University of Hawai’i Athletics

The University of Hawaii overpowered Rutgers, 13-7, yesterday afternoon at Les Murakami Stadium. UH rightfielder Matt Wong paced the Rainbow Warrior attack with three RBIs and three runs scored. The win allowed Hawaii to split the four-game series with the Scarlet Knights. The team opens its Big West Conference schedule this Friday with a road […]

No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Oklahoma proved to be too much for the University of Hawaii softball team last night, shutting out the home team, 11-0, at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium. Still, the 1,200 fans in attendance did get to witness a bit of history in the making, as Hauula’s Jocelyn Alo set a […]

By Jarin Kobashigawa, ESPN Honolulu Digital Media Specialist. The University of Hawaii men’s basketball season came to an end in the semifinal game of the 2022 Big West Basketball Championship Tournament in Henderson, Nevada. The No. 3 seed Rainbow Warriors fell to No. 2 seed Cal State Fullerton, 58-46. Senior Mate Colina was the only […]

The fourth-ranked University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team extended its regular-season home winning streak to 18 matches last night with a dominant straight-set victory over No. 12 Lewis. The final tally was 25-15, 25-21 and 25-19. Photographer David Croxford was at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center and sent in these great images: # # […]

By Jarin Kobashigawa. The University of Hawaii Women’s basketball team advanced to the Big West Tournament championship game today with a 69-55 win over UC Riverside. Senior Amy Atwell recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds by halftime and tacked on an extra four points in the second half. The top-seeded Rainbow Wahine will take on […]

By Jarin Kobashigawa, ESPN Honolulu Digital Media Specialist. The No. 3-seeded University of Hawaii men’s basketball team eked out a tight win in last night’s Big West Tournament quarterfinal game against No. 6-seed UC Riverside. The Rainbow Warriors prevailed, 68-67. The ‘Bows found themselves down by as many as 10 points in the first half, […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team withstood a furious 10-0 fourth-quarter run by CSU Bakersfield to advance to Friday’s Big West Tournament semifinal round. Daejah Phillips’ driving layup with 1:12 to play in regulation put the top-seeded Rainbow Wahine ahead, 48-47, and the No. 9-seed Roadrunners missed […]

Vanderbilt right fielder Spencer Jones’ two-run home run in the sixth inning gave the fifth-ranked Commodores a 2-1 win over Hawaii earlier today at Les Murakami Stadium. The victory gave Vanderbilt a 4-0 series sweep over the Rainbow Warriors. UH starting pitcher Cade Halemanu had an outstanding performance for the ‘Bows, striking out four batters […]

By Jarin Kobashigawa. The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team completed their regular season with a big 58-52, win over UC Santa Barbara last night to clinch the Big West regular-season championship title. The Rainbow Wahine are headed to Henderson, Nevada as the No. 1 seed in the BWC Tournament and will be playing their first […]

By Lance Tominaga, ESPN Honolulu Web Editor. The University of Hawaii men’s basketball team concluded their 2021-22 regular season with a big 84-62 win tonight over CSUN at The Matadome in Northridge California. With the victory, the Rainbow Warriors clinched the No. 3 seed in next week’s Big West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. The […]