Tribune News Service
The University of Hawaii baseball group scored six runs within the thirteenth inning Sunday after which subdued a UC Santa Barbara rally for a 13-9 victory at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on the UCSB campus.
The Rainbow Warriors trailed 6-4 coming into the highest of the ninth. But they cobbled three two-out runs, punctuated with DallasJ Duarte’s two-run single, to take a 7-6 lead.
But the Gauchos hit back-to-back doubles to tie it at 7 and drive additional innings.
In the thirteenth, Jacob Igawa was struck by a pitch, Matt Wong singled, and Naighel Ali ‘i Calderon walked to load the bases. Aaron Ujimori singled through the right side to score Igawa and Wong for a 9-7 lead. Calderon, who advanced to third on the play, was picked off when the Gauchos pulled the hidden-ball trick. But later, Ujimori scored on a wild pitch, Scotty Scott came home on Duarte’s sacrifice fly, and Stone Miyao powered a two-run double.
Miyao completed with 4 RBIs in going 2 for 7.
Scott, who suffered a shoulder damage on Saturday, was a shock defensive alternative within the tenth.
The Gauchos got here again with two runs within the thirteenth, and had a runner in scoring place with one out. But Cameron Hagan struck out Broc Mortensen and Jason Willow to finish the sport.
Hagan, who pitched 4 2 /3 innings of aid, earned the victory to even his report at 1-1.
The ’Bows (9-16, 3-6), who misplaced the primary two of this three-game sequence, conclude this street journey with a nonconference recreation in opposition to USC on Monday.
UH males swept
Hawaii relied closely on the left-handed manufacturing of Rado Parapunov in constructing towards a nationwide championship.
Alex Nikolov, a proper hander from Parapunov’s hometown in Bulgaria, now owns that position for Long Beach State and helped energy the second-ranked Beach to a second straight four-set win over the Rainbow Warriors on Saturday.
Nikolov, a freshman exterior hitter from Sofia, Bulgaria, put away 18 kills to result in the Beach to a 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19 victory and a sequence sweep over No. 4 Hawaii on the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.
After UH prolonged the match within the third set, Nikolov posted seven kills, an ace and a solo block within the fourth set because the Beach (16-3, 4-1 ) rallied from a five-point deficit to shut out the match and stay alone in first place within the Big West standings.
“He’s an out-of-system attacker and their go-to guy, ” UH coach Charlie Wade mentioned. “As a first-year guy, that’s a nice piece for them to add to that team. He’s certainly doing most of the heavy lifting for them.”
Long Beach State’s pin hitters once more carried the majority of the load for the Beach, accounting for 42 of its 50 complete kills. Clarke Godbold and Spencer Olivier complemented Nikolov with 12 kills every within the first regular-season males’s volleyball match to get nationwide tv protection on ESPNU.
Nikolov hit.484 and had 12 digs, two aces and was in on 5 of LBSU’s season-high 16 blocks and the Beach hit. 350 as a group. Middle blocker Simon Torwie completed with eight blocks and two aces.
UH center blocker Guilherme Voss posted a career-high 11 kills in 17 assaults and out of doors hitter Spyros Chakas additionally had 11. But the Rainbow Warriors hit a collective.174—their second lowest share of the season—whereas falling to 18-5 general and into fourth place within the Big West at 3-3.
Along with scoring immediately with its block, Long Beach State’s touches on the internet gave the again row, led by libero Mason Briggs’ 16 digs, an opportunity to arrange alternatives to attain in transition.
UH entered the sequence main the Big West with a.353 hitting share, however dedicated a season-high 28 assault errors on Saturday and hit.208 within the sequence.
“Our outside attackers struggled to score tonight, ” Wade mentioned. “That’s something we’re going to look at going forward. They’ve been pretty good, we’ve hit for a pretty high percentage. Hats off to (LBSU ), they had a nice night defensively and we’ve just gotta be a little sharper, a little crisper offensively.”
Setter Jakob Thelle fired 4 aces to assist UH prolong the match within the third set and take a five-point lead early within the fourth. He additionally had 4 kills and 43 assists and appeared to stand up slowly after going to the ground late within the match.
“He’s been a little dinged up all weekend, ” Wade mentioned. “It’s that time of year, nobody’s really 100 %, but certainly a gutty performance from Jakob tonight to just keep pushing himself and really leading our team throughout.”
The Warriors and Beach picked up the place they left off Friday – additionally a four-setter – with one other back-and-forth opening set within the rematch.
UH went on a 4-1 run late within the set and led 23-21 on a Cole Hogland kill within the center. But Long Beach State despatched again three consecutive blocks to earn set level and Nikolov’s serve down the road landed in to provide the Beach the set.
The second set was tied at 16-16 when LBSU went on a three-point surge with back-to-back aces from Torwie. The Beach held off the Warriors the remainder of the best way and Nikolov’s tip gave LBSU a 2-0 lead within the match.
With Dimitrios Mouchlias and Filip Humler struggling to attain on the suitable facet, Alakai Todd was summoned off the bench and sparked the Warriors with 4 kills early within the third set. The Beach led 11-9 when UH surged forward with a 7-1 run with aces from Thelle and Chakas. Thelle added his third ace of the set in a 4-1 run to shut out the set and prolong the match.
Thelle opened the fourth set with a five-point service run, together with his fourth ace of the match. Voss opened the run with a block and hammered two kills within the center.
Down 9-4, Long Beach State outscored UH 17-6 to take management of the match with Nikolov main the best way.
“That’s just the delicious uncertainty of sport, sometimes the ball doesn’t always bounce your way, ” Wade mentioned. “But I think our guys showed a lot of character and competed against a good team on the road and we’ll be all the better for it.”
UH returns to Manoa for its closing house sequence of the common season and faces UC Santa Barbara on Friday and Saturday at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.