{"id":139309,"date":"2021-04-13T13:10:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139309"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:11:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:11:12","slug":"gonzales-liu-pepsi-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/gonzales-liu-pepsi-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzales, Liu are Hilo Pepsi athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Leah Gonzales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leah Gonzales<\/strong>, a softball pitcher who threw 12 innings of shutout ball, and Joshua Liu,<\/strong> a tennis player who helped clinch a win during a match between two nationally ranked teams are the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> Pepsi Athletes of the Week for April 8–11.<\/p>\n

Veteran right-hander Gonzales stepped up big for the Vulcans in the pitching circle during 5-0 and 3-0 wins over Chaminade University of Honolulu over the weekend. Gonzales pitched a complete game shutout in Sunday’s opener and came on in relief in the second game to also pick up the win. In her start, she tossed a seven-inning shutout, allowing just three hits, no walks and struck out five.<\/p>\n

Liu played a huge role in 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo’s 4-3 tennis win over Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pacific University last week on O\u02bbahu. With the team score tied at 3-3, Liu delivered the deciding point for the Vulcans with a singles victory on court five in a wild 6-7 (8-10), 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) verdict. Additionally, his doubles win on court three (6-1) with Luca Checchia helped the Vulcans secure the doubles point.<\/p>\n

Read more about Liu and Gonzales at the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua Liu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennis player Joshua Liu and softball pitcher Leah Gonzales are this week\u2019s 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,14,151],"class_list":["post-139309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t