The University of Hawaii at Hilo opened a six-game series with Hawaii Pacific University with a Pacific West Conference twinbill sweep at Hans L'Orange Park, 8-2 and 14-6.
The Vulcans improve to 20-17 overall and 11-11 in the PWC while the Sea Warriors fall to 21-16 overall and 9-9 in the PWC.
#Matt Haasenritter# the Vulcans at the plate in game one with a 4 for 4, 5-RBI performance.
#Ronel Trias, Keoni Manago, Peter Rodgers# and #Gary Jones# added two hits each as the Vulcans collected 13 hits.
#Kekoa Lee# (6-3) was tossing a no-hitter through six innings before two hits produced two runs in the final inning. Over the seven innings, he struck out seven and walked just two.
#Tyler Simao# (4-0) picked up his fourth victory in relief in game two. Entering the game with a 6-3 lead in the second inning, Simao held the Sea Warriors hitless with a 3-hit, 2-strikeout performance while giving up three walks.
#Kurtis Sherer# tossed two hitless innings to end the game. He struck out one and walked two.
Manago went 4 for 5 with two RBI while Trias was 3 for 4 with an RBI.
Rodgers was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI. #Thomas Brown# and #Jeff Hanna# had two hits while Jones collected four RBI.