LA MIRADA, Calif. – Hawai'i Pacific University snapped the 16-game winning streak of No. 1 Concordia Irvine with a 4-1 PacWest Conference win in splitting a doubleheader on Thursday at Eagles Field.
 
The Sharks (19-15, 13-7) dropped the first game to the No. 1 Eagles (16-2, 7-1) had a three-game win streak ended 7-1.
 
Junior righthander Emilee Leonard (6-4) of La Mirada, Calif./Saint Paul pitched all seven innings in winning the second game for her sixth complete game for the Sharks. She struck out six while allowing  one run on five hits with three walks.
 
Jordan Curry (11-5) of Farmington, N.M./Farmington struck out a season-high eight batters in recording her 13th complete game, but was tagged with the game one loss allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits with four walks in six innings.
 
Junior Sierra Dias of Mililani, Hawai'i/Bishop Gorman went 2-for-3 in game two and freshman Noel Saunders of Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City went 2-for-4 with the only RBI and one run scored. Sophomore catcher Mary Dungey of Las Vegas, Nev./Silverado also went 2-for-4 in the game.
 
In game one, the Sharks couldn't catch a break. The Eagles scored two runs in the opening frame on a walk, two base hits and two wild pitches.
 
The Sharks only run of the game came in the fourth as senior shortstop Tiana Cantero-Kawelo of Wahiawa, Hawai'i/Leilehua cranked a triple to right field and Dias brought her home with a sacrifice fly making it 2-1.
 
However, the Eagles answered right back scoring five more runs in the bottom of the fourth on five hits including a two-run homer and an HPU fielding error eventually ending the game at 7-1.
 
The Eagles sophomore pitcher Callie Nunes (11-1), who is No. 22 in the nation in strikeouts, picked up the win allowing one earned run on just two hits with 11 strikeouts.
 
Game two started slow, but the Sharks were the first on the board in the third frame. Sophomore centerfielder Cieana Curran of Ewa Beach, Hawai'i/Campbell lead off with a single to right field and was brought to second on a ground out. Dias tallied a base hit to left field and allowed Curran to score as she forced the Eagles to run her down from first to second.
 
In the sixth, the Sharks topped their lead on base hits from Dias and freshman Noel Saunders of Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City. Dungey also picked up a base knock to load the bases, and, after an Eagle pitching change, Dias scored on wild pitch. After walking junior Miki Takara of Ewa Beach, Hawai'i/Pearl City, sophomore Ashley Iseri of Cerritos, Calif./Whitney was hit by a pitch to bring in Saunders for a 3-0 lead.
 
In the bottom of the sixth, the Eagle's catcher Graham picked up the only run of the game with a single home run over the right field fence breaking the shutout.
 
In the final frame, Cantero-Kawelo grabbed an infield single, was sacrificed to second by Dias, and Saunders brought her home with another infield single for a final of 4-1 Sharks.

The Eagle's Emily Morris (2-1) pitched 6.1 innings allowing four earned runs on nine hits without a walk but took her first loss of the year. Nunes came back to finish the game walking one and picking up a strikeout.
 
The Sharks finish their road trip with a double header against the Eagles tomorrow at 10:00 am HST (1 p.m. PDT).