CALIFORNIA – Hawai'i Hilo Softball junior Kanoe Piltz tallied up 10 total hits over last weekend's three-game sweep of Chaminade to earn recognition as Pacific West Conference Player of the Week.

Piltz's 10 hits were part of a barrage of 45 knocks unleashed by the Vulcans in wins by scores of 12-1 (5 innings), 4-3 (9 innings) and 17-7.

Playing the first game of the series at catcher before being slotted in at designated player the rest of the way, Piltz totaled four runs scored and five RBI with a triple.

From PacWest Release:

Hawai'i Hilo's Kanoe Piltz was tough to get out during the Vulcans' three-game sweep of Chaminade. The junior catcher went 10 for 14 (.714), drove in five runs, scored four times, had a triple and walked once. The Big Island native had four hits in each of the last two games of the series on O'ahu as Hilo won the set by the scores of 12-1 (five innings), 4-3 (nine innings) and 17-7. The third-year starter is hitting a robust .600 on the season with just two strikeouts in 31 trips to the plate.

Hawai'i Hilo is back in action Wednesday and Thursday to host HPU for its home opener followed by Concordia on Saturday and Sunday.