ISLE FILE
HPU loses two games in baseball
Advertiser Staff
Kevin White hit for the cycle to lead Presbyterian College to a 9-8 victory over Hawai'i Pacific in the first game of a doubleheader at Aloha Stadium last night.
The Blue Hose (Clinton, S.C.) also won the second game, 7-4. Presbyterian is 11-11, HPU 6-12.
In the first game, the Blue Hose scored six runs in the top of the sixth including three on White's triple for a 9-6 lead. HPU scored single runs in the sixth and seventh. White also had a solo homer in the fourth, an RBI double in the fifth and a single in the first.
Kyle Stanley was 3 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs for HPU in the first game.
In the second game, HPU went out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning, but Presbyterian scored a run in the fourth and three in the fifth to tie it.
Evan Sowell's RBI double in the seventh gave the Blue Hose a 5-4 lead.
Robert Cole pitched a complete game for the victory.
SOFTBALL
Garcia honored: Hawai'i Pacific first baseman Holly Garcia, who hit .615 in four games last week, was named the Pacific West Conference softball Player of the Week yesterday.
Garcia, a senior from 'Ewa Beach, was 8 for 13, including a two-run homer, double and four RBIs. She also scored two runs and stole a base. Garcia tied the school career record with her 11th homer.
HPU swept Chaminade and split a doubleheader with Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.).