HONOLULU, Hawaii – Despite a strong effort on the mound by Jamie Fowler (Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown), Hawaii defeated Mount St. Mary's in its season opener 2-0 at the Bank of Hawaii Invitational on Friday.

Fowler tossed five scoreless innings before the Rainbow Warriors (4-11) scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come away with the victory. The senior gave up two runs on four hits with three strikeouts in six innings for the Mountaineers (0-1) while Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) picked up the squad's only hit on the evening.

Courtney Baughman earned the win after allowing one hit with seven strikeouts in the complete-game effort for Hawaii. Tanisha Milca had two hits and scored the decisive run while Clare Warwick and Audrey Andrade each had a hit and an RBI in the winning effort.

The Rainbow Warriors broke a scoreless standstill with two runs in the sixth and held on for its second-straight win against the Mountaineers.

Milca started the rally in the sixth with a single to right field and moved up to second on a Mikalemi Tagab-Cruz sacrifice bunt. Warwick brought home Milca with the game's first run on an RBI double to left center before Warwick scored on a single to right field by Andrade.

Mount St. Mary's only threat of the game came in the second inning. Zingle notched the squad's first hit of the season to left center and moved to second on an Allie Vadas (Spring Lake Heights, N.J./Manasquan) groundout. Baughman got out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts.

The Mount is making its second trip to the Aloha State in program history and first since the 2005 season.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday with an exhibition game against the Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education and a contest against Western Carolina in the second day of the Bank of Hawaii Invitational.