HONOLULU – Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Hawai'i baseball team will look to lock up a postseason spot when it hosts CSUN Wednesday through Friday at Les Murakami Stadium.
The Rainbow Warriors will look to continue the seasons of their 17 departing seniors, needing one win to clinch a Big West postseason tournament spot. UH trails the all-time series with the Matadors, 42-27, but won last year's series in Northridge and swept CSUN in 2024 in Honolulu.
| HAWAI'I (25-21, 14-13 Big West) vs. CSUN (24-26, 11-16 Big West) |
| Dates & Times |
Wed., May 13 -- 6:35 p.m.
Thurs., May 14 -- 6:35 p.m.
Fri., May 15 -- 6:35 p.m. |
| Location |
Honolulu, O'ahu -- Les Murakami Stadium |
| Radio |
ESPN Honolulu |
| TV/Live Stream |
Spectrum Sports/ESPN+ |
| Live Stats |
Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| PDF Notes |
Hawai'i | CSUN |
| Tickets |
HERE |
| Marketing Promotions |
Join us for PAU HANA WEEKEND sponsored by UHFCU as we honor our group of 17 seniors for all their accomplishments in college baseball.
Wednesday
- Some Rainbow Warrior legends will be on hand signing autographs prior to the game. Derek Tatsuno, Jonathan Hee, Kolten Wong and Tai Atkins will be in the Les Murakami Stadium lobby greeting fans and signing autographs starting at 5:30 p.m.
- World-renowned artist J Boog will be on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Thursday
- The entire Rainbow Warrior baseball team will be signing autographs in the Les Murakami Stadium lobby following the conclusion of the game.
Friday - Senior Night (Whiteout)
- We say MAHALO to a group of 17 seniors following the conclusion of the game.
- Friday's game is a WHITEOUT. Fans are encouraged to wear white to show support for our seniors.
- Each senior will throw out the ceremonial first pitch to their mom or grandmother.
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| Social Media |
@HawaiiBaseball  | @Hawaiibsb  |
| Projected Starting Pitchers |
Hawai'i
Wednesday -- TBD
Thursday -- TBD
Friday -- TBD |
CSUN
Wednesday -- TBD
Thursday -- TBD
Friday -- TBD |
HEAD COACH RICH HILL
At Hawai'i: 154-102, 5th season
Collegiate Record: 1,233-840-4, 39th season
SERIES VS. CSUN
CSUN leads, 42-27
Last Meeting: Mar. 28-30 in Northridge (UH won series, 2-1)
DID YOU KNOW?
Isaiah Magdaleno is just the fifth pitcher nationally over the last six seasons to strike out at least 15 batters, allow one or fewer hits and one or fewer walks in a complete-game shutout. Magdaleno struck out 16 batters in a one-hit shutout May 1 vs. UC Riverside.
MAHALO SENIORS
Hawai'i will honor a group of 17 seniors following Friday's regular season finale against CSUN. The group has combined for 992 starts over their collegiate careers with eight of the honorees playing multiple seasons in a UH uniform, and the other nine spending their final collegiate seasons in Manoa.
John Alkire II
Tino Bethancourt
Garrett Greco
Christian Hoffman
Ryan Inouye
Draven Nushida
Liam O'Brien
Bobby Perebzak
Kamaehu Sanchez
Josiah Shipley
Saul Soto
Taylor Takata
Dylan Waite
Kody Watanabe
Gabe Wright
Honored last year, will be mentioned prior to start of ceremony
Kamana Nahaku
Ben Zeigler-Namoa
POSTSEASON PUSH
Hawai'i heads into the final week of the season in a good position to lock up a spot in the Big West postseason tournament. UH can clinch a spot in the conference postseason with just one win in this weekend's three-game series against CSUN. The Rainbow Warriors currently sit in a tie for fourth in the Big West standings - the top five teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the Big West postseason tournament.
» Series wins over second-place UC Santa Barbara and fourth-place Cal State Fullerton.
» UH is two games behind UC San Diego for third place - the Tritons own the tiebreaker over UH.
» The top three teams in the Big West standings at the end of the season earn a bye into the double elimination portion of the bracket. The No. 4 and 5 seeds play each other in a single elimination play-in.
WINNING TIME
Hawai'i has enjoyed major success in the month of May under head coach
Rich Hill, owning a 39-20 record in the final month of the season over his five years as the UH skipper. The Rainbow Warriors are 4-2 so far in May this season, sweeping UC Riverside to begin the month before dropping two out of three games at UC Davis. UH has only lost three Big West series in May under Hill and have gone at least .500 in the final month in each of his first four seasons.
» 33-10 record in Big West games in May under Hill, including a 23-4 mark at home.
» 20-1 in Big West home contests since the 2023 season.
» Only series losses in the month of May have come to UC Davis (2026), Oregon State (2025), CSUN (2023), UC Irvine (2023) and Cal Poly (2022).
» Went 2-2 in last year's Big West postseason tournament, and won three elimination games in a span of seven days between the final week of the regular season and the tournament.
MONEY MAGS
Isaiah Magdaleno has turned in back-to-back dominant outings as UH's Friday night starter. In his last two starts, Magdaleno has workd 17.0 innings with 25 strikeouts to just two walks while allowing only a run on five hits. He was perfect through 6.1 innings vs. UC Riverside on May 1, taking a no-hit bid into the ninth, allowing just a walk and an infield single. He became just the third pitcher in Hawai'i baseball history to strike out at least 16 batters in a game (Derek Tatsuno, Gerald Ako). Last week, he struck out nine over 8.0 innings of four-hit ball at UC Davis, earning Big West Pitcher of the Week honors once again.
Magdaleno's National Honors
» Golden Spikes Award/D1Baseball National Player of the Week
» College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Week
» NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week
» Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week
» Baseball America National Team of the Week
» NCAA.com National Team of the Week
» 3x Big West Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 2, May 4, May 11)
