Hawaii junior Kaci Masuda carded a 2-under-par 70 on Wednesday to win the individual title at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic at Kapalua’s Bay Course on Maui.
Masuda closed the three-day tournament with a total of 4-under 212 to become UH’s sixth medalist in program history and first since Eimi Koga won the Hobble Creek Classic in 2015.
Masuda finished three strokes ahead of Louisville’s Lauren Hartlage. Santa Clara’s Kristin Le, a Punahou graduate, tied for third with UC Irvine’s Avery French at 1 over. UH’s Emma Lower finished fifth at 3 over.
Louisville captured the team title in a tiebreaker with UH. Both teams finished at 15-over 879.
Vulcans softball sweeps doubleheader
The University of Hawaii at Hilo softball team cruised to a pair of easy victories against Holy Names, winning 8-3 and 10-0 in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday.
The victories gave the Vulcans (22-10, 10-4 PacWest) the series sweep and their fourth and fifth straight wins.
In the first game, the Vulcans exploded for six runs in the first inning, breezing to a win ended in the fifth inning by mercy rule. Bailey Gaspar led the way, tallying a two-run home run and an RBI double.
In the second game, the Hawks (1-23, 1-11 PacWest) again ceded a six-run frame, this time in the third inning. The result was another run-shortened victory for Hilo, which was led by Mari Kawano, who scored a pair of runs and drove in two runs.
>> Chaminade and Academy of Art split a doubleheader in Brisbane, Calif. The Silverswords (10-24, 6-16 PacWest) won the first game 5-3, led by Rainelle Matsuoka’s four-RBI performance. The Urban Knights (27-12, 10-6 PacWest) took the second game 1-0 behind Cecilia Lopez’s four-hit shutout.