Nadia Witt
2
Winner Hawai'i UH 14-14, 8-5 Big West
0
UC Riverside UCR 15-20, 6-7 Big West
Winner
Hawai'i UH
14-14, 8-5 Big West
2
Final
0
UC Riverside UCR
15-20, 6-7 Big West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hawai'i UH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
UC Riverside UCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

W: Lopez, Brianna (8-6) L: Hildebrand, Chrys (7-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

UC Riverside Falls to Hawaii

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside opened a three-game series with Hawaii on Friday afternoon under the sun at Amy S. Harrison Field, falling 2-0 to the Rainbow Wahine at Amy S. Harrison Field. 

Hawaii struck first early with a solo home run off Chrys Hildebrand in the top of the first before driving in a second run in the third inning. 

Hildebrand fanned 11 batters in the series opener and now sits in second in UCR Division I history with 134 strikeouts on the season. The Yorba Linda native is up to 245 career strikeouts, good for fourth in the program's Division I history and fifth in all-time history.  

Nadia Witt led off the fifth inning with a standup double down the left field line and Kat Montuya drew a five-pitch walk to put two runners on for the Highlanders, but no runs came across in the frame. 

UCR and Hawaii will tee it up again with a doubleheader on Saturday to close out the three-game set. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+ and fans can purchase tickets at highlanderstickets.universitytickets.com.