No. 5 Hawaii opened its Florida trip with a 4-1 victory over Tulane in a beach volleyball dual match Thursday in Deland, Fla.

The Rainbow Wahine’s lone loss came at No. 1 when the Green Waves’ Tea Juric and Jackie Wegner defeated Nikki Taylor and Lara Schreiber 21-14, 21-19 to improve to 13-1.

Hawaii (4-4) won its other four matches in straight sets, led by Katie Spieler and Emily Maglio’s victory at No. 2. The pair improved to 7-1 with a 21-12, 21-16 win over Lan Nguyen-Madeline Mertz.

HPU baseball beats No. 10 Cal Baptist

Matthew Gunter pitched 61⁄3 shutout innings as the Hawaii Pacific baseball team beat No. 10 Cal Baptist 2-1 on Thursday at Hans L’Orange Park.

Austin Inabata and Christian Kapeliela both scored for the Sharks.

HPU improved to 17-9, 9-7 PacWest, while Cal Baptist dropped to 23-7, 13-3.

>> Michael Jenkerson went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and Nate Green scored three runs as Hawaii Hilo beat Fresno Pacific 13-4 to earn a split of a doubleheader in Fresno, Calif.

The Sunbirds won the first game 8-1.

The Vulcans moved to 4-15, 3-13 PacWest, while the Sunbirds went to 11-16, 6-7.

3 from Hawaii advance in Australia

Three Hawaii surfers advanced to the second round of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia.

Dusty Payne and Keanu Asing finished second in their first-round heats Thursday, while Ho placed third.

Hawaii’s Sebastian Zietz and John John Florence didn’t surf in the opening round.