Waipahu, HI – This afternoon Chaminade took on the Vulcans of UH-Hilo at Central Oahu Regional Park (CORP) in a Pacific West Conference double header. The Lady Swords won the first game 9 to 4, however, struggled a bit with hitting in the second game and fell by a score of 4 to 0.
Vince Lombardi once said, “I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”
Chaminade can hold their heads up despite losing the second game; they fought hard until the bitter end.
Game # 1 BoxScore
Chelsey Walls stared on the mound for Chaminade and she pitched a good game. In fact, with her win, she is the first pitcher this year to record a conference victory. She faced 19 batters, struck out 1, walked 2, she gave up 1 run on 5hits. Kelly Korras gets credit with the save, she pitched 3 innings. She faced 14, struck out 1 and walked 1 batter. She gave up 3 hits and just 2 earned runs.
Chelsi Walls improves her record on the year to 1-3 on the year. Kelly Korras gets credit for the save, her first on the year and also team first as well.
Dawn Dela Cruz had a game to remember. She went 3 for 4 on the day. However, the one hit that eluded her from going 4 for 4 was an incredible blast. Dawn crushed the ball to deep center field, literally inches away from her first homerun this season. Should the ball have gone out of the park; the deep blast to center field would have also been her first collegiate home run.
Game # 2: BoxScore
Kasy'e Lalau pitched all 7 innings for the Lady Swords tonight, despite being charged with the loss, she pitched a solid game. She faced 32 batters, struck out 2, walked 2 and gave 9 hits and 4 earned runs.
UH Hilo's Amber Waracka pitched an incredible game and as a result pitched her team to victory. She faced 29 batters and gave up just 4 hits.
Kasy'e Lalau is charged with the loss, she falls to 1-3 on the year.
The Lady Swords are back in Monday March8th at CORP, when they once again to take the Argonauts of Norte Dame de Namur University in a double header match up. First pitch is set for 4:30PM HST, with the split today, CUH's record is o 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the PacWest Conference. While UH Hilo's record is now 8-5 overall and 4-4 in the PacWest Conference.
