Hawai‘i 2, Nevada 0
HONOLULU - (UH Media Relations) Collin Bennett belted his third home run in five games and the University of Hawai'i baseball team topped Nevada 2-0 on Thursday at Les Murakami Stadium to move one win closer to a Western Athletic Conference title. The Rainbows improved to 9-7 in the WAC and 29-22 overall while the Wolf Pack dropped to 10-6 in conference and 30-22 overall.
UH entered the game needing a series sweep over the Wolf Pack to claim a share of their second straight WAC regular season title. The 'Bows will need wins on both Friday and Saturday to do just that.
Jarrett Arakawa (7-5) was brilliant on the mound for Hawai'i, who ended a four-game losing streak with the win. He tossed eight scoreless innings for win, surrendering five hits and walking just one batter. Lawrence Chew worked a perfect ninth inning to pick up his third save of the season.
Bennett (1 H, 1 R, 2 RBI) brought his power back from Sacramento, Calif. and recorded his 100th and 101st career RBI. In the first inning, Bennett scored Kaeo Aliviado from third on a sacrifice fly to right field, then capped the scoring with his solo shot in the fourth inning.
Breland Almadova batted 2-3 and Aliviado added one run and one RBI.
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