HONOLULU – The Hawai'i baseball team returns to the mainland for the final four games of an eight-game road trip with a four-game series at CSUN Friday through Sunday. 
 

HAWAI'I (23-15, 15-13 Big West) at CSUN (16-16, 16-16 Big West)
Date | Time				Friday, May 14 at 12 p.m. HT; Saturday (DH), May 15 at 8 a.m. HT; Sunday, May 16 at 10 a.m. HT
Location				Northridge, Calif. - Matador Field
Television				none
Live Stream				BigWest.tv (Saturday only)
Radio				ESPN Honolulu | Sideline Hawai'i App
Live Stats				CSUN Athletics
Game Notes				Hawai'i | CSUN
Social Media				@HawaiiBaseball  | #HawaiiBSB | @HawaiiBSB  | Facebook

   

PROBABLE ROTATION
HAWAI'I								CSUN
Name				Yr.		(Rec., ERA)	DAY	Name	Yr.		(Rec., ERA)
Aaron Davenport				So.	RHP	(3-3, 2.87)	Fri.	Blake Sodersten	Jr.	RHP	(2-1, 4.62)
Cade Halemanu				So.	RHP	(5-1, 3.31)	Sat. (1)	Gavin Lizik	So.	RHP	(0-2, 8.36)
Austin Teixeira				Fr.	LHP	(3.0, 2.78)	Sat. (2)	Jeremy Hassel	R-So.	RHP	(2-0, 4.05)
Logan Pouelsen				Sr.	RHP	(4-1, 3.98)	Sun.	Blaine Traxel	Jr.	RHP	(5-1, 3.84)

 
HEAD COACH MIKE TRAPASSO
Overall record: 535-520 (20th season)
At Hawai'i: same

SERIES VS CSUN
Overall record: 34-19, CSUN
Under Trapasso: 15-10, CSUN
Streak: CSUN, 2

FIRST PITCH

• Dustin Demeter was named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association after hitting .579 at Cal State Fullerton with three home runs and 14 RBI. Demeter had back-to-back games with 6 RBI.
• Stone Miyao won BWC POW honors after hitting .500 with 7 RBI on 9 hits including his first career home run against UC Davis (4/23-25). 
• In his return to the starting lineup (4/17), Dustin Demeter is hitting .469 with six home runs.
• Hawai'i has shutout a Big West time twice in the same season for the first time since 2015 when the Rainbow Warriors had three BWC shutouts.
• Hawai'i has allowed the fewest walks per nine innings in the country, leading the nation with a 2.17 K/9.
• Hawai'i ranks 32nd in the nation in batting average (.295) and ranks second in the Big West.
• Hawai'i pitchers have the 6th best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the country (3.49).
• UH pitching ranks 23rd in the country in ERA (3.62) and has posted the 38th most shutouts in the country (4).
• UH pitching ranks 7th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.49).
• Scotty Scott ranks 12th nationally in hit by pitch per game (0.42) and 24th nationally in total HBP (14).
• Hawai'i's 10-game winning streak was the longest since 1998 and the longest in Trapasso's tenure.
• Stone Miyao is on a 10-game hitting streak.
• Adam Fogel had multiple base hits in seven-straight games over 4/23-5/1 and is currently on an eight-game hitting streak.

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. 

HOMEGROWN TALENT
Head coach Mike Trapasso has built a strong contingent of talent from the Hawaiian islands, and brought in some of the top names from the 2020 class, including the second-ranked recruit in the state. In total, 18 of the teams' 37 roster spots are Hawai'i high school graduates, 10 of which are from O'ahu.
 

NAME	HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL	YEAR	POS.
Bubba Akana	Honolulu, O'ahu (Saint Francis)	Fr.	INF
Tai Atkins	Kohala, Hawai'i (KS-Hawaii)	Fr.	LHP/OF
Naighel Calderon	Lanai City, Lanai (Lanai)	Fr.	OF
Matt Campos	Waipahu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Jr.	INF
Nainoa Cardinez	Kapa'a, Kaua'i (Kapa'a)	Fr.	C/UTL
Dallas Duarte	Ke'eu, Hawai'i (KS-Hawai'i)	So.	C
Tyler Dyball	Honolulu, O'ahu (Kaiser)	Fr.	RHP
Cade Halemanu	Pearl City, O'ahu (Pearl City)	So.	RHP
Blake Hiraki	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	C
Trevor Ichimura	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	RHP
Jacob Igawa	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	So.	UTL
Stone Miyao	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	Fr.	INF
Konnor Palmeira	Kahalui, Maui (KS-Maui)	Fr.	C/UTL
Li'i Pontes	Honolulu, O'ahu (KS-Kapalama)	So.	RHP
Austin Teixeira	Waimanalo, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Fr.	LHP/OF
Aaron Ujimori	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	INF
Safea Villaruz-Mauai	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	Fr.	INF
Matt Wong	Honolulu, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Jr.	OF

 





















DOLLARS FOR DOUBLES

• The University of Hawai'i Athletics and 'Ahahui Koa Ānuenue are inviting fans this year to make a "Dollars for Doubles" pledge for the 2021 baseball season.
• Although attendance at games is not possible due to COVID19 rules, this initiative provides an alternate way to cheer on the Rainbow Warriors from home while also supporting UH Athletics at the same time.
• Make your pledge here.

BACK-TO-BACK BIG WEST POW

Hawai'i's Stone Miyao and Dustin Demeter clobbered the baseball enroute to Player of the Week honors in the Big West on back-to-back weekends. Both hitters hit over .500 in their respective weekend showcases.

Miyao hit .500 with seven RBI against UC Davis in late April 23-25 while Demeter hit .579 with 14 RBI and 3 HR at Cal State Fullerton April 30 - May 2. 

Demeter was named National Player of the Week by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

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