GAME ONE
Score: UC Davis 12, Hawaii 4 (8 inn.)
Winning Pitcher: Ashley Sawaii (7-7)
Losing Pitcher: Addison Kostrenchich (8-7)
Records: UC Davis 11-18 (5-2), Hawaii 16-12 (2-4)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii (Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium)
 
GAME TWO
Score: UC Davis 0, Hawaii 6
Winning Pitcher: Macy Brandi (8-4)
Losing Pitcher: Caroline Grimes (4-10)
Records: UC Davis 11-19 (5-3), Hawaii 17-12 (3-4)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii (Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium)

The short story: An eight run eighth inning powered UC Davis softball to a first game win before dropping the second game to split its Big West doubleheader at Hawaii.
 
LEADING OFF

• Ashley Sawai went 1-0 over 6.2 innings in the two games, giving up just one earned run and striking out six batters
• Grace Kilday smashed a home run, going 4-for-8 with three RBIs, two runs scored and a slugging percentage of .875
• Sydney Polli went 4-for-8 with two runs scored and one RBI
• Mickey Buscemi (two walks) and Gia Felice each had a pair of hits in the two games, each scoring a run in the first game
• Marley Panziera, Bella Holtz and Alyssa Dethlefson led the Aggies in the power department, with Panziera hitting a home run, Dethlefson a triple and Holtz a double

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• The Aggies got three runs right at the go, getting a pair of home runs in the first inning to take a quick 3-0 lead
• Kilday smashed a two-run home run that scored Polli, who had singled through the right side in the previous at bat, making it 2-0
• With two outs, Panziera took a 2-2 pitch to left center giving the Aggies a 3-0 after just one inning
• UC Davis added another run in the fourth, with an RBI single that scored Felice to make it 4-0 after two frames
• Hawaii would crawl back over the next handful of innings, scoring one run in the second, two in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie things at 4-4 and eventually force extra innings
• In the eighth inning the Aggies cracked open the safe and pulled out eight runs to build an insurmountable lead
• The Aggies loaded the bases and with one out Dethlefson cleared the bases by smacking a triple to right center that scored Rylee Reeves, Kilday and Polli giving UC Davis a 7-4 lead
• Holtz's double made it 8-4 and with two outs Polli stepped up after Buscemi kept it going with a single
• Polli singled to left to score Sofia Anderson, Kilday singled to score Kiera Brady and Reeves knocked in a pair of Aggies with a single to make it 12-4
• Sawai gave up a leadoff double, but then locked it down to get the next three batters and following a game ending strike out the Aggies finished off their 12-4 doubleheader opening win

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• Hawaii scored two runs in the second, one in the fourth and two more in the sixth to collect its six runs used to build out a 6-0 win
• Sawai struck out three batters over three innings, giving up just one earned run in relief work
• Buscemi drew a pair of walks in the leadoff spot to set the pace for the Aggies at the top

UP NEXT FOR THE AGGIES: UC Davis goes for the series win over Hawaii with a 5 p.m. PT matchup tomorrow, March 23.
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