Cal Poly shortstop Maddie Amos hit two home runs and drove in eight runs to lead the Mustangs to a sweep of the University of Hawaii softball team in Friday’s Big West doubleheader at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
In the first game, Amos’ three-run homer highlighted the Mustangs’ five-run first inning in a 7-3 win. The first seven Mustangs reached base against UH freshman Brianna Lopez, who gave up 12 hits, struck out four and walked three in the complete-game loss. Krystyna Allman (6-11) earned the win for Cal Poly.
Nawai Kaupe hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Haley Johnson added a solo shot in the fourth to account for UH’s scoring.
Amos went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and drove in five runs to lead a 12-2 Cal Poly rout in the second game. Hailey Prahm also homered for the Mustangs and Kate Judy struck out 12 in a complete-game victory. Maya Nakamura went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer for UH (13-13, 7-4 Big West), which dropped out of a tie for first place in the conference.
UH and Cal Poly close the series with a single game today at 6 p.m. at RWSS.
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CAL POLY 7, HAWAII 3
CP (9-21, 4-6) 520 000 00 — 7 12 0
UH (13-12, 5-3) 200 100 0X — 3 7 3
W—Krystyna Allman. L—Brianna Lopez.
Leading hitters—Cal Poly: Maddies Amos 2-4, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Juju Sargent 3-4, RBI, run; Xiara Diaz, 2-4, 2b, RBI; Hailey Prahm, 2-4, RBI. Hawaii: Maya Nakamura 2b; Nawai Kaupe, HR, 2 RBIs, run; Haley Johnson HR, RBI, run.
CAL POLY 12, HAWAII 2
CP (10-21, 5-6) 023 220 3 — 12 12 0
UH (13-13, 5-4) 002 000 0 — 2 5 1
W—Kate Judy. L—Ashley Murphy.
Leading hitters—Cal Poly: Maddie Amos 4-5, HR, 2b, 5 RBIs, 3 runs; Hailey Prahm 2-4,HR, 2b, 2 RBIs, 2 runs, Juju Sargent 2b, 3 RBIs. Hawaii: Maya Nakamura 2-3, HR, 2 RBIs, run.