HONOLULU - The Rainbow Wahine softball team (23-24, 7-1 WAC) swept Chaminade (10-27, 5-7 PacWest-DII) in a pair of exhibition games. UH downed the Silverswords 8-1 in the first game and then ran away with the second game 17-0.

In game one, UH exploded for seven runs in the second inning. The scoring was highlighted by back-to-back two-run doubles to the right-centerfield gap first by Tyleen Tausaga and then by Audrey Andrade.

The Silverswords got on the scoreboard in the fifth inning. Kehau Yamaguchi led the inning off with a single to right. Two batters later, Iwa Yamaguchi reached on a fielder's choice that ended up being a throwing error by the Hawai`i second baseman. Then with two outs, Tara Hiramatsu drew a walk to load the bases for Frankie Mabasa who hit a ground ball to the rightside that drove in Kehau Yamaguchi from third for their first run. The score after five-and-a-half innings was 7-1.

Chaminade pitcher Carolyn Fisher came in relief in the third inning and held the Rainbow Wahine down until the bottom of the sixth inning when Kate Robinson hit a solo home run over the leftfield fence to push the score to 8-1.

For Hawai`i, Justine Smethurst threw 5.0 innings and got the win, scattering three hits, walking one and striking out nine. Paula Blanning closed the game, throwing 2.0 innings, giving up no hits while striking out two.

Leading Hitters
Chaminade
Mabasa: 1-3, double

Hawai`i
Valana Manuma: 3-4, one run
Tausaga: 2-3, double, two RBI
Robinson: home run
Andrade: 1-3, double, two RBI
Gail Matsushima: 2-3

Box Score

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In game two, Hawai`i scored early and often, starting with the first inning. Tausaga hit an RBI double to leftcenter that drove in Clare Warwick, who had reached earlier on a fielder's choice, from second for the first run of the game. Tanisha Milca then came through with an RBI single down the leftfield line to score a sprinting Tausaga from second. After one inning, Hawai`i led 2-0.

The third inning saw the Rainbow Wahine score six more runs. Tausaga hit a three-run home run to left-centerfield, scoring Warwick and Brandi Peiler. Later, Kristi Yoshizawa got her second double of the game to drive in Milca from second. Andrade followed with a sacrifice fly to rightfield that scored Kaulana Gould from third. Then Alana Power had a single to left that scored Yoshizawa from third to push the score to 8-0 after three innings.

In the fourth, UH continued to hit well, starting the inning off with four straight hits. Warwick led the inning off with a double to left. Peiler then hit a single to right, and a fielding error by the rightfielder allowed Warwick and Peiler to advance to second and third. Tausaga then capped her night off with another RBI single to drive in Warwick from third. Then Milca hit a three-run home run over the centerfield fence to score Malamaisaua Manuma, who was pinch running for Peiler, and Tausaga. After four innings, UH went up 12-0.

Things didn't get much better for Chaminade in the fifth, with the Rainbow Wahine adding another five runs. Power led the inning off with a walk. Then Julie Franklin hit a bloop infield single to put runners on first and second. Warwick then got her second hit of the game with a single to left that scored Power from third, and moving Franklin to third. Malamaisaua Manuma then hit a fielder's choice that did not yield an out, but scored Franklin from third, and moved Warwick to third. With runners on the corners, a double steal scored Warwick from third and moved Manuma into scoring position. A wild pitch pushed Manuma to third. Two batters later, Milca drew a walk and Kalina Kama came in to pinch run for Milca. Gould then grounded out to short, but drove in Manuma from third and moved Kama to second. Yoshizawa then got her third extra-basehit of the game with a triple to the leftfield corner that scored Kama. That finished the scoring for Hawai`i, with UH up 17-0.

A trio of Rainbow Wahine combined on the two-hit shut-out. Courtney Baughman started the game and got the win, throwing 3.0 innings, allowing only one hit while striking out three Silverswords. Robinson then threw 2.0 innings and gave up no hits with one strike out. Jessica Morton closed the game, throwing 2.0 innings. She struck out the first three batters she faced and ended up with four in the two innings. Morton game up one hit during her time on the mound. None of the Hawai`i pitchers allowed a walk in either game.

For the Silverswords, designated player Brandi Sasaki got both of Chaminade's only two hits. Pither Anna Moergeli started the game, then Marissa Tybor came in relief and Natalie Alcala finished the game.

Leading Hitters
Chaminade
Sasaki: 2-3, double

Valana Manuma: 2-3
Warwick: 2-3, four runs, one RBI
Tausaga: 3-3, double, home run, three runs, five RBI
Milca: 2-3, home run, two runs, four RBI
Yoshizawa: 3-4, one run, two doubles, triple, two RBI

Box Score

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