DAVIS, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i softball team (20-26, 13-12 Big West) fell 2-1 in the 2024 season finale at UC Davis at La Rue Field. Hawai'i finishes the season in fourth place in the Big West with a .520 win percentage.
 
Both teams escaped from early jams and the game remained scoreless until the fifth inning. UH broke through scoring a run in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Ka'ena Keliinoi reached base safely on a throwing error by the third baseman and hustled all the way to third on the play. Izabella Martinez followed by drilling an RBI-double to the right-centerfield gap to drive in Keliinoi from third for a 1-0 lead.
 
UH and Kostrencich had retired nine-straight Aggies between the second through the fourth innings. But UH began the bottom of the fifth with two errors on defense and both runners scored on a triple to right by Leah Polson to leapfrog over UH into a 2-1 lead.
 
UH starter Addison Kostrencich took the loss in a complete game effort, allowing two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.
 
UC Davis' starter Sarah Reineman threw three shutout innings to start the game, giving up a hit, two walks and a strike out but did not figure in the decision. Kennedi Brown earned the win in relief to finish the season at 9-13 overall. Brown tossed the final four innings allowing a run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts.
 
For Hawai'I, it marked the end of an era with nine Rainbow Wahine—Chloee Agueda, Mya'Liah Bethea, Malia Xiao Gin, Haley Johnson, Ka'ena Keliinoi, McKenna Kostyszyn, Dallas Millwood, Maya Nakamura, and Piper Neri concluding their UH careers.