tennis team has smashing 25-0 season
he top-ranked BYU-Hawaii women’s tennis team won the Pacific West Conference Tournament championship on April 11 by defeating 15th-ranked Hawaii Pacific, 5-2, to improve to 25-0 for the season. The Seasiders took two of the three doubles matches before claiming three of the four completed singles matches for the win. In the doubles matches the Seasiders’ Elwen Li and Yuan Jia scored an 8-3 win at the first position and Jenny Chin and Wen-Lin Wang took an 8-4 win at number two doubles. Hawaii Pacific got an 8-4 win at the third spot. In singles play, Jia breezed to a 6-1, 6-0 win at number two singles, Wang claimed a 6-0, 6-2 win at number four, and Ayako Ikeda closed out a 7-5, 6-1 win at number five singles to give the Seasiders the match. Jia was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. BYU–Hawaii’s next action, along with the Seasider men’s tennis team, will be at the NCAA II West Regionals on May 7. – Scott Lowe
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someone in every event. Both of the teams can attribute their success to their representatives in their wards encouraging everyone to participate. Their reps are hustlers. That’s the key.� It must be mentioned that the 1st Ward made a run for it in the last week and came very close to taking the trophy, according to Apo. Basketball and volleyball were by far the most attended events, added Apo, but there were several sports, such as badminton, bowling, dodge ball, and racquetball, that attracted many participants as well. Andrew Gancinia, the intramurals representative for the 9th Ward, participated in almost every sport and said, “Our ward is pretty good at sportsmanship and participating. It was definitely good to play sports with fellow ward members. Different people
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he Iosepa Cup, also known as the President’s Cup, was awarded to the BYUH 9th Ward for winning the most points in the intramurals over the past year. Each year, starting in spring, every ward is encouraged to participate in various sports matches and points are awarded for participation as well as for winning in each event. The winners were invited to attend a banquet in their honor, hosted by President Steven Wheelwright. The 9th Ward’s name will also be engraved on the Iosepa trophy. “It felt good to win and be a part of such a great ward,� said Jesse Sparks, senior in accounting from California. The Iosepa Cup is in its second year and the intramurals program directors hope to see it continue for many years to come. Mike Apo, BYUH softball coach and one of the directors of the intramurals program, said, “The 9th Ward won with 1,108 points just ahead of the 1st Ward with 1,049 points. The 9th Ward had
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