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Box Score 2 HILO, HI – Chaminade lost two games with Hawaii-Hilo in a tough doubleheader against the Vulcans on the Big Island. The Silverswords lost game one 7-4 and lost a nail-biter in game two 3-2.
Chaminade started the scoring in game one with two runs in the first inning. Junior
Kori Berinobis (Kaneohe, HI/Castle) singled and
Rayna Strom-Okimoto (Aiea, HI/Aiea) homered to give CUH an early 2-0 lead. The lead would be short-lived as UH-Hilo scored five runs in the bottom of the inning and held the Swords off, winning game one 7-4. Chaminade left five on base in game one.
Freshman
Brett Aspel (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union) took the game one loss for the Swords, giving up seven runs on twelve hits in seven innings.
Game two was a low-scoring affair as UH-Hilo took a 1-0 lead in the first inning before Chaminade gained the lead.
Kori Berinobis, with three hits on the day, singled in the fourth inning and a double by Strom-Okimoto scored Berinobis. Strom-Okimoto scored on a wild pitch and CUH took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Following two UH-Hilo runs (one in the fifth, one in the sixth) Chaminade threatened in the bottom of the sixth. Freshman
Aja Keyes (Kaneohe, HI/Lutheran) doubled and
Letisha Vaba (Stockton, CA/San Joaquin) singled and Keyes moved to third. CUH was unable to drive either player in, and ended up dropping game two 3-2.
Freshman
Kaitlyn Watanabe (Kula, HI/Baldwin) took the loss for CUH in the second contest, giving up three runs and allowing seven hits.
Chaminade is back in PacWest conference action on April 22nd against Hawaii-Hilo in Hilo, HI. First pitch is set for 2:30 PM HT.
The Swords move to 15-28, 9-21 PWC, while Hawaii-Hilo goes to 22-18, 16-11 PWC with the sweep.
