HONOLULU - Hawai`i's Stacey Porter lifted a sacrifice fly to deep right field to bring home Stacie Hirano from third base as the Rainbow Wahine scored four times in the bottom of the seventh to earn a split tonight in its Western Athletic Conference doubleheader with Tulsa at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

UH's Melissa Coogan (12-7) gave up all four Tulsa runs in the first inning. The Golden Hurricane managed three hits in the inning as Crissy Strimple had an RBI double to left, but the big blow was an inside-the-park three-run homer by Jessie Smith. UH center fielder Sheri Oronoz dove at a ball that got by her as Smith knocked home both Strimple and Danielle Olsen.

Hawai`i responded with a run in the bottom of the first off Tulsa starter Ami Day (19-7) as Porter drove home Hirano on a single through the right side.

That's how the score stayed until the bottom of the seventh.

Tracie Uchima led off with a single up the middle, moved to second on a walk to Jennifer Tandarich, and loaded the bases on an infield single by Natalie Gonzales on a ball that was sharply hit back up the middle and off Day's glove.

Hirano then smashed a single to right moving up the runners one base and pulling to within two at 4-2.

Both Tandarich and Gonzales scored to tie the game when Kate Judd reached on an error on the UT first baseman Lindsey Dyer when the ball thrown by Stacey Walkingstick went through her glove. That moved Hirano to third with nobody out and set up Porter's heroics.

In the first game of the twinbill, Tulsa jumped all over UH starter Shannon Tabion (5-5) for five runs on four hits chasing the freshman after three innings.

The big blows for Tulsa were a two-run homer by Olsen in the first, a solo blast by Brandi McGuire in the second, and two more came across aided by two of UH's five errors.

Tulsa's Jenny Magill (19-7) went all the way scattering six hits in the shutout, 7-0.

The Rainbow Wahine now take its 34-24 overall mark and 14-8 WAC record into its final doubleheader of the season tomorrow at 2 p.m. against Tulsa (47-15, 14-8). Post-season implications maybe on the line for both teams tomorrow.