WAIPAHU, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Pacific University played into the wee hours as the Sharks split a non-conference doubleheader with Saint Martin's on Friday night (and Saturday morning) at Hans L'Orange Park.
 
The Sharks (4-2) dropped game one to the Saints (1-5) 12-6, but came back to claim the nightcap 6-1. The second game was moved to Friday night to avoid a potential weather problem on Sunday.
 
The story of the night was the pitching of junior lefthander Marc Sauceda of Temecula, Calif./Chaparral, who threw five innings of no-hit ball, striking out six and walking three in game two in picking up his first win of the season. Senior Evan-Thomas May of Buena Park, Calif./Oxford Academy, went four innings for his second save of the season with two strikeouts while allowing a run on four hits.
 
Offensively, senior shortstop Mitchell Bumann of Corona, Calif./Temescal Canyon, went 4-for-9 with two runs scored and two RBI. Junior centerfielder Tanner Tokunaga of Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City, went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in game two, and posted an RBI in game one.
 
The Sharks defense saw 10 errors, five in each game, in the twin bill.
 
The Saints broke open game one with a five-run third inning, crushing six hits that made a loser out of junior righthander Tyler Van Stone of Henderson, Nev./Foothill for the first time this season. Van Stone (1-1) went 4.2 innings with two strikeouts while allowing six runs – five earned – on 12 hits.
 
Junior lefty Joshua Muneno of Honolulu/Maryknoll pitched 1.1 innings with a strikeout and allowing two runs on two hits, while senior righthander Evan Spitzer struck out six while allowing four runs on four hits in three innings.
 
Saint Martin's Tanner Inouye (1-0) picked up his first win in going six innings with seven strikeouts. He allowed three runs – two earned – in the win.
 
In the second game, the Sharks got a two RBI double from junior first baseman Christian Kapeliela of Kaneohe, Hawai'i/Castle, that drove in Tokunaga and senior third baseman Wyatt Hoppie of Orange, Calif./Villa Park. HPU added two more in the fifth on a Hoppie sacrifice fly and a wild pitch that plated Tokunaga.
 
In the sixth HPU collected the rest of its runs  on an RBI bunt single by senior catcher Kreston Woods that brought home Bumann, and a sacrifice fly from Tokunaga that plated Muneno.
 
The Sharks and Saints are slated for a doubleheader on Saturday. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Park.