Box Score
Honolulu, HI - The Simon Fraser University softball team wrapped up their six game trip through Hawaii with a split against the Hawaii Pacific Sea Warriors.
SFU took the first game 2-1 thanks to a seventh inning comeback before losing 7-6 in extra innings in game two.
The split means that the Clan went 4-2 against their Hawaiian opponents.
"Hawaii Pacific is one of the better teams we've face this season and we showed we can play with anyone," said Head Coach
Mike Renney. "We made some mistakes that cost us but we have a lot of investing in our youth left to do. To leave Hawaii with a winning record on the trip is a huge positive."
Cara Lukawesky (Coquitlam, BC) went the distance for the Clan in game one, allowing one run on five hits over seven innings pitched.
HPU scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning and led until the seventh when the Clan rallied for their two runs.
Rosie Murphy (Markham, ON) was the only Clan player to record more then one hit with singles in the fifth and seventh inning.
Alex Baylak (Regina, SK) went one for three for the Clan with a run batted in as she drove in
Lauren Kolanko (North Vancouver, BC) with a double in the seventh inning to put the Clan on the board.
Baylak also scored the winning run when she came in on a
Carly Lepoutre (Pickering, ON) sacrifice fly after advancing to third.
Kelsie Hawkins (Victoria, BC) got the start in the second game and went five innings, allowing five runs, all of them earned on seven hits.
Lukawesky came on in relief of Hawkins and pitched the rest of the game, allowing two runs on one hit. Only one of the runs was earned.
Lepoutre went two for four with a run scored in the second game while
Trisha Bouchard (Montreal, QC) went two for four with a run scored and an RBI.
Baylak had two runs batted in in the game while
Lauren Mew (Vancouver, BC) and
Danielle Raison (Langley, BC) drove in the other two.
The Clan led in the late stages of the second game.
After HPU jumped out to a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and second inning, the Clan offence exploded for six runs in the top of the third to lead 6-2.
The home side responded with two in the bottom of the third and added another in the fifth as the Clan held a slim 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning.
HPU tied it in the seventh and then in the eighth inning, scored the game winner after their lead off batter walked and came around to score.
With the split, the Clan are now 4-7 on the season in non-conference play.
SFU will now head back to Burnaby Mountain and practice for a couple of weeks before their next game against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on March 2 in Vancouver.
