HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i softball team (2-0) swept their season opening double-header with a 2-1 win over Utah Tech and a 5-3 victory against St. Mary's-CA on Friday night at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Hawai'i pitchers Brianna Lopez and Key-annah Campbell-Pua both earned complete game wins. Against the Trailblazers, Haley Johnson came through with a clutch, two-run triple in the sixth to propel the Rainbow Wahine to the 2-1 win. In the game against the Gaels, home runs by Rachel "Bueller" Sabourin, Mya'Liah Bethea, and Izabella Martinez propelled UH to the win to cap a blustery Friday night and conclude the first day of the Paradise Classic tournament.
  
Hawai'i 2, Utah Tech 1
Utah Tech broke up a scoreless game in the top of the third. With two outs, the Trailblazers loaded the bases. A fielding error by the shortstop allowed the game's first run to score as S. Clements reached on the error as Windle scored from third.
 
The Rainbow Wahine were shut out until the sixth. Maya Nakamura led off with a single to short. Dallas Millwood followed with a double off the centerfield fence to put runners at second and third. After a ground out to the second, designated player Haley Johnson then ripped a triple down the rightfield line to drive in both Nakamura and pinch-runner Cierra Yamamoto.
 
Brianna Lopez earned her first win of the season with a complete game effort. She allowed one run on four hits with four walks and three strikeouts.
 
Utah Tech starter Kate Dolinski suffered the loss, throwing 5-1/3 innings. She allowed the two runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Attlyn Johnston got the final two outs and recorded one strikeout.
 
Hawai'i 5, St. Mary's-CA 3
In the second inning, the Gaels' Claudia Kirchner looped a hit to shallow right. The rightfielder misplayed the ball as it sailed over her glove as she dove forward. The ball rolled into the corner allowing Kirchner to race around the bases for an inside the park home run for the 1-0 lead.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Hawai'i batted around the order and erupted for four runs on back-to-back blasts by Sabourin and Bethea. The frame that began with Millwood getting plunked.  Martinez drew a walk to put runners at first and second. A groundout to first moved both runners into scoring position. Sabourin then stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter and launched a three-run bomb to centerfield. It marked the senior's first career home run. Bethea followed Sabourin by blasting her first homer of the season to centerfield. It was the junior's third home run of her career. After four innings, UH led 4-1.
 
Hawai'i's Martinez led off the fifth inning with a line drive home run that just flew out of the park just over the centerfield fence. It was the sophomore catcher's first career home run.
 
With a runner at third, SMC's Marissa Nishihara hit an RBI grounder to third to drive in Bry Waters as St. Mary's got a run back in the sixth.
  
In the seventh the Gaels kept battling. They scored one run on an RBI single to right  by Lindsey Cabral to score Rylee Gomez but on the play, the throw in went through the first baseman allow pinch runner Jojo Bryant to advance to third. With two on, SMC drew a walk to load the bases. With the winning run at first, Campbell-Pua enduced a fly out to center to end the game and preserve her first collegiate win.
 
Campbell-Pua fired seven innings and allowed three runs on seven hits with a walk and three strikeouts.
 
St. Mary's Chelsea Bennett took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits with two walks and a strikeout in 3-1/3 innings of work. Kailey O'Connor finished the final 2-2/3 innings giving up a run on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
 
The three teams return to action for Day 2 of the Paradise Classic on Saturday. Utah Tech will face St. Mary's at 1:00 p.m., followed by Hawai'i vs. UT at 3:30 and then SMC at 5:00 p.m..