HILO, Hawai'i. – The Cougars were able to conclude their short visit to the Big Island with an excellent display of hitting as they routed the Vulcans, 7-1, to split the four-game series.

In their opening trip to the plate, they quickly set the tone with three runs off RBI's from Danny Yanez, Elijah Cook, and Jacob Freer. While the Vulcans were able to bring in a run in the bottom half of the inning, Blake Hagerty shook off the minor setback and the recurring theme of dominant starting pitching resumed for it.

The righthander from Chino Hills quickly settled in, not giving up a hit until the seventh inning while racking up five strikeouts on the way.

APU's lineup rewarded their starter's valiant effort with run support in the 4th, 5th, and 7th inning courtesy of Jacob Hayes, Allan Camarillo, and Diego Frey to go up 6-1.

In the eighth, Joey Frey toed the rubber for it and made quick work of the Hilo lineup, punching out three as Camarillo added another run via a sacrifice to help the Cougars close out their trip on a high note.

Inside the Box Score
- The APU pitching staff held the Vulcans' lineup to a 4 for 30 (.133 average) in Saturday night's matchup.
- Mikey Easter, Antonio Lujan, Luke Denos, Frey, Hayes, Cook, and Freer would collect multiple hits.
- Every single APU batter registered a hit or an RBI.
- The Cougars batted 18-for-41 (.439 average) as a team.

Game Notes
-  Hayes now has 10-multi hit games this season
-  Frey has reached safely in the last 8 games and is on a six game hitting-streak.
-  Frey went 7-for-14 (.500 average) against Vulcan pitching.
-  Easter is 19 hits from 100 career base knocks in an APU uniform.
-  David Hays will return to Azusa needing four strikeouts for 200 career punchouts as a Cougar.
-  APU leads the all-time series over Hilo, 38-11, with a 15-7 record in games played on the Big Island.

Up Next
The Cougars will be back in action for a highly anticipated four-game set against Westmont starting on March 14th.