Hawaii softball sweeps season opener

Hawaii sophomore Haley Johnson’s two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth inning powered the Rainbow Wahine softball team to a 2-1 season-opening win over Utah Tech in the Paradise Classic on Friday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. UH won the second game over Saint Mary’s 5-3.

Utah Tech’s Kate Dolinski held UH to three hits through five innings before Maya Nakamura led off the bottom of the sixth with an infield single to shortstop and Dallas Millwood lined a double off the center-field fence. After a groundout, Johnson drilled a shot down the first-base line and into the right-field corner to score both runners.

Utah Tech put the tying run on with one out in the seventh, but UH shortstop…