Score: UC Davis 2, Hawai'i 1
Location: Davis, Calif. (La Rue Field)
Winning Pitcher: Kenedi Brown (9-13)
Losing Pitcher: Addison Kostrencich (12-11)
Records: UC Davis (21-29, 12-15 Big West) | Hawai'i (20-26, 13-12 Big West)
The short story: UC Davis concludes the 2024 season on a high note, earning an exciting come-from-behind victory to complete the three-game sweep of Hawai'i on Saturday afternoon at La Rue Field.
LEADING OFF
- UC Davis posts its third consecutive 20+ win season.
- The Aggies out-hit the Rainbow Wahine at a 6-3 clip.
- Senior Sarah Reineman was brilliant over her final 24 innings of work to conclude her collegiate career, allowing just three runs.
- Senior Anna Dethlefson stole two bases in Saturday's game.
- UC Davis went 3-for-10 (.300) with runners in scoring position.
- UC Davis pitchers limited Hawaii to just 1-for-7 (.143) with runners in scoring position.
- Leah Polson led the Aggies at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
- Maddie Grissom was the only Aggie with a multi-hit day, banging out two hits in her final game at UC Davis.
- Hawai'i was led offensively by junior Izabella Martinez, who went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
THE RUNDOWN
- Reineman worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the first. The right-hander navigated a walk, hit, and error to escape the inning unscathed.
- Reineman was brilliant, tossing three scoreless innings while allowing just one hit.
- She handed the ball over to Kenedi Brown to start the fourth.
- Hawai'i capitalized on a UC Davis defensive mishap in the fifth when Izabella Martinez drove home Ka'ena Keliinoi with an RBI double, who reached on an error.
- Leah Polson came up with the biggest swing of the day with her bases-clearing triple in the bottom of the fifth, giving the Aggies their first lead.
- Brown was solid the rest of the way, hanging two more zeroes to clinch the sweep for Davis' team.
