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Softball split for the Vulcans Friday (March 19)

MEDIA RELEASE

The University of Hawaii at Hilo split a Pacific West Conference doubleheader with Dixie State College at the Karl Brooks Field in St. George, Utah.

The Vulcans won the second game 7-5 and dropped the first game 11-3. The Vulcans are 20-7 overall and 16-6 in the PacWest while the Red Storm is 10-7 overall and 5-3 in the PacWest.

In the second game, the Vulcans trailed 4-2 when they exploded for five runs on seven hits before the inning ended with the bases loaded.

Sierra Green tallied three hits, a pair of RBI and a homerun. Amanda Tellez and Kanani Numata added two hits each.

Christina Pedroza (5-3) commanded the mound in the second game with an 8-hit, 2-strikeout relief performance. Over six innings she gave up three runs and walked one.

“Christina pitched a very good game and we had timely hitting,” UHH head coach Gwen Kagaoan said. “It’s very hard to win on the road and we wanted to do something that we’ve never done here at Dixie and that’s to win one out here.”

The teams combined for 21 hits and nine errors in the second game with the Vulcans accounting for 11 hits and four errors.

“Our defense broke down today,” Kagaoan said, “but they never gave up.”

In the first game, Amber Waracka (12-2) saw her streak of 10 consecutive victories snapped early as the Red Storm tagged the sophomore hurler for seven-runs on six hits over 1.1 innings.

Green led the way with a 3-for-3 performance.

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo at Dixie State College (Game 1)
Mar 19, 2010 at Saint George, UT (Karl Brooks Field)

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo 3 (19-7,15-6 PWC)           Dixie State College 11 (10-6,5-2 PWC)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Sierra Green cf............  3  1  3  0       Hicken, Bailie rf..........  3  2  3  0
Amanda Tellez 3b...........  2  1  1  0       Egge, Breanna c............  4  1  2  1
Bryanna Hardy c............  2  0  1  0       Cue, Anna dp/ph............  3  0  2  2
Aisha Sueda 2b.............  2  1  1  0        Jeffress, Jayci pr/dp.....  1  1  0  0
Sarah Weisskopf dp.........  2  0  0  1       Mendenhall, Kelsey 3b......  2  1  1  1
Nicole Alconcel ss.........  2  0  0  1        Pearson, Beth pr..........  0  0  0  0
Kanani Numata rf...........  3  0  1  1       Hunter, Shantae 2b.........  3  2  2  2
Dana Lee 1b................  2  0  0  0       McFarland, Ashley ss.......  2  2  2  2
Tessa Truong lf............  1  0  0  0       Higgins, Kylee 1b..........  2  0  0  0
Amber Waracka p............  0  0  0  0       Merrill, Cassi lf..........  3  1  2  2
 Christina Pedroza p.......  0  0  0  0       Nelson, Katlyn cf..........  3  1  1  1
                                              Whipple, Brittnie p........  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 19  3  7  3       Totals..................... 26 11 15 11

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Univ. Hawaii-Hilo... 20   0 01 -  3  7  0
Dixie State College. 0(10)0 01 - 11 15  1
-----------------------------------------

Note: 1 out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - McFarland, A. DP - Red Storm 2. LOB - Vulcans 7; Red Storm 6. 2B - Sueda, A.;
Numata, K.; McFarland, A; Nelson, K. 3B - Merrill, C. HR - Hunter, S..
HBP - Truong, T.; Mendenhall,. SH - Hardy, B.; Higgins, K.. SB - Green, S.;
Hicken, B. 3; Egge, B. 2; Jeffress, J.; Mendenhall,;
Hunter, S.. CS - Hicken, B.; Merrill, C.

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amber Waracka  L,12-2......   1.1  6  7  7  2  1   0  0  0  0    9 12   1  2  38
Christina Pedroza .........   3.0  9  4  4  0  2   0  0  1  0   17 18   0  6  62

Dixie State College            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whipple, Brittnie  W,5-3...   5.0  7  3  3  4  2   0  0  1  0   19 25   3  7 112

HBP - by Whipple, B (Truong, T.); by Pedroza, C. (Mendenhall,). PB - Hardy, B..
Inherited runners/scored: Pedroza, C. 2/2. Pitches/strikes: Waracka, A. 38/20;
Pedroza, C. 62/37; Whipple, B 112/60.

