A call for aiding a runner ended the University of Hawaii softball team’s seventh-inning rally and California hung on for a 3-2 win tonight in the Outrigger Spring Fling Tournament at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Trailing by two runs with runners on second and third and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning, UH freshman Sarah Muzik lined a single just over the glove of Cal shortstop Lindsay Rood to score Breanna Ojala from third.

Pinch-runner Alia Monges made the turn around third and when the ball was bobbled in the left field, Coolen gave her nudge in the back toward the plate and Monges slid in with the apparent tying run.

Home plate umpire John Park saw the contact between coach and player and called Monges out to end the game and Cal escaped with the win.

Cal freshman Kourtney Shaw held UH to three hits, struck out four and walked two in five innings and picked up the win. Katie Sutherland-Finch got the final six outs with the game-ending call giving her a save.

UH freshman Jennifer Iseri gave up 10 singles, struck out two and walked none in a gritty complete-game effort.

UH took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when Ulu Matagiese hit her second home run of the season, the first surrendered by Shaw.

The Bears (11-7) tied the game in the fourth when speedy Jazmyn Jackson reached on an infield single, stole second, advanced on a groundout and scored on Kobie Pettis’ grounder to the right side.

The Bears then pieced together three singles in the fifth to take the lead. With runners on second and third, Kylie Reed’s grounder up the middle snuck through the infield to score both runners.

The unusual conclusion left the Rainbow Wahine at 12-11 heading into a matchup with Baylor, ranked 21st and 22nd in the national polls, Thursday at 6 p.m. The Bears (15-4) opened the tournament with a 4-2 win over North Dakota State on Wednesday.