Maybe Hawaii could have used a second day off.

Just 48 hours after blowing a ninth-inning lead in a loss to No. 16 Oregon, Hawaii failed to create a late-inning comeback of its own as Hofstra stunned the Rainbow Warriors 3-2 on Wednesday night.

A Les Murakami Stadium crowd of 787 had little to cheer about until UH (1-4) scored twice in the eighth to make it a one-run game.

Hawaii loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with no outs but failed to score as Hofstra reliever Kevin Weissheier struck out Chayce Ka‘aua and got pinch hitter Jonathan Weeks to hit into a double play to end it.

"It was too little too late. We didn’t start and we didn’t finish," Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said. "We talked about guarding against being flat and we were. I didn’t have us ready to play I guess because we didn’t come out with any fire."

Hofstra starter Alec Eisenberg (1-0), who isn’t a normal rotation guy, had a no-hitter broken up by a Kaeo Aliviado single with one out in the sixth.

The Pride (1-3) were coming off three losses at No. 9 UCLA by a combined score of 43-15 and held UH to only five hits.

"I would venture to say that was one of the best performances of (Eisenberg’s) career," Hofstra coach John Russo said. "He’s always had the stuff but has never been able to translate it into games, but we all have confidence in him and I’m super happy for him to have a great performance."

Eric Ramirez singled to lead off the ninth and Jordan Richartz followed with a sacrifice bunt that was dropped by first baseman Ryan Donovan for an error. Alan Baldwin then bunted for a base hit to load the bases with nobody out. Russo made a visit to the mound to settle his closer down and Weissheier caught Ka‘aua looking on three consecutive pitches before Weeks hit a 2-0 pitch right at Brad Witkowski at second, who started the double play.

"I told (Weissheier) two things are going to happen. We’re either about to lose the game or we could have a big celebration and get out of this huge jam with the bases loaded," Russo said. "Either way, I had the guy I wanted on the mound and I was happy with how it was decided."

Hawaii lost by a 3-2 margin for the third time in five games. Stephen Ventimilia and Jacob Sheldon-Collins singled with one out in the eighth and UH manufactured both of those runs, but was only 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

"We came out a little slow from the start," UH starter Andrew Jones said. "There’s not much to say. I threw a few too many balls which I shouldn’t have done but I was feeling good. Hopefully I can get my velocity up there but they were barreling up balls all day and we underestimated how good of a hitting team they are."

Jones threw 85 pitches and struck out a career-high six, but left after five innings with UH trailing 3-0.

Hawaii had issues defensively as Mat Annunziata drove in the first run on a fielder’s choice that could have been a double play. A grounder to first was fielded cleanly by Ramirez, who went to second for the out. Sheldon-Collins had time to make the throw to first to end the inning but Jones didn’t cover the base in time, allowing a runner to score.

Hofstra added two more runs in the fifth inning when Hawaii failed to get runners out caught in a rundown.

Hofstra tried a double steal and Ka‘aua threw to second instead of third to get Steven Foster, who got caught in a rundown between first and second. Dalton Rouleau took third on the play and began for home, but beat the throw from Ventimilia back to third as Foster returned to first.

Foster intentionally got into a rundown on the next play and Rouleau eventually was caught between third and home, but Ka‘aua chased him to third and didn’t throw it to third baseman Alex Sawelson, allowing everyone to be safe.

Both runners ended up scoring as a sacrifice fly brought in Rouleau. Foster then stole third and came home on the bad throw by Ka‘aua to make it 3-0.

E–Rouleau; Donovan; Ka’aua. DP–Hofstra 1; Hawaii 1. LOB–Hofstra 5; Hawaii 7. 2B–Donovan. HBP–Witkowski; Sheldon-Collins. SH–Richartz; LoCoco. SF–Witkowski. SB–Rouleau; Foster 2. CS–Rouleau; Witkowski.

WP–Eisenberg; Matteson. HBP–by Jones (Witkowski); by Eisenberg (Sheldon-Collins). PB–Ka’aua. Umpires–(Plate): Bradley Hungerford. (First): Bill Barnes. (Third): Silvo Sid Aguilar. T–2:20. A–787.