HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i softball team (19-21, 12-7 Big West) will host its final homestand of the season against league-leader, Cal State Fullerton (32-15, 18-3 BW) this weekend. The two teams will play a single game on Friday, May 3rd at 6:00 p.m. HT followed by a Saturday doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m. HT. Prior to Friday night's opener, the 2010 Rainbow Wahine Softball Team will be honored as they are being inducted into the UH Athletics' Circle of Honor later this week. Saturday is Senior Day and the team will be celebrating the careers of nine Rainbow Wahine--Chloee Agueda, Mya'Liah Bethea, Xiao Gin, Haley Johnson, Ka'ena Keliinoi, McKenna Kostyszyn, Dallas Millwood, Maya Nakamura, and Piper Neri. 
 

GAMES 41-43: HAWAI'I RAINBOW WAHINE (19-21, 12-7 Big West) vs. CAL STATE FULLERTON (32-15, 18-3 Big West)
Dates & Times				Friday, May 3, 2024 - 6:00 p.m. HT Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 2:00 p.m.HT/4:00 p.m. HT (DH)
Location				Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium (1,200) - Honolulu, O'ahu
Promotions				UH Federal Credit Union (UHFCU) is the series sponsor The 2010 Rainbow Wahine softball team who advanced to the program's first ever Women's College World Series will be recognized prior to Friday night's game Team photo cards will be given out on Saturday for Senior Day doubleheader Great Prizes will be awarded for the winners of the popular "Ballpark Bingo." Also, UH prizes will be thrown into the stands during the fourth inning of every UH game.
Television				SATURDAY DH ONLY - Spectrum Sports - Ch. 12 (SD)/Ch. 1012 (HD) - Play-by-play: Scott Robbs, Color Analyst: Lori Santi
Video Live Stream				SATURDAY DH ONLY - ESPN+ - DH Game 1 | DH Game 2
Radio				CBS 1500 - Play-by-Play: Tiff Wells
Audio Stream				cbssportshawaii.com
Live Stats				Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Game Day Rosters				CLICK HERE
Game Notes				Hawai'i  | Cal State Fullerton.
Social Media				@HawaiiSB  | #HawaiiSB | @HawaiiSoftball  | Facebook
Tickets				Admission is FREE

HAWAI'I RAINBOW WAHINE (19-21, 12-7 Big West)Head Coach: Bob Coolen
Record at UH: 1,099-711-1(33rd Season)
Overall Record: 1,171-804-1 (38th season)
Series Record: CSF leads, 70-17
Last season: The Titans swept Hawai'i in Fullerton. The opener was a pitcher's duel between UH's Brianna Lopez and CSF's Myka Sutherlin with the Titans winning, 1-0. In Saturday's doubleheader, CSF defeated UH, 5-1 and 3-0 to seal the sweep over the 'Bows
Streak: CSF won three

CAL STATE FULLERTON TITANS (32-15, 18-3 Big West)Head Coach: Kelly Ford (12th Season)
CSF/CAREER Record: 403-236-1


QUICK HITSLAST WEEK AT LONG BEACH STATE - The Rainbow Wahine went 1-2 at Long Beach State last week. In the opener, The Beach held off UH, 2-1 in a pitcher's duel between UH's Addison Kostrencich and LBSU's Sophia Fernandez. The second game was dead-lockec at 0-0 until UH blew the game open, rallying to score six runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh for an 8-0 victory. The series finale again was a close affiar with The Beach coming out on top, 3-1 to clinch the series over UH.

JOHNSON CONTINUES TO LEAD THE 'BOW - Senior designated player Haley Johnson continues to lead UH on offense with a .336 batting average. She has started all 40 games ad the team's DP and she also leads the 'Bows with a .430 on-base percentage and 17 walks. She has a team-best 37 hits in 110 at-bats with seven doubles, a triple and a home run with 11 RBI. Johnson had recorded a team-best nin-game hitting streak which started against 5th-ranked Tennessee on Feb. 25 at the Mary Nutter Classic and ended with two hits against UConn on Mar. 8th. 

BETHEA TOPS BIG WEST IN HOMERS - After hitting home runs in all three games against Cal State Bakersfield in UH's last homestand, UH senior utility player Mya'Liah Bethea continues to lead the Big West with 12 home runs. Her 12 HR's this season, ties her career, season-high which she set last year when she also led the conference in homers. Currently, she is hitting a career-best .242 (24-for-99) with two doubles and 21 RBI.