Strikeouts - Tellez, A.; Lee, D.; Egge, B.; Higgins, K.; Merrill, C.
Walks - Tellez, A.; Sueda, A.; Weisskopf, S; Alconcel, N; Hicken, B.; McFarland, A.

Umpires - HP: Bobby Shelton  1B: Anthony Lewis  3B: Doug Jones

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo at Dixie State College (Game 2)
Mar 19, 2010 at Saint George, UT (Karl Brooks Field)

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo 7 (20-7,16-6 PWC)           Dixie State College 5 (10-7,5-3 PWC)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Sierra Green cf............  4  1  3  2       Hicken, Bailie rf..........  5  0  1  0
Amanda Tellez 3b...........  4  1  2  1       Hunter, Shantae 2b.........  3  1  1  0
Bryanna Hardy c............  5  1  1  1       Cue, Anna dp...............  4  1  1  2
Aisha Sueda 2b.............  4  0  1  1       Mendenhall, Kelsey 3b......  3  0  1  0
Sarah Weisskopf dp.........  4  1  0  0       McFarland, Ashley ss.......  3  0  0  0
 Jessica Schatz pr.........  0  1  0  0       Egge, Breanna c............  4  1  2  0
Nicole Alconcel ss.........  2  0  1  0       Merrill, Cassi lf..........  4  2  1  0
Kanani Numata rf...........  3  1  2  1       Higgins, Kylee 1b..........  4  0  2  1
Dana Lee 1b................  2  1  1  1       Nelson, Katlyn cf/pr.......  3  0  0  0
Tessa Truong lf............  3  0  0  0        Brown, Johnna ph..........  1  0  1  1
Amber Waracka p............  0  0  0  0       Folta, Lauren p............  0  0  0  0
 Christina Pedroza p.......  0  0  0  0        Whipple, Brittnie p.......  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 31  7 11  7       Totals..................... 34  5 10  4

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Univ. Hawaii-Hilo... 001 051 0 -  7 11  4
Dixie State College. 202 010 0 -  5 10  5
-----------------------------------------

E - Alconcel, N 3; Pedroza, C.; Mendenhall,; Egge, B.; Merrill, C 2;
Higgins, K.. DP - Vulcans 1; Red Storm 1. LOB - Vulcans 12;
Red Storm 11. 2B - Sueda, A.; Mendenhall,. HR - Green, S.;
Cue, A.. HBP - Alconcel, N. SH - Alconcel, N. SB - Numata, K.;
Hicken, B.; Higgins, K.. CS - Green, S..

Univ. Hawaii-Hilo              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amber Waracka .............   1.0  2  2  2  2  0   0  0  0  0    5  7   2  1  33
Christina Pedroza  W,5-3...   6.0  8  3  0  1  2   1  0  0  0   29 30   6  9  92

Dixie State College            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Folta, Lauren  L,5-4.......   4.2  7  6  3  5  2   0  0  1  0   20 26   7  2 114
Whipple, Brittnie .........   2.1  4  1  0  2  2   0  0  0  0   11 14   1  4  51

WP - Pedroza, C.. HBP - by Folta, L. (Alconcel, N). PB - Hardy, B..
Inherited runners/scored: Whipple, B 2/2.
Pitches/strikes: Waracka, A. 33/14; Pedroza, C. 92/57;
Folta, L. 114/55; Whipple, B 51/30.

Strikeouts - Hardy, B. 2; Sueda, A.; Weisskopf, S; Merrill, C 2.
Walks - Green, S.; Tellez, A.; Sueda, A.; Numata, K.; Lee, D. 2;
Truong, T.; Hunter, S.; Mendenhall,; McFarland, A.

Umpires - HP: Anthony Lewis  1B: Doug Jones  3B: Bobby Shelton

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