Kahealani Alohikea-Betham blasted a two-run home run in the first inning of game two and the Seasiders put together six singles and an error to score six two-out runs in the second capped by Kaila Anderson’s two-run single.  The early offense staked BYU–Hawaii to an 8-1 lead but the Vulcans scored twice in the third, twice in the fourth, once in the sixth and once more in the seventh to put a scare into the Seasiders.  Katresha Veazie, who pitched a complete game in the opener, came on in relief of BYU–Hawaii starter Julianne Tialavea with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh and held onto the one-run margin by getting a strikeout and flyout to left to earn the save.

BYU–Hawaii’s Melissa Lehano led off the first game with a home run but that was all the Seasiders could muster against Vulcan pitcher Sarah Weisskopf.  Wiesskopf allowed just five hits and struck out five in going the distance in the opener and also pitched the final five innings of shutout ball in the second game, striking out four more and allowing just three more BYU–Hawaii hits.  UH-Hilo scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth, aided by a pair of BYU–Hawaii errors, to pick up the win.

Lehano, BYU–Hawaii’s leading hitter last season, picked up just where she left off last year, going 5-7 for the day with three runs scored and two RBI’s.  Alohikea-Betham got two hits, scored twice, and drove in three runs for the day and Ivy Sessions went 4-7 with a run scored and one driven in for the Seasiders.  Veazie put in a strong performance on the mound, yielding no earned runs in six-and-two-thirds innings.  She struck out three Vulcans on the day and also picked up one of the Seasiders hits in the first game.