{"id":169099,"date":"2022-11-15T14:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=169099"},"modified":"2022-11-15T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:55:35","slug":"manoa-softball-win-at-preseason-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/15\/manoa-softball-win-at-preseason-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa softball captures 6-1 win on final day of Preseason Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa softball<\/a> team’s offense came alive to defeat Fullerton College, 6-1 on November 13. The game closed out the Fall Preseason Classic Tournament<\/a>, which took place on November 11 and 13 at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> broke a scoreless game in the fifth inning. Jadyn Nielsen<\/strong> and Cierra Yamamoto<\/strong> were plunked, and then Malia Xiao Gin<\/strong> drew a walk to load the bases. Maya Nakamura<\/strong> then drilled a bases-clearing double down towards the third baseline, deep into the leftfield corner. Kaʻena<\/span> Keliinoi<\/strong> followed with a sharp single to the left-centerfield gap to allow Nakamura to score from second. After five complete innings, UH<\/abbr> led 4-0.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine added two more runs in the sixth inning. Kayla Tierney<\/strong> laced a single through the right side of the infield and Yamamoto ripped a triple down the first baseline to drive in Tierney. Gin then lifted a sacrifice fly to left to score Yamamoto.<\/p>\n

Nakamura led the UH<\/abbr> offense going 2-for-3 with a double and a triple and three RBI<\/abbr>. Keliinoi and Izabella Martinez<\/strong> also went 2-for-3 with Keliinoi adding an RBI<\/abbr> and Martinez hitting a double.<\/p>\n

Starter Brianna Lopez<\/strong> earned the win, firing 5.2 innings. She fanned a total of eight Fullerton players with no walks, while allowing one run on four hits. Malia Williams<\/strong> got the last out of the sixth inning on a strikeout. Chloe Borges<\/strong> got two outs to start the seventh inning with a strikeout and Key-annah Campbell-Pua<\/strong> struck out the last batter to end the game.<\/p>\n

The Fall Preseason Classic concludes the Rainbow Wahine\u2019s 2022 games. The team will open the 2023 season by hosting the Paradise Classic, February 10–12.<\/p>\n

For more, visit hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tournament concludes the Rainbow Wahine\u2019s 2022 preseason schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1527,9,550],"class_list":["post-169099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-softball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t