HONOLULU — It was time for Chloe Borges to realize her two-way destiny.

Borges, who was envisioned by coach Bob Coolen as a dual pitcher and hitter when she came to Hawaii from West Jordan, Utah, years ago, put it all together on Saturday as the Rainbow Wahine completed a doubleheader and series sweep of Cal State Northridge.

Borges hit two home runs on the day and threw the final three innings of the 4-1 nightcap to pick up the save at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

“Chloe’s been waiting three years to come out and do something like that,” Coolen told Spectrum News afterward.

UH (11-16, 4-2 Big West) earned its first conference three-game sweep since its senior weekend against Cal State Fullerton in 2022. The Wahine are back in the Big West race after a series loss at UC Santa Barbara to open it up last weekend.

They take on UC San Diego (10-18, 3-0) in La Jolla, Calif., next week.

“We’re definitely working. We want it really bad,” Borges said. “We had a tough preseason just to set us up and be ready for this.”

With Addison Kostrencich emerging as the team’s ace and Key-annah Campbell-Pua the second-day morning starter, Borges has found a role as a regular reliever with an effective changeup.

And she’s swinging one of the biggest bats on the team. For the season, she’s hitting .314 with a team-high 20 RBIs and is tied for the team lead with seven homers.

Her second swat Saturday a two-run shot in the sixth to give herself some breathing room after she relieved Kostrencich in a 2-1 game.

As a freshman, Borges was a full-time pitcher with occasional at-bats. Last year she was a backup in both areas. But Coolen said  she worked hard on her conditioning in the offseason and has locked down a spot in center field when she isn’t throwing.

“We had talked about it at the beginning of the year because I came in as a pitcher, and I just wanted to see more field time,” Borges said. “So, I started doing more outfield and working my way into the lineup.”

She places full trust in catcher Izzy Martinez, her roommate who calls games herself from behind the plate. Martinez helped her work around two hits, two walks and a hit batsman over her three innings.

Coolen has only had a handful of two-way players, like Kate Robinson, over the course of his three-plus-decade UH career.

“She just has a lot of pop. She came in here, they couldn’t touch her, and she has a good changeup,” Coolen said of Borges. “And at the plate she’s gained a lot of confidence. For the first two years? No.”

For the series, Borges batted .625 in the series with five hits and six RBIs.

Maya Nakamura and Ka‘ena Keliinoi supplied home runs in UH’s 5-4 win in Game 1 of the doubleheader. Campbell-Pua (3-5) narrowly held the lead in the sixth inning after being spelled by an ineffective Millie Fidge, then returning.

CSUN (16-13, 0-6) has five Hawaii-born players on its roster: Carys Murakami (Maryknoll); Mackenzie Kila (Mililani, East Carolina); Jerzie Liana (Waianae); and Moani Ioane (Waianae). Murakami had a hit and three walks on the day and Liana threw 1 1/3 innings without a run charged in Game 1.

But the Matadors were swept for the second straight Big West weekend.

Brian McInnis covers the state's sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.