Hawaii freshman Britnee Rossi launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Rainbow Wahine softball team a 6-5 win over Cleveland State on Thursday in the Bank of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
The Vikings scored two runs in the top of the seventh to take a 5-2 lead. The Wahine put two runners on and Heather Cameron’s looping single drove in Jordian Hicks to bring UH within two. One out later, Rossi — who scored UH’s first run of the game on an inside-the-park homer — hammered a blast to right-center to give the Wahine their second straight walk-off win.
UH freshman Emily Klee recorded her first collegiate win by allowing two runs on six hits in 41⁄3 innings of relief. UH sophomore Callee Heen hit a solo homer in the fourth.
HPU softball swept by No. 25 Cal Baptist
The Hawaii Pacific softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to No. 25 Cal Baptist on Thursday at Howard A. Okita Field.
In the first game, the Lancers’ Ciara Stapp pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts in a 4-0 victory.
In the second game, HPU’s Cieana Curran hit a three-run homer and Cal Baptist scored four runs in the ninth inning of a 7-3 win.
The Sharks fell to 9-9, 4-8 PacWest, while the Lancers improved to 21-4, 13-1.
Weidner, Hines fail to advance at NCAAs
University of Hawaii senior Franziska Weidner and sophomore Phoebe Hines failed to advance to the finals of their respective events Thursday at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
Weidner placed 18th in the preliminaries of the 200-yard individual medley in 1 minute, 56.31 seconds.
Hines finished 34th in the prelims of the 500 freestyle in 4:42.92.
The top 16 qualified for the finals.
Terao loses 2 at NCAA wrestling nationals
Josh Terao, a Mid-Pacific alum, lost two matches at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday in Cleveland.
Terao (29-12), of American University, lost his opener at 133 pounds 10-5 to Rico Montoya of Northern Colorado. He also lost in the wrestlebacks by fall in 5:29 to Missouri’s John Emeste.