Hawai'i Paradise Classic Information
WHO: Hawai'i, Fresno State, Georgia State, St. Mary's (CA), UT Arlington, No. 1/2 UCLA
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 7 – Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019
WHERE: Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium (1,200) – Honolulu, HI
PROMOTIONS: 
    Fans will have the opportunity to win great prizes from the popular "Ballpark Bingo." Also, t-shirts will be thrown into the stands during the fourth inning of each UH game in the Hawaii Paradise Classic
TELEVISION: ONLY Friday's games vs. UT Arlington and UCLA will be live on Spectrum Sports – Channels 16 (SD) and 1016 (HD). Scott Robbs (play-by-play) and Lori Santi (color) on the call.
LIVE VIDEO STREAMING: Live video streaming will be available for ONLY UH's Friday night games against UT Arlingon and UCLA. The stream is available at BigWest.TV (must be a Spectrum cable subscriber to stream in Hawai'i).
RADIO: Josh Pacheco will be live on ESPN 1420 AM for ONLY the UCLA game on Friday night. Neighbor islands can listen live on KNUI on Maui, KPUA on the Big Island, KTOH on Kaua'i, and KNWJ in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
AUDIO WEBCAST: ESPN1420am.com/Sideline Hawai'i App.
LIVESTATS: HawaiiAthletics.com
TICKET INFORMATION: Admission is FREE
 
2019 Hawaii Paradise Classic Schedule 9:00 am    UCLA vs. UT Arlington
11:30 am  Fresno State vs. UCLA
2:00 pm    UT Arlington vs. Fresno State
4:30 pm    Georgia State vs. St. Mary's
7:00 pm    Hawai'i vs. Georgia State 9:00 am    Fresno State vs. St. Mary's
11:30 am  Georgia State vs. Fresno State
2:00 pm    St. Mary's vs. UT Arlington
4:30 pm    Hawai'i vs. UT Arlington
7:00 pm    Hawai'i vs. UCLA 9:00 am    UT Arlington vs. Georgia State
11:30 am  UCLA vs. Georgia State
1:00 pm    St. Mary's vs. UCLA
3:00 pm    Hawai'i vs. St. Mary's
5:00 pm    Hawai'i vs. Fresno State
 
GAME NOTES:

• UH opens its 35th Anniversary Season this week as they host the Hawaii Paradise Classic
• Head coach Bob Coolen enters his 28th season at the helm of the Rainbow Wahine program with a 973-598-1 record at UH and a 1,045-691 overall record in 32 seasons.
• The Rainbow Wahine recorded a 23-27 record in 2018 and finished seventh in the Big West with a conference record of 7-14
• UH returns 15 letterwinners and eight starters—including the top three hitters from 2018 – Callee Heen, Nicole Lopez and Brittnee Rossi and sixth-year senior pitcher Brittany Hitchcock
• Lopez and Heen earned all-Big West first and second team honors respectively, while Heen was the only Rainbow Wahine last season to be selected to the NFCA All-West Region second team
• Hitchcock will become the longest tenured softball player in UH history this week as she was granted a medical redshirt last season after suffering a season-ending injury after just 10 appearances. She enters the 2019 season with a career record of 55-38 and a 2.10 ERA in 609.1 innings pitched.
• Lopez has started UH's last 156 games at third base and enters her senior campaign with a career batting average of .308 (154-for-500) with 71 runs scored, 26 doubles, two triples and 25 home runs
• Heen will shift over to play first base/catcher this season after spending her first two seasons as a catcher/designated player. Heen led UH last year hitting .333 (45-for-135) with a team-high 24 walks, 14 home runs, 37 RBI, and a .704 slugging percentage.
• UT Arlington is coached by UH alumna, Peejay Brun who played for the 'Bows from 1990-92, '94. She was teammates with current UH associate head coach Dee Wisneski and both were part of UH's first Big West Championship team and the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Brun was the catcher for former UH standout, Brooke Wilkins. Brun is n her second season at UTA. 

SERIES HISTORY VS. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS:
    -FRESNO STATE Bulldogs (Mountain West Conf.)
        2018 Overall Record: 31-23
        SERIES HISTORY: FSU leads 65-21
        LAST MEETING: FSU - W, 2-1 (5/11/12) in WAC Tournament
        CURRENT STREAK: FSU won last game 5/11/12

    -GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (Sun Belt Conference)
        2018 Overall Record: 31-24
        SERIES HISTORY: First meeting

    -ST. MARY'S GAELS (CA) (West Coast Conference)
        2018 Overall Record: 15-34
        SERIES HISTORY: UH leads 14-3
        LAST MEETING: UH - W, 2-1 (2/11/16)
       CURRENT STREAK: UH has won last 4 games

    -No. 1/2 UCLA Bruins (Pacific-12 Conference)
        2018 Overall Record: 58-7)
        SERIES HISTORY: UCLA leads 19-4
        LAST MEETING: UCLA - W, 8-4 (2/14/15)
        CURRENT STREAK: UCLA has won last 6 Last UH win came in the UCLA Regional in 2007

    -UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (Sun Belt Conference)
        2018 Overall Record: 31-27
        SERIES HISTORY: UH leads 5-1
        LAST MEETING: UTA - W, 6-2 (2/12/06)
        CURRENT STREAK: UTA won last meeting 2/12/06