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HENDERSON, Nev.—The University of Hawai`i softball team continued to roll at UNLV's Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, sweeping Saturday's doubleheader over CSU Northridge and Idaho State. The 'Bows defeated the Matadors, 8-0 in six innings and the Bengals in five at the Stephanie Lynn Craig Softball Complex.
 
Hawai`i 8, CSU Northridge 0 (six innings)
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The Rainbow Wahine started their day with an 8-0 win over CSU Northridge (0-9). Kaia Parnaby earned a complete game win, spacing five hits over six innings of work. She had no walks on the afternoon while fanning four Matadors at the plate.
 
The 'Bows got on the scoreboard in the first inning posting one run on an RBI single to centerfield by Jessica Iwata that drove home Kelly Majam who had walked to lead the inning off.
 
CSUN then held the 'Bows at bay for two and a third innings, retiring seven in a row, before Alexandra Aguirre was hit by a pitch. Sharla Kliebenstein followed with an RBI double to left that scored a racing Aguirre from first. Leisha Li`ili` then ripped an RBI single to right to score Kliebenstein from second. Pinch hitter Shannon Lum then walked to put runners at first and second. A ground out to first pushed both runners into scoring position, but Majam drew her second walk of the day to load the bases for Kayla Wartner. Wartner ripped a single to rightfield to drive in Lum and Majam both. Sarah Robinson kept things going with an RBI single to centerfield to score Wartner from second to push UH's lead to 7-0 after four innings.
 
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Majam scored one run off of a walk-off, RBI single to rightfield by Iwata to end the game by virtue of the mercy rule, 8-0.
 
For CSU Northridge, Crystal Maas suffered the loss, throwing the first 3.2 innings. She gave up seven runs on five hits with five walks and one strike out. Mia Pagano tossed the final two frames, giving up one run on three hits with a walk and a pair of strike outs.
 
Iwata led UH at the plate going 3-for-4 with two RBI; Wartner was 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI; Majam walked three times and scored three times.
 
 
Hawai`i 14, Idaho State 0
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Hawai`i scored early and often to take the Bengals out of the game. Majam and Wartner led the game off with a pair walks. Robinson then got a single to centerfield to drive in Majam from second. ISU's startng pitcher, Kelsi Ott was then lifted in favor of Christina Rayer who promptly got Iwata to line out into a double-play at second bases that caught Wartner off base for the second out of the inning.  Kliebenstein then launched a three-run home run over the centerfield fence to give UH a 4-0 lead after the first inning.
 
The 'Bows added another run in the second inning on Wartner's RBI single to center that drove in Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu from second to push UH's lead to 5-0.
 
In the third inning, UH started a rally that produced four more runs on five hits. Iwata led the inning off with a walk and then Aguirre launched a home run to left. After a strike out, Li`ili`i kept things going with a single to left. Rachel Paragas came into pinch run for Li`ili`i. After a pop up to second, Dara Pagaduan drilled a home run to centerfield that drove in Paragas. Majam followed with a double to center and Wartner walked to put runners at first and second. Robinson then got a single to center, but on the play pinch runner Brynne Buchanan was cut down at the plate to end the rally up 9-0 after 2-and-a-half innings of action.
 
In the fourth inning, Hawai`i put the game out of reach, batting around the order and scoring five more runs. Iwata started things with a walk and Aguirre was beaned to put two early runners on with no outs. But the Bengals got two quick outs on a strike out and a foul pop up to short. But Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu came to the plate and crushed a mammoth home run that hit and bounced over the hill that is beyond the centerfield fence. It was Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu's first home run of the season and her 11th of her career. Pagaduan, Buchanan and pinch hitter Jordan Burton all were walked consecutively and Kaile Nakao then pinch hit and hit a bloop single that scored both Pagaduan and Buchanan for UH's 14th run of the game.
 
Stephanie Ricketts (7-0) earned the win against the Matadors giving up just two hits and throwing five complete innings. She walked just one and struck out 10 batters.
 
CSU Northridge's Kelsi Ott did not last an out, but allowed two runs and walked two in the first inning. Rayner finished the game, throwing 5.0 innings, giving up 12 runs on 10 hits with seven walks and three strike outs.
 
Hawai`i concludes its play in the Desert Classic on Sunday, when it battles the host school, UNLV at 1:30 pm at Eller Media Stadium on UNLV's campus.