MARTINEZ SOLID ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE - Junior catcher Izabella Martinez has started all 40 games behind the plate this season. On offense, she is hitting .307 going 35-for-114 with five doubles. She has come through with runners in scoring position with 20 RBI. Martinez has gunned down 13 runners trying to steal on her to rank her second in the Big West and 16th in the NCAA. Martinez, who is one of the few catchers who calls her own game, is finishing the season strong--in her last 10 games, she is hitting .387 (12-31) with four multiple hit games during that time. She leads UH's active players withe a .379 average in conference play. 

MILLWOOD LOOKING TO FINISH STRONG - Senior first baseman Dallas MIllwood missed almost all of last season after suffering a season-ending injury in the second week of the season. This season she returned for a final season and is making the most of it, starting all 40 games at first base. She is hitting just a shade under .300 as she carries a .297 average into the CSF series. This season Millwood has recorded career highs of 30 hits, 11 runs scored, and 25 RBI.

KELIINOI RISING - Senior utility player Ka'ena Keliinoi got off to a slow start this year, but is finishing strong, now hitting .292 (35-for 120). In the last 10 games, she has hit .433 (13-for-30) and last week at Long Beach State, although she went 2-for-8 Keliinoi was the toughest batter at the plate battling The Beach's pitchers with long at bats. In conference games, she is hitting .328. One thing Keliinoi has done all season is move runners, she leads the league with nine sacrifice bunts. In her UH career, Keliinoi has been a true utility player, playing every position on the field except for first base and pitcher. This season alone, she has made 37 starts at third but has also started at second, and in rightfield but has also seen time in left as well.

BORGES DRIVING RUNS IN - Junior centerfielder/pitcher Chloe Borges has gotten the opportunity to shown off her versatility this season and has made the most of it. She is tied for the lead in the Big West with 30 RBI. She comes into this week hitting .284 (25-for-88 with two doubles, eight homers, 13 runs scored, with a .580 slugging percentage. Although she is 0-3 as a pitcher, she has come through in the clutch earning saves against CSUN and Cal STate Bakersfield. 

KOSTRENCICH HOLDING HER OWN - Junior pitcher Addison Kostrencich leads the Big West with 13 complete games. She enters the week with an 11-8 overall record and a 7-3 conference record. She emerged as UH's No. 1 pitcher early on and enters this week with a 3.76 ERA in 111.2 innings pitched. She has two complete-game shutouts under her belt with 27 walks to 30 strikeouts. 

CAMPBELL-PUA FIRES HER FIRST SHUTOUT OF THE YEAR - Last week in the middle game of a three-game series at Long Beach State, Key-Annah Campbell-Pua fired her first complete-game shutout of the season. Although there were two Beach runners on in six out of seven innings, Campbell-Pua was Houdini-like, escaping unscathed inning after inning. She had one walk and no strikeouts and allowed 11 hits--including four doubles, but the defense bent but did not break en route to an 8-0 seven inning win. Overall, she improved to 6-7 overall and is now 5-2 in the Big West. 

COOLEN APPROACHING 1,100 WINS AT HAWAI'i - Head coach Bob Coolen is one win away from reaching the 1,100 win mark at UH. Coolen is in his 33rd year as UH's head coach, but he served two seasons as former UH head coach Rayla Allison's assistan in 1990 and '91. Coolen spent five years prior to coming to UH as the head coach of Bentley from 1985-89.

HONORING THE 2010 RAINBOW WAHINEThis weekend, the 2010 Rainbow Wahine softball team will be inducted in the UH Circle of Honor Class of 2024. The 2010 team swept all the major Western Athletic Conference awards — Jessica Iwata (Player of the Year), Stephanie Ricketts (Pitcher of the Year), Kelly Majam (Freshman of the Year), and Bob Coolen (Coach of the Year) before winning both the WAC regular season and WAC tournament title to earne the No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament. UH swept through the Stanford Regional defeating UC Davis, Stanford and Texas Tech by outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 23-6. UH  advance to the Tuscaloosa Super Regionals to face top-seeded Alabama. UH lost by mercy-rule in the opener, 8-0, but bounced back to hold off the Crimson Tide, 8-7 in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader. With the series tied at 1-1, and trailing in the bottom of the seventh trailing 4-3, UH's Jenna Rodriguez blasted her second home run of the game to drive in Kelly Majam for a two-run, walk-off home run that just snuck inside the leftfield foul pole. The 2010 team became the first UH team to advance to the NCAA Women's College World Series where they won their opener over Missouri, 3-2 and finished the season with a 50-16 record. The team hit an NCAA single season record 158
    Members of the 2010 team will be recognized prior to Friday night's series opener against Cal State Fullerton on May 3, 2024.