LIHU‘E — No. 14/17 University of Hawai‘i softball team (16-5) was stunned by Longwood (13-3), 1-0 on Friday night at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Hawai‘i starter Stephanie Ricketts (10-4) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but then gave
LIHU‘E — No. 14/17 University of Hawai‘i softball team (16-5) was stunned by Longwood (13-3), 1-0 on Friday night at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Hawai‘i starter Stephanie Ricketts (10-4) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but then gave up a solo home run to straight-away center field to the Lancers’ Nichole Simmons for UH’s first loss in the Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament, states a release from the UH athletic department.
Ricketts fired 6.1 innings of hitless ball, before yielding the one costly hit of the game. Overall she had four walks with nine strikeouts and faced just 25 batters.
Longwood starter Briana Wells (11-3) stymied the ‘Bows at the plate scattering three hits — all singles — by Jessica Iwata, Sarah Robinson, and Melissa Gonzalez. Wells did not give up a run with a walk and six strikeouts.
Iwata had a long fly ball to lead off the fourth inning that had potential, but it was caught by the Longwood center fielder at the fence. In the fifth inning, the ‘Bows had their best scoring opportunity when Robinson led the inning off with a solid single to the right-center field gap. She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Gonzalez. Robinson then advanced to third on a ground out to short, but the final out was made on a pop up to first to end the threat.
It marked the first home loss of the season for Hawai‘i, which fell to 9-1 in games in Honolulu. The Rainbow Wahine continue the tournament today with a doubleheader against Miami (OH) and South Dakota State at 3 and 5 p.m., respectively.
Game story provided by the UH athletic department
‘Bows baseball tops Portland, 5-3
LIHU‘E — The University of Hawai‘i Rainbows defeated Portland, 5-3, Friday night at the Les Murakami Stadium in Honolulu, to even the four-game series at one game apiece.
Hawai‘i scored four runs in the first inning and held on for the win as Connor Little got the victory, going 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out six.
Breland Almadova, Sean Montplaisir and Kolten Wong each had two hits and a run scored for the ‘Bows, who improved their season record to 6-8.
The two clubs will go at it again today, first pitch scheduled for 3:05 p.m.
