HONOLULU — The Hawai'i women's soccer team heads back on the road for a pair of key Big West matchups, playing at CSUN on Thursday at 4 p.m. HT and at UC San Diego on Sunday at 11 a.m. HT.
 

HAWAI'I (4-3-2, 1-1-2 Big West) @ CSUN (2-11-1, 0-4-1 Big West) | @ UC SAN DIEGO (1-8-4, 0-2-2 Big West)
Date, Time				Thursday, Oct. 6, 4:00 p.m. HT | Sunday, Oct. 9, 11:00 a.m. HT
Location				Northridge, Calif. -- Matador Soccer Field | La Jolla, Calif. -- Triton Soccer Stadium
Television				Thursday (ESPN+) | Sunday (ESPN+)
Live Stream				Thursday | Sunday
Live Stats				Thursday | Sunday
PDF Notes				Hawai'i | CSUN | UCSD
Social Media				@HawaiiWSoccer  | #HawaiiWSoccer | @HawaiiWSoccer

 
HEAD COACH MICHELE NAGAMINE
Collegiate Record: 91-126-21, 15th year
At Hawai'i: 67-96-20, 12th year

SERIES VS. CSUN | VS. UC SAN DIEGO
Overall vs. CSUN: 5-11-1
Last meeting: Sept. 23, 2021, at Hawai'i (CSUN, 3-2)
Streak: L1

Overall vs. UC San Diego: 0-2
Last meeting: Sept. 7, 2018, at Hawai'i (UCSD, 2-1)
Streak: L2

ON THE PITCH

• The Rainbow Wahine suffered their first home loss of the season the last time out in a 2-0 defeat against conference-leader Long Beach State Sunday. The two teams finished even in shot attempts with 13, but The Beach scored two first-half goals to provide the difference in the match.
• UH heads into Thursday's match in a tie for sixth place in the conference standings with five points. The Rainbow Wahine have made The Big West Tournament just once (2019) since joining the league in 2012. The top six teams will advance to the tournament.
• A trio of Rainbow Wahine have taken home a Big West weekly honor this year, as Amber Gilbert has been named freshman of the week twice while goalies Sophie Augustin and Lauren Marquez have each earned defensive player of the week honors. Gilbert is the only player in the conference to receive the freshman honor multiple times while Augustin and Marquez are the first pair of goalies from the same team to win the award in back-to-back weeks since The Big West began giving it out in 2010.
• UH's starting forward line of Krista Peterson, Amber Gilbert and Kelci Sumida have packed a lot of the offensive punch for the 'Bows. All three have started each of the nine matches and have combined for eight goals, seven assists and 42 shots. One of the three have scored or assisted on eight of UH's nine goals.
• Defense has been a strength for the Rainbow Wahine, as they currently lead the conference with 10 goals allowed and are third with 1.11 goals allowed per match. Additionally, goalies Lauren Marquez and Sophie Augustin both have won Big West Defensive Player of the Week this year and have combined for 38 saves.

POSTSEASON PUSH
In a tie for sixth place in The Big West standings heading into Thursday, the Rainbow Wahine head into a key stretch heading into the second half of conference play. UH will look to remain in the top six of the league standings and make it to the conference tournament for the second time since joining The Big West in 2012. The only other time the 'Bows made The Big West Tournament came in 2019, when UH won its Big West opener and went unbeaten through the first three conference matches - two accomplishments the 'Bows also achieved this year.

RAKING IN THE HONORS
The Rainbow Wahine have taken home several Big West weekly honors this season. Amber Gilbert has been named conference freshman of the week twice in the last four weeks, while goalies Sophie Augustin and Lauren Marquez each took home defensive player of the week in consecutive weeks.

• Augustin was named league defensive player of the week after making eight saves at Portland State, and Marquez won the award a week later after a shutout of UC Davis in the conference opener.
• Hawai'i is the first team to have two different goalies win Big West Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks since the league began giving out the honor in 2010.
• Gilbert is the only freshman in the league to earn freshman of the week honors multiple times, winning the award on Sept. 12 and 26.

ON THE ATTACK
Hawai'i's front line of Amber Gilbert, Krista Peterson and Kelci Sumida have led the way offensively through nine matches. The trio have combined to score eight of the team's nine goals while one of the three has recorded a point in all six matches in which UH has scored.

• Peterson is tied for fourth in the conference with four goals and tied for fifth in with 10 points. She also leads the team in both categories.
• Gilbert is second among Big West freshmen in points (8) and goals (3).
• Sumida is tied for fourth in the conference with three assists and is tied for the team lead with 15 shots.

LOCKING IT DOWN
Defense has been one of the strong points for Hawai'i through the first half of the season. The Rainbow Wahine lead the conference in goals allowed, giving up just 10 all year, while sitting in third in goals allowed average at 1.11 per match. The 'Bows have gotten contributions from a number of different individuals both on the back line and in goal to keep opposing offenses in check.

• Goalies Lauren Marquez and Sophie Augustin have shared playing time in goal, with the two combining for 38 saves and each picking up two wins.
• Eight different players have gotten a start on the back line, with five players playing at least 500 minutes (Jacey Jicha, Eve Bleam, Zoe Park, Emily Cottrell, Kylie McNamara).

KEEPING IT ON FRAME
The Rainbow Wahine have done a good job of creating quality looks at goal, currently ranking among the national leaders in shots on goal percentage. UH leads The Big West and is 26th nationally, putting 53.6 percent of shot attempts on frame as 45 of Hawai'i's 84 shot attempts have been on goal. Over the last six matches, UH has put 30 of its 46 shot attempts on frame, with shots on goal on over 50 percent of attempts in five different matches.