The University of Hawai`i women's soccer team hosts the Outrigger Resorts Soccer Classic this weekend, highlighted by a matchup with defending national champion and top-ranked UCLA (2-0-1) on Friday, Sept. 5. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium and admission is free.

 In an effort to break the home attendance record of more than 3,100 fans, AYSO and Meadow Gold will be donating 2,500 cartons of TruMoo chocolate milk and 2,500 ice cream sandwiches to keiki who attend the match.

Washington State and Pepperdine will precede the UH match at 4:30 p.m. The tournament concludes on Sunday, Sept. 7 with UCLA taking on Pepperdine at 2:30 p.m. and UH facing Washington State at 5:00 p.m.

It will be one of the toughest weekends of competition for UH (2-2) to date. UH has never faced the top-ranked team in the nation in the program's 20-year history. Meanwhile, Washington State (2-0-1), will provide a stern test as another Pac-12 squad that qualified for last year's NCAA Tourament.

UH is coming into the tournament with some momentum after capturing the OHANA Hotels and Resorts No Ka Oi with a pair of wins over Northern Illinois (3-2) and Seattle (2-1, OT). Krystal Pascua scored the game-winner in overtime in UH's win over the RedHawks on Sunday and leads a balanced attack with two goals this season.

This weekend's action will wrap up a six-game season-opening home stand for the Rainbow Wahine. UH will next play four straight matches on the road, before returning home for an alumnae match on Sept. 27.
 
Outrigger Resorts Soccer Classic Schedule          
Sept. 5    Washington State vs. Pepperdine, 4:30 pm
               Hawai'i vs. UCLA, 7:00 pm
Sept. 7    UCLA vs. Pepperdine, 2:30 pm
               Hawai'i vs. Washington State, 5:00 pm
 
Promotions: Outrigger Resorts is the tournament sponsor. Fans can register at the sports marketing table for the chance to win a one-night stay at an Outrigger managed property. Keiki (eighth grade and under) can sign up to participate in the on-field promotion at halftime for the chance to win an Outrigger Resorts prize pack. Visit the Outrigger Resorts tent near the main entrance for fantastic prize giveaways and games. Also, Outrigger "disc flyers" will be tossed into the crowd after every UH goal. In an effort to break the home attendance record of more than 3,000 fans, AYSO and Meadow gold will be donating 2,500 cartons of TruMoo chocolate milk and 2,500 ice cream sandwiches to keiki attending the match against #1 UCLA on Friday. In addition, Outrigger Resorts will distribute 500 "rollabanas" to the first 500 keiki who enter the stadium at Friday's match. 

'Bow Bits: The record attendance for a UH home match is 3,175 set vs. Fresno State during the 2005 regular-season finale...it was the final home appearance for UH All-American and three-time conference player of the year Natasha Kai...UH lost that match, 1-0....UH is 2-25-2 all-time against ranked opponents….its last match against a ranked opponent was a 2-0 loss to UCF in August 2013 …prior to facing No. 1 UCLA, the highest ranked team UH played was No. 2 Stanford in 2009 (L, 2-6) and a'10 (L, 0-9)….six different players have scored for UH through the first four matches this year, with Krystal Pascua the only player with multiple goals…UH had just five different goal scorers in 18 matches last season… after struggling at home last year, UH won back-to-back matches (vs. NIU, Seattle) for the first time since the 2012 season…Erica Young earned her first start of the season against Seattle and picked up the victory…sophomore midfielder Lauren Takai made her first career start vs. Seattle.