HONOLULU-- The University of Hawai'i softball team will begin regular season play with a three-game series against nationally-ranked Washington. The first of three games will be on Thursday at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
 

HAWAI'I (0-0, 0-0 Big West) vs. #5 WASHINGTON (13-2, 0-0 Pac-12)
Date | Time				Thursday Mar. 4, 6:00 p.m. HT , Friday Mar. 5, 6:00 p.m. HT, Saturday Mar. 6 2:00 p.m. HT
Location				Honolulu, O'ahu. - Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Television				none
Live Stream				none
Radio				CBS Radio 1500- Pxp: Dave Kawada
Live Stats				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | Washington
Social Media				@HawaiiSB  | #HawaiiSB | @hawaiisoftball  | Facebook

 
  
HEAD COACH BOB COOLEN 
Overall record: 1,166-809-1 (35th season)
At Hawai'i: 1,015-809-1 (30th season)

SERIES VS WASHINGTON
Overall record: 12-4, Washington
Streak: L4
Last Hawaii win against Washington - Feb. 8, 2013, UH over #16. Washington, 5-2

FIRST PITCH

• UH swept its opening exhibition series against Chaminade University over the weekend, 3-0. The 'Bows never trailed and only allowed two runs over the three games. As a result, they improved to 18-0 all-time against their DII neighbor.
• Junior shortstop Nawai Kaupe slugged her way through the Silverswords' pitching arsenal, going 6-for-7, with two home runs and six runs batted in. She was also efficient on the base paths accounting for two stolen bases, and scored five runs while accumulating a .889 on-base percentage.
• Senior third baseman Angelique "Cheeks" Ramos wasn't far off of Kaupe's production as she went 4-for-6 at the plate, driving in four runs of her own.
• Freshman second baseman Rachel Sabourin proved to be a nice addition to the lineup during the exhibition, accounting for a home run and a triple while going 3-for-4 from the plate. She also drew two walks, tallied a .833 on-base percentage and a 2.0 slugging percentage.
• In the circle freshman, Jetta Nannen shinned with two starts, allowing just one earned run over nine and a third innings, compiling a 0.96 ERA, and struck out nine.
• The last time UH and UW met up was in 2015, with the Huskies coming out on top and extending their win streak over the 'Bows to four in a row. UW holds the all-time series with a 12-4 mark against UH.
   

NCAA EXTENDS EXTRA YEAR TO SPRING SPORTS ATHLETES

All returning college players were granted an additional year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic that ended the 2020 season six weeks into the season. All NCAA athletes (D-I, D-II and D-III), and junior college athletes keep their athletic standing from the 2020 season. Thus a freshman in 2020 is a freshman in 2021. A redshirt junior in 2020 stays a redshirt junior in 2021. 

Hawai'i has decided to label all athletes as their athletic eligibility rather than advance their eligibility or add on additional confusing language such as "second-year freshman" or "sixth-year junior."

Incoming freshmen are as listed, freshmen. 

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