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UH softball remains No. 21 in poll
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i softball team remained at No. 21 in The USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll released yesterday.
Hawai'i received 135 points in the poll, which is voted on by Division I head coaches representing each conference.
UH (33-7, 6-0 Western Athletic Conference) returns to action Sunday at San Jose State.
UHH SPLITS; HPU SWEPT
Sarah Weisskopf and Leo Sing Chow teamed on a one-hitter as 11th-ranked Hawai'i-Hilo beat Cal State Monterey Bay, 9-0, to split a non-conference doubleheader at Seaside, Calif. The game was cut to five innings due to the eight-run mercy rule. UHH (24-4) lost the first game, 2-0, to Monterey Bay (10-27).
Also, Cal State Stanislaus swept Hawai'i Pacific, 5-1 and 1-0, in a non-conference doubleheader yesterday at Turlock, Calif. HPU dropped to 18-6; CS Stanislaus improved to 28-8.
BASEBALL
UHH WINS; HPU LOSES
Robbie Mowers' one-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth scored Ronel Trias with the winning run as Hawai'i-Hilo beat Air Force, 4-3, last night in a non-conference game at Francis Wong Stadium.
Clayton Uyechi (2-2) pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts as UHH improved to 7-23. Air Force dropped to 5-22.
Also, former University of Hawai'i player Tyler Wightman hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs as Sonoma State (25-5) beat Hawai'i Pacific, 14-3, yesterday in a non-conference game at Rohnert Park, Calif.
Colton Silva had three hits, and Tripper Chung and Paul Nishimura added two hits apiece for HPU (17-12).
