Chaminade University women’s tennis player Marisa Luna (Kahului, Maui, Hawai’i/Maui) is the Hawai’i Pacific Health Silversword Female Athlete of the Week for games between March 21 and 27.
Luna, competing in No. 5 singles against UC Riverside on Friday, managed to take a game off her Division I counterpart, Niki Shahbazi. The sophomore held her own against Shahbazi in a 6-1 first set defeat then staved off several points and trailed just 3-0 before the Silverswords’ match was decided, rendering her match as unfinished. It was Luna’s third no-decision in singles matches this season.
Previous 2021-22 Hawai’i Pacific Health Male and Female Silversword Athletes of the Week:
Aug. 31: Brooklen Pe’a (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 7: Brandon Yasue (men’s soccer), Shantel Torres-Benito (women’s soccer)
Sept. 14: Alexia Byrnes (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 21: Schuyler Peterson (men’s golf), Annah Rivera (women’s volleyball)
Sept. 28: Kelton Cheney (men’s soccer), Caili Cain (women’s soccer)
Oct. 5: Owen Daugherty (men’s cross country), Eri Leong (women’s cross country)
Oct. 12: Elijah Bernardo-Flores (men’s cross country), Caitlin Bocobo (women’s cross country)
Oct. 19: Colin Roemer (men’s soccer), Shayla Padilla (women’s soccer)
Oct. 26: Ben Salinas (men’s cross country), Marcelle Butler (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 2: Lyric De Leon (men’s soccer), Kyra McCain (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 9: Jamin Fonseca (men’s soccer), Savannah Breeze Miranda (women’s soccer)
Nov. 16: Zach McIntire (men’s basketball), Lataisia Saulala (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 23: Greta Corti (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Nov. 30: Raazhel Watkins (men’s basketball), Jordyn Zader (women’s basketball)
Dec. 7: Kevin Kremer (men’s basketball), Dallas Martinez (women’s basketball)
Dec. 21: Isaac Amaral-Artharee (men’s basketball), Michaella Dean (women’s basketball)
Jan. 11: Tredyn Christensen (men’s basketball), Arianna Blowe (women’s basketball)
Jan. 18: Paris Taylor (men’s basketball), Sasha Phillip (women’s basketball)
Jan. 25: Sawyer Storms (men’s basketball), Paige Relph (women’s basketball)
Feb. 1: Joseph Smoyer (men’s basketball), Ellyonna Bankofier (women’s basketball)
Feb. 8: Jaeda Cabunoc (softball), no male awardee
Feb. 15: Isaac Amaral-Artharee (men’s basketball), Jamia Bailey (women’s basketball)
Feb. 22: Zach McIntire (men’s basketball), Kayleen Lau (women’s tennis)
March 1: Colby Gunderson (men’s golf), Michaella Dean (women’s basketball)
March 8: Raazhel Watkins (men’s basketball), Taryn Fujioka (softball)
March 15: Schuyler Peterson (men’s golf), Cheyne Obara (softball)
March 22: Ryan Shields Vega (men’s golf), Salamasina Robertson (women’s tennis)
Posted with permission, article and pictures, from Chaminade University
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