Mya’Liah Bethea raced home on a throwing error in the tenth inning, leading the Rainbow Wahine softball team to a victory over Cal State Fullerton on Friday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
The Titans struck first, as Kamehameha product Colby McClinton launched a solo home run in the top of the second. Hawaii tied up the game in the bottom of the sixth. Keely Kai walked, then advanced to second on a passed ball. After a strikeout by Xiao Gin, Izabella Martinez singled up the middle and Kai to sprint home.
The two teams exchanged zeros for the next four innings. After a groundout by Haley Johnson, Bethea singled to left field, before advancing to second after Kaena Keliinoi singled through the left side. Then, after Cierra Yamamoto struck out, Bethea broke for third, drawing a throw from catcher Jessi Alcala. The throw sailed wide of third base and into left field, allowing Bethea to scramble home to end the game.
The win marked the 1,100th of head coach Bob Coolen’s career at Hawaii.
Gordon leads Hawaii in heptathlon
Hawaii’s Sammie Gordon is in third place in the heptathlon, leading the Rainbow Wahine track and field team at the Big West Championships in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Gordon accumulated 3,118 points, 134 fewer than leader Hailey Fune of Long Beach State during the first day of competition. Gordon tied for first in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 5.75 inches, then won the 2o0-meter dash in 24.82 seconds. She was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.65 seconds, and was 13th in the shot put with a mark of 31 feet, 9.5 inches.
Other Hawaii standouts in the heptathlon were Anna Marx, who is in eighth with 2,968 points, Catherine Touchette in 10th with 2,695, and Grace Blanchette with 2,591.
