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HONOLULU—The No. 18/19 University of Hawai`i softball team (22-1) bounced back with a 6-0 win over Marist (6-11). Junior pitcher
Kaia Parnaby fired her second career no-hitter with a career high 14 strike outs to lead UH to the win on the second day of the Chevron Spring Fling Tournament at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Parnaby, a southpaw from Bilgola Plateau, New South Wales, Australia, tossed seven innings for her 10th complete game win and sixth shut-out of the season—her third straight. She faced just two batters over the minimum—one was a throwing error by herself and the other runner reached on a seventh inning walk.
The Rainbow Wahine and Red Foxes were scoreless through the first three innings until the bottom of the fourth inning when UH erupted for five runs. After a leadoff strike out,
Jessica Iwata and Alex Aguirre both drew walks to put runners at first and second. Later after a fly out, Leisha Li`ili`i laced a single through the rightside of the infield that drove in Iwata from second. Then, pinch runner
Jazmine Zamora came for Li`ili`i at first bases and she and Aguirre then executed a double steal to score UH's second run. On the play Aguirre slid away and her hand swiped the bases just before the tag.
Makani Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu then drove in Zamora from second base with an opposite-field single to right.
Dara Pagaduan followed with an infield single, beating out the throw from short to put runners at first and second for
Kelly Majam who hit a line shot single to centerfield to score pinch runner
Rachel Paragas from third base and Pagaduan hustled into third. Another double steal with runners at the corners gave UH a 5-0 lead with Pagaduan crossing the plate before Majam was tagged out for the final out of the inning.
In the sixth, Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu got her second hit of the game with a home run to left that bounced off the Marist leftfielder's glove and over the fence for UH's sixth run.
Marist's Emily Osterhaus also threw a complete game, giving up six runs on seven hits with four walks and three strike outs.
Hawai`i will continue their Chevron Spring Fling Tournament tomorrow against No. 1/2 California at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday's Game Schedule
11:00 am - Winthrop vs. Texas A&M
1:30 pm - Texas vs. Marist
4:00 pm - Texas vs. California
6:30 pm - HAWAI`I VS. CALIFORNIA
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