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Box Score 2 CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i softball team (10-3) split their opening doubleheader at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Friday. The Rainbow Wahine dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to BYU in their opener, but battled back to shut down Nevada, 4-0 in the night cap. UH starter Addison Kostrencich earned her first complete game shutout of the season against the Wolf Pack at the Big League Dreams complex in Cathedral City, Calif.
BYU 4, Hawai'i 3
Hawai'i scored three runs in the third. With two runners on board, Maycen Gibbs drove a single down the rightfield line to score both Kayara Tuiloma and Izabella Martinez. Chloe Borges followed with a sacrifice fly to left that drove in Gibbs from third to give the 'Bows a 3-0 lead.
After being shutout for the first five frames, UH got the first two outs in the sixth. But the Cougars then posted three runs in the sixth on a solo homer by Bre Townsend and a two run homer by Lindy Milkowski.
BYU's Hailey Morrow led off the seventh with a solo home run to left to give the Cougars a 4-3 lead.
Hawai'i starter
Macy Brandl suffered her first loss of the season, dropping her record to 4-1. She took a shutout into the sixth inning. Brandl threw six-plus innings, allowing four runs on seven hits with a walk and a strikeout. Amelia "Millie" Fidge came into the game in the sixth inning as a pinch hitter and stayed in to retire the final three batters.
BYU's Kate Dahle threw the first 2.1 innings. She allowed two runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Jada Villegas threw the next 1.2 innings, allowing a run on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Alyssa Aguilar earned the win in relief to improve to 1-0 on the season. She threw two innings with two walks and a strikeout. Kaysen Korth earned the save coming in to throw the seventh.
Hawai'i 4, Nevada 0
The Rainbow Wahine bounced back after a tough loss to the Cougars to defeat Nevada, 4-0 as Kostrencich pitched solidly to improve to 5-2 in her senior campaign. Kostrencicsh did not allow a run while striking out six and walking none. She scattered seven hits in seven innings of work.
After giving up a leadoff single to
Izabella Martinez to start the game, Nevada starter Hailey McLean proceeded to strikeout the next nine-straight batters. UH gave McLean her first loss of the season, dropping her record to 6-1. In the loss, McLean struck out 15 batters while giving up four runs on three hits with two walks.
UH's defense got two quick outs to start the second, but the Wolf Pack linked three-straight singles together to load the bases. But the 'Bows were able to escape any damage ending the frame with a fly out to left.
Gibbs got plunked to start off the fourth inning. After a strikeout, Borges reached on a fielder's choice that resulted in a throwing error by the second baseman to leave both runners safe at first and second.
Jamie McGaughey was then beaned to load the bases for
Milan Ah Yat. Ah Yat laced a double to the left-center gap to clear the bases driving in Gibbs, Borges and pinch runner
Sunni Kahanu for a 3-0 lead.
Nevada's Bailie Clark led off the bottom of the sixth with a single up the middle. The next batter, Aaliyah Jenkins had a good at-bat, but struck out swinging. On the play Martinez gunned out Clark trying to steal second for a double play. UH got a flyout to left to end the frame.
Hawai'i added an insurance run in the top of the seventh. Martinez led the inning off with a single to center and she hustled into second off a fielding error on the centerfielder. Pinch runner
Ellyanna Cinzori advanced to second off a fly out to right by Gibbs, but the throw into third sailed into the UH dugout allowing Cinzori to score to give UH a 4-0 lead with a half inning to play.
Nevada's first two runners in the seventh reached base safely on an error and a single to center. Both runners moved into scoring position after a sacrifice bunt. But the 'Bows got a pop out to short and a strikeout to end the game.
The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic continues on Saturday. The Rainbow Wahine will take on Saint Mary's (CA) on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. HT at Yankee Stadium field at the Big League Dreams complex.
Wahine will take on Saint Mary's (CA) on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. HT at Yankee Stadium field at the Big League Dreams complex.
