Honolulu- Head Coach Bob Coolen picked up his 500th win as the skipper of the Rainbow Wahine softball program. UH (16-13) shut down the Panthers (3-9) from Eastern Illinois, 6-0. Shannon Tabion threw her eighth complete game and second shut-out of the season, raising Hawai'i's record to 16-13.

Ashley Ruff led the second inning off with a single up the middle; was pushed to second on a sacrifice bunt by Valana Manuma; Ruff then stole third base standing up; and scored off a ground-ball to the right-side hit by Jennifer Hackett.

UH extended their lead in the fourth inning to 3-0 when Denise Dahlberg led the inning off with a single to right. Tausaga followed with another single. With Ruff up to bat, the Panther pitcher was called on an illegal pitch, which scored Denise Dahlberg. Ruff then drove UH's third run in with a sacrifice fly to right field that pinch runner Dena DePompa scored on.

In the sixth, Hawai'i added three more runs to their total. Dahlberg again led the inning off with a single, which was followed by a Tausaga walk. Both were moved over by a second sacrifice bunt executed by Manuma. A single by Hackett to leftfield drove in Dahlberg. With a first-and-third situation, Hackett got in a run-down which allowed Tausaga to score from third. Hackett was safe at second. Alana Power then ripped a double down the leftfield line that scored Hackett.

On the night, Dahlberg went 3-4 with a triple and two runs scored. Eight out of nine batters had at least one hit in the Hawaii line-up.

Hawaii will now play a doubleheader in the third day of the Bank of Hawaii Invitational. At 3 pm, UH will play the Miami RedHawks and at 5 pm they will take on the Loyola Marymount Lions.

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COOLEN'S HAWAI`I CAREER MILESTONES
1992 Became head coach of the Rainbow Wahine

1994 This was a year of many firsts for the program

1/23/94 100th win came against UNLV at home

5/2/94 Clinched first ever conference championship. Won the Big West with a victory at Utah State, 11-1. Earned first ever berth into the NCAA Regionals and was ranked No.7 in the nation. It was the first time a Hawaii team was ranked in the Top 10 nationally.

5/20/94 Won first NCAA Regional game in program history - beating Drake, 1-0. Later, after defeating Missouri 2-1, they lost in two extra inning games to Missouri, leaving them one win shy of going to the Women's College World Series. Final record for 1994 squad was 51-14.

5/19/95 Played South Carolina in UH's second straight appearance at the NCAA regionals. Hawaii ended up beating South Carolina twice, and losing twice to UCLA, finishing the season at 47-21.

2/15/97 200th win came at the Paradise Classic Tournament, against Long Beach State, 5-2.

1998 With a record of 46-15 overall, and 22-8 in the WAC, Coolen led Hawaii to their third NCAA appearance.

4/24/99 300th win: San Jose State, 10-0

5/22/99 In Hawaii's fourth NCAA Regional appearance, UH upset No.7 Cal-State Fullerton in an 11-inning thriller, winning 4-3.

5/17/01 Finished year ranked 8th in the nation and made it to Hawaii's fifth NCAA tournament.

3/23/02 400th win: Chevron Invitational tournament in Hawaii against Hoftstra, 5-3.

5/3/03 Clinched first WAC title in last game of the season with a series sweep of Louisiana, 7-0. The win launched the Rainbow Wahine into their sixth NCAA appearance.

3/18/05 500th win: Bank of Hawaii Invitational Tournament, Eastern Illinois, 6-0

IN EARLIER GAMES
San Diego 6, Eastern Illinois 3
Toreros' pitcher Erin Harmonson threw a complete game and picked up the win over the Panthers of Eastern Illinois. Harmonson had a no-hitter entering the sixth inning, but gave up three runs on three hits, including a three-run double by Chelsea Adams that cut the lead to 6-2 going into the seventh inning. But Harmonson shut down the Panthers in the last inning, retiring three batters in a row.

For the Toreros offense, Gina McFarland went 2-4 with a two-run double; Kathleen Bonja went 2-4; Marissa Merchain was 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI; Francesca Ramos was 2-4, and Alicia Massei hit a double to center.

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LMU 7, Winthrop 3 Loyola Marymount pulled away from the Winthrop Eagles, scoring three runs in the second and adding single runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, making the score 7-3. Kayla Meeks got the win in relief for the Lions, throwing 4.2 innings, giving up only one run on six hits with no walks and two strike outs.

LMU's Tracy Cook hit her third home run of the tournament. She went 2-4 with two runs scored. Lisa Abbott had a home run over the right center field fence. Emily Foltz went 2-2 with an RBI and a walk. Kayla Meeks went 1-3 with a home run and a walk.

For Winthrop, their leading hitters were Janiva Willis who went 2-1 with a double and a run scored. Kjerstie Johnson smacked a home run to left field and went 2-2 for the game. And Lauren Blaser had a triple.

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LMU 2, Tokyo 3
Tojotai picked up their first win of the tournament, coming back to beat the LMU Lions, 3-2. Kanako Mizokami threw a complete game, giving up two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out four.

Tokyo scored first in the top of the third inning. Erisa Ozawa reached on a single down the left field line. Miho Hasegawa smacked a double to left-centerfield, scoring Ozawa. Aya Ishida then drove her in with a single to centerfield, making the score 2-0.

The Lions came back in the bottom of the third, chipping away at the Tokyo lead. Lauren Hiramoto led the inning off with a single to leftfield, and later scored on a double to the right-center wall by Danielle Kaminaka. They tied the game at two in the sixth inning when Tiffany Lawson, who was pinch running for Emily Foltz, scored off a throwing error by the third baseman.

But Tojotai came back in the top of the seventh to score the eventual winning run. Kumi Nakano had a one-out hit to left field. She was pushed to second by a sacrifice bunt laid down by Asuka Nakayama, then driven home with a single to centerfield by Wakako Nakatsuji.

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Miami 2, Winthrop 1
The RedHawks of Miami scored two runs in the top of the seventh to defeat the Winthrop Eagles 2-1. Kristen Hays and Bre Robinson both reached safely on hits to center, and both scored. Hays scored on an error, and Robinson scored on a basehit by Jackie Poggendorf for the winning run.

Winthrop scored their run in the bottom of the fifth. Stephanie Turney reached on a walk and scored on an RBI double by Janiva Willis.

For Miami, Poggendorf picked up the win, pitching six complete innings giving up one run on four hits with one walk and six strike outs.

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Miami 5, TWCPE 2
Miami took an early lead, Halle Popson led off the game with an infield single. She later scored on Kristin Hays' two-out single to centerfield. The RedHawks then pulled away from the team from Tokyo in the fourth, scoring four runs four hits in the inning, including two doubles: one by Leslie Macedo and Jackie Poggendorf hit one that drove in Allison Maxey and Stephanie Shields.

TWCPE chipped away in the fourth and sixth inning to cut the lead to 5-2. In the fourth Kaori Sakai hit a home run over the centerfield fence. In the sixth, pinch hitter Sachiko Edo reached safely on a fielder's choice. She later scored on a first-and-third situation, on the throw to second to trying to catch Kumi Nakano stealing second. In the seventh, Tojotai got the first two batters aboard safely on infield hits. But Courtney Salmon re-entered the game as the pitcher and shut the door, getting the next three batters she faced out.

Salmon pitched three innings of perfect ball, retiring the first nine batters in a row. She struck out the side in the third. Poggendorf replaced Salmon in the fourth inning, and Christine Bills started the sixth inning, but was lifted for Salmon who re-entered the game and continued her streak of letting no one on base.

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