{"id":226654,"date":"2026-03-19T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226654\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:06:36","slug":"softball-gears-up-to-battle-long-beach-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226654\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Gears Up to Battle Long Beach State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONG BEACH, Calif.–The University of Hawai’i softball team (11-13, 3-3 Big West) hits the road to take on Long Beach State (17-11, 5-1 BW) in a three game series this week. The Rainbow Wahine and Beach will play a doubleheader on Friday, March 20 starting at 1:30 p.m. HT and 3:30 p.m. HT. The series finale will be played on Saturday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. HT at the LBSU Softball Complex.
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\t\t\tGAMES #25-27:\u00a0 at Long Beach State<\/p>\n

\t\t\tOPPONENT
\n\t\t\tat Long Beach State (17-11, 5-1 Big West)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tLBSU Softball Complex (Long Beach, Calif.)<\/p>\n

\t\t\tDATES\/TIMES
\n\t\t\tFriday, March 20, 2026 (DH) – 1:30 p.m. HT \/ 3:30 p.m. HT
Saturday, March 21, 2026 –\u00a010:00 a.m. HT<\/p>\n

\t\t\tLive Stats
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\t\t\tGame Notes
\n\t\t\tHawai’i | UC DAVIS<\/p>\n

\t\t\tSocial Media
\n\t\t\t@HawaiiSB<\/a>\u00a0\"Twitter\"\u00a0|\u00a0#HawaiiSB\u00a0|\u00a0@HawaiiSoftball<\/a>\u00a0\"Instagram\" |\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/p>\n

HAWAI’I RAINBOW WAHINE (11-13, 3-3 Big West)\"UniversityHead Coach:\u00a0Panita Thanatharn (First Season)
\nRecord at UH:\/Overall\u00a011-13 (First season)
\nBig West Record:\u00a03-3 (First Season)
\nSeries Record:\u00a0LBSU\u00a0leads 76-35
\nLast series vs. LBSU:\u00a0Last year in Honolulu, UH won the series opener 6-1, but then fell in the doubleheader, 3-8 and 1-9 in six innings. But the two teams last met in the 2025 Big West Championship, the No. 5 Haeai’i upset No. 4 LBSU, 10-8 to open the league’s inaugural tournament.\u00a0
\nStreak: LBSU won twoUH won one game (2025 Big West Championship – First Round)<\/p>\n

LONG BEACH STATE – THE BEACH\u00a0 (17-11, 5-1 Big West)\"LongHead Coach:\u00a0Kendall Fearn (First Season)
LBSU\/Career Record: 17-11
LAST WEEK:\u00a0The Beach swept UC Riverside last week, winning both ends of their doubleheader, 6-1 and 5-4 before run-ruling the Highlanders in the series finale, 10-1 in five innings.<\/p>\n

NEWS & NOTES<\/p>\n

\tLast week,\u00a0Hawai’i and Cal State Fullerton endured severe storm weather, eventually getting all three games in on Sunday. The teams moved up the game that was originally scheduled to be played on Friday up to\u00a0\u00a0Thursday night. UH held a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth\u00a0when the skies opened up with a deluge of rain that would force the game’s suspension to\u00a0Sunday. On Sunday, UH extended its lead to 3-0 when the game resumed and held off the Titans for a 3-0 win. But in the doubleheader, UH squandered some scoring opportunities\u00a0as the Titans held off UH, 7-5 and 6-5 to take the series, 2-1.
\n\tLeading UH last week was junior first baseman\u00a0\u00a0Jamie McGaughey<\/a> who hit .600 (3-for-5) with two runs scored, an RBI with four walks and an on-base % of .700. Junior shortstop Milan Ah Yat<\/a> has found her groove, this past week she hit .500 (3-for-6) with two runs, three RBI and two home runs with two walks and two hit-by-pitches. She led UH with a 1.500 slugging percentage. In conference play, she is hitting .375 and leads UH with three home runs and seven RBI with a slugging percentage of 1.063.
\n\tIn the pitching circle, senior Hannah Pitts<\/a> went 1-1 against Cal State Fullerton. She fired a complete-game shutout to open the series spacing four hits with a walk and five strikeouts. She took the loss in the series finale in relief as she gave up two runs on six hits. Overall, Pitts has a team-low 2.42 ERA and enters this week with a 6-4 overall record with a 3-1 mark in the Big West. Overall she has tossed three complete games with a pair of shutouts and has thrown a team-high 63.2 innings. She has walked just six batters with a team-best 33 strikeouts.
\n\tBe aware of the Rainbow Wahine on the basepaths as they are much more aggressive putting pressure on the defense taking advantage of stolen bases, wild pitches and passed balls. This season the ‘Bows have swiped 34 bases, which is 13 more than UH stole in the entire 2025 season.
\n\tJust over half of Hawai’i’s roster hails from the Aloha State of Hawai’i. A total 13 of 24 players stayed or have returned home to play for Hawai’i after starting their careers at other institutions. With Irimata starting in the circle, the Rainbow Wahine have started as many as eight Hawai’i players in the starting line up. Ten players come to UH from the island of O’ahu, with two from Maui and one from Kaua’i.\u00a0<\/p>\n