Hawaii’s second meeting with James Madison this week went a lot like the first.

After being shut out by the Dukes on Sunday, the Rainbow Wahine softball team was frustrated again in an 8-0 loss in five innings in Thursday’s rematch.

JMU left-hander Jailyn Ford struck out eight and held UH to three hits and the Dukes improved to 3-0 in the Pepsi Rainbow Wahine Classic and 7-0 in their two-tournament stay in Hawaii.

UH’s roller-coaster season continued as the Wahine followed a mercy-rule win over Valparaiso on Wednesday with the loss to JMU in the first game of their doubleheader on Thursday.

"What could have gone wrong went wrong," UH coach Bob Coolen said.

The Rainbow Wahine close round-robin play against second-ranked Oregon at 6 p.m. Friday. Bracket play begins later Friday night between the tournament’s fourth and fifth seeds.

UH was held to five singles by JMU’s Heather Kiefer in a 6-0 loss on Sunday to close the Jack in the Box Spring Fling. Ford was similarly in control on Thursday after stranding five UH runners in the first two innings.

UH sophomore Keiki Carlos escaped two bases-loaded jams early in the game, but the Dukes broke loose with four runs in the fourth inning and put the game away on Niki Prince’s three-run homer in the fifth.

Carlos gave up 11 hits and walked four in 4 1/3 innings before Heather Morales finished out the game for UH.

"(Ford’s) a good pitcher, they’re a good team, they’re aggressive, they hit high, low, they hit everything and Keiki stopped getting ahead in counts," Coolen said.

JMU’s Caitlin Sandy, who put Sunday’s game away with a seventh-inning home run, doubled to lead off the top of the second and scored on Madyson Moran’s single through the left side of the UH infield.

The Dukes loaded the bases later in the inning, but Carlos got two ground outs to end the inning. She faced another bases-loaded jam in the third and again escaped, thanks to an inning-ending double play from third baseman Kaile Nakao to catcher Kayla Wartner who relayed to first baseman Leisha Li’ili’i.

But the Dukes broke through with four runs on five hits in the fourth. Moran and Mimi Morris led off the inning with singles just over the UH infield and came around to score on Hannah Hayes’ single and Erica Fields’ double.

Ford’s sacrifice fly and an RBI single from Sandy pushed JMU’s lead to 5-0.

Niki Prince ended Carlos’ stint in the circle with a three-run home run to left field with one out in the top of the fifth, bringing the mercy rule into play.

"Early in the game we didn’t get it done, but we stepped up and started getting some key hits and getting good pitches in the right circumstances," JMU coach Mickey Dean said. "Early in the game we were hitting the wrong pitches and later in the game we started to understand a little better and wait for the pitch we wanted."

BYU 3, Hawaii 1

Campbell graduate Katie Manuma’s two-run double with one out in the seventh inning gave the Cougars the lead and BYU earned its first win of the tournament.

Kaile Nakao gave the Wahine the lead with a double off the fence in left-center to score Sharla Kliebenstein in the bottom of the fourth.

UH held off the Cougars into the seventh when BYU put runners on second and third with one out. Manuma then lined a double to right field on a full count. Manuma was thrown out at third but Ashley Thompson followed with a home run to center.

At Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium

Leading hitters—James Madison: Niki Prince, HR, 3 RBIs; Hannah Hayes, RBI; Field, 3-4, 2B, RBI; Ford, RBI; Caitlin Sandy, 2-3, 2B, RBI; Madyson Moran, 2-3, RBI; Mimi Morris, 2-3.

Leading hitters—BYU: Gordy Bravo, 3-4, 2B; McKenzie St. Clair, 2-3, 2 2B; Katie Manuma, 2B, 2 RBIs; Ashley Thompson, HR. Hawaii: Kaile Nakao, 2B, RBI.

Thursday
Oregon 5, Valparaiso 1

Friday
Valparaiso vs. BYU, 1:30 p.m.
James Madison vs. Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Oregon, 6 p.m.
No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed, 8 p.m.

Saturday
No. 1 seed vs. No. 4/5 winner, 11 a.m.
No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed, 1 p.m.
Championship, 3 p.m.