HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i softball team (4-11) concludes its preseason schedule hosting the OUTRIGGER Rainbow Wahine Classic from Wednesday, March 6-Sunday, March 10. Hawai'i will battle Cleveland State, UConn, and New Mexico in the five-day tournament. All games will be played at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium where admission is FREE.
 

OUTRIGGER RAINBOW WAHINE CLASSIC (Mar. 8-10, 2024)
Tournament Schedule				Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 3:30 p.m. HT - New Mexico vs. Clevelands State 6:00 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. Cleveland State Thursday, Mar. 7, 2024 11:30 a.m. HT - Cleveland State vs. UConn 2:00 p.m. HT - New Mexico vs. UCopnn 4:30 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. Cleveland State 7:00 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. New Mexico Friday, Mar. 8, 2024 1:00 p.m. HT - New Mexico vs. UConn 3:30 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. UConn 6:00 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. New Mexico Saturday, Mar. 9, 2024 1:00 p.m. HT - UConn vs. Cleveland Stata 3:30 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. Cleveland State Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024 12:00 p.m. HT - UConn vs. Cleveland State 2:30 p.m. HT - Hawai'i vs. Cleveland State
Location				Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium (1,200) - Honolulu, O'ahu
Promotions				OUTRIGGER is the title sponsor of the Outrigger Rainbow Wahine Classic and will provide a $25 gift card  to"Hawaiian Aroma" cafe for the first winner with other prizes awarded to winners of the ever popular "Ballpark Bingo." UH T-shirts will be thrown into the stands during the fourth inning of every UH game.
Radio				UH's games on Wednesday's and Thursday's games will be broadcast locally on CBS 1500 AM
Audio LInks				cbssportshawaii.com (UH's Wed & Thur games ONLY)
Live Stats				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Day Rosters				Spring Fling Tournament Game Day Roster
Game Notes				Hawai'i  | Cleveland State | UConn | New Mexico
Social Media				@HawaiiSB  | #HawaiiSB | @HawaiiSoftball  | Facebook
Tickets				Admission is FREE

HAWAI'I RAINBOW WAHINE (4-11, 0-0 Big West)Head Coach: Bob Coolen (33rd Season)
Record at UH: 1,061-701-1
Overall Record: 1,133-774-1 (38th season)

CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (3-6, 0-0 Horizon League)Head Coach: Amy Kyler (Seventh Season)
Kyler's CSU Record: 75-143
UH Record vs. CSU: 6-0
Streak: UH won 6
Last meeting: UH defeated the Vikings twice in he 2019 Rainbow Wahine Classic--both by just one run. UH held off CSU 6-5 (3/15/19) and 5-4 (3/17/19)

UCONN HUSKIES (4-11, 0-0 Big East)Head Coach: Laura Valentino (Fifth Season)
UConn: 114-69
UH Record vs. UConn: 3-1
Streak: UH won 1
Last meeting: UH won their most recent game vs. the Huskies, 4-1 on Mar. 16, 2017

NEW MEXICO LOBOS (6-16, 0-0 Mountain West)Head Coach: Nicole Dickson (Second Season);
Dickson's UNM Record: 25-47
Dickson's Career DI Record: 194-170 (Eight Seasons)
Series Record: UH leads, 16-7
Last meeting: The Lobos defeated UH in their most recent meeting, 3-2 on Mar. 23, 2019
Streak: UNM, won 1

QUICK HITS
LAST WEEK... 

• The Rainbow Wahine went 3-2 last week their Spring Fling Tournament, posting a win against Tennessee State and two "W's" against Portland State to finish in third place. 
• UH's junior centerfielder/pitcher Chloe Borges and senior first baseman Dallas Millwood both earned All-Tournament Team honors. Borges hit .273 (3-for-11) with her three hits all being home runs. She has launched homers in four of her last six games played starting against No. 5 Tennessee in UH's final game in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. In the tourney, she had a team-best 1.091 slugging percentage. Borges is tied for the league lead with four home runs this season. 
• Millwood led UH at the plate hitting .444 for the tourney. She was 4-for-9 with a double and three RBI which were all driven in in the finale vs. Portland State. She also led UH with a .571 on-base % as she reached first safely with her four hits, two walks, two hit-by-pitches, and a sacrifice fly.

PITCHERS SETTLING DOWN

• Although overall UH's team ERA is 6.01, last week the 'Bows buckled down to record a team ERA of 2.14. Millie Fidge is coming into her own. Last week, she posted a 1-1 record in two relief appearances. She recorded a team-best 0.88 ERA in eight innings allowing four runs--just one earned-- on five hits with five strike outs and four walks. She held opponents to a a team-best .179 batting average.
• UH starter Key-Annah Campbell-Pua was solid in her two appearances. She earned her first win of the season in the tourney opener against Tennessee State. Campbell-Pua fired a complete game and took a perfect game into the fifth inning retiring the first 13-straight batters. For the game, she gave up just one run on five hits with two walks and two K's. In her second appearance also came against TSU, she did not equate in the decision, but she got the first nine-straight batters of the game out to start. She gave up one run on two hits with a walk and a strikeout. Overall, she is now 1-3 with a 5.12 ERA.
• Junior transfer pitcher Addison Kostrencich earned her second complete-game victory this season in an 8-2 win in UH's tourney finale vs. Portland State. For the week, she went 1-0 with 10.0 innings pitched. She gave up five runs on 15 hits with zero walks and two strikeouts for a 2.80 ERA in the tournament.

OFFENSE GETTING ON TRACK

• Designated player/catcher Haley Johnson hit .353 last week  with a pair of doubles and a home run while going 6-for-17 at the plate. She raised her overall batting average to .310 for the season and she leads UH with four doubles. Johnson is currently on a six-game hitting streak and she leads UH with three multiple-hit games.
• Senior third baseman Ka'ena Keliinoi has been clutch with runners on base with a team-high eight RBI and team-best three multiple-RBI games. She is hitting .222 overall with three doubles and a home run. 
• Mya'Liah Bethea has scored a team-best seven runs. She has reached base safely in 11 of UH's 15 games played thus far. At the plate, she is hitting .250 (9-for-36) with two doubles and three home runs.