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\nHEAD COACH MICHELE NAGAMINE
\nAt Hawai’i: 86-115-25\u00a0(14th season)
\nCollegiate Record: 110-145-26 (17th\u00a0year)<\/p>\n
SERIES VS. LONG BEACH STATE
\nOverall: LBSU\u00a0leads, 10-3-4
\nLast Meeting: Oct. 31, 2024\u00a0(UH won,\u00a01-0)
\nStreak: W1<\/p>\n
SERIES VS. PEPPERDINE
\nOverall: PEP leads, 6-0-1
\nLast meeting: Sept. 19, 2010 (PEP won, 2-0)
\nStreak: L2
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\nON THE PITCH \u00a0
\nDID YOU KNOW?
\n2024 Big West Midfielder of the Year Nalani Damacion<\/a> finished tied for third nationally and first among all freshmen with seven game-winning goals. Her seven game-winners were also the most by any NCAA freshman since 2015 (Cece Kizer, Ole Miss).
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\nREGULAR SEASON CHAMPS!
\nHawai’i is coming off of a magical 2024 season in which it captured the program’s first ever Big West regular season title. The Rainbow Wahine dominated the Big West regular season, going 8-1-1 and setting a school record for conference wins while finishing with 25 points – the most by a Big West school since 2016. The regular season title gave UH the right to host the semifinals and finals of the Big West Championship, however, the ‘Bows saw their historic season come to an end with a semifinal loss to CSU Bakersfield.
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\n\u00bb Set a school record with a nine-match unbeaten streak that ran from Sept. 12-Oct. 20.
\n\u00bb Seven match winning streak was the longest in a single season and tied the overall program record.
\n\u00bb Outscored teams 12-6 in 10 league games, with all eight wins coming by one goal.
\n\u00bb First Big West team to start 5-0 in conference play since 2010 (UC Irvine).
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\nRAISING THE EXPECTATIONS
\nThe Rainbow Wahine enter the 2025 season with lofty expectations following last year’s conference regular season title. UH was picked first in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll, marking the first time since 2008 that the program has been tabbed as a preseason conference favorite. It’s also the first time since Hawai’i joined the Big West that it has been picked to finish atop the conference. Additionally, Amber Gilbert<\/a> and Nalani Damacion<\/a> each earned Preseason All-Big West recognition.
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\nFAB FRESHMEN TO SUPER SOPHOMORES
\nA huge key to last season’s Big West regular season title run was the contributions UH got from a number of freshmen. The Rainbow Wahine’s group of eight sophomores combined for three Big West All-Freshman honors and eight conference player of the week recognitions a year ago as freshmen and will be counted on to play key roles again in 2025.
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\n\u00bb Kennedy Justin<\/a> earned Big West Goalkeeper of the Year honors last year as a redshirt freshman.
\n\u00bb Justin became the first freshman ever to claim that honor and matched a school single-season record for goalkeeper wins with a record of 11-8-1.
\n\u00bb Nalani Damacion<\/a> was named Big West Midfielder of the Year after leading the team with seven goals.
\n\u00bb Damacion became the first freshman ever to claim the honor.
\n\u00bb All seven of Damacion’s goals were game-winner, ranking third nationally and first among freshmen.
\n\u00bb Alice Davidson<\/a> earned Big West All-Freshman honors after finishing with four assists (T-1st on team).
\n\u00bb UH earned six total Big West Freshman of the Week honors (Damacion: 5x; Laule’a Ah Mook Sang<\/a>: 1x)
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\nRAINBOW RELOAD
\nThe Rainbow Wahine will welcome in a talented group of eight newcomers to compliment their deep pool of returnees. UH brings in three players out of the transfer portal while adding five freshmen to the mix in 2025. Defenders Rikako Hayami<\/a> and Solala Nasu<\/a> will fill some key roles on the back line while three-year Division I goalkeeper Julia Ortega<\/a> gives UH depth in the net. Isabella Kaemmerer<\/a>, Karissa Kira<\/a>, Saira Johal<\/a>, Montana Longcrier<\/a> and Sophia Nygaard make up the group of five incoming true freshmen.
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\n\u00bb Hayami spent the 2024 season at Arizona and previously was an NJCAA All-American in 2023.
\n\u00bb Nasu returns home after spending freshman season at South Dakota State; was the three-time HHSAA State Tournament Most Outstanding Player from 2022-24.
\n\u00bb Ortega has totaled 137 saves in 29 career starts in goal at Southern Utah and Arizona State.
\n\u00bb Kaemmerer and Kira were high school and club teammates, winning an ECNL U17 national title in 2024.
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