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A rare double feature of BWC honors

By Brian McInnis on September 3, 2018

As the Big West women’s soccer Twitter account put it — “DOUBLE RAINBOW”. Raisa Strom-Okimoto and Lex Mata were named the Big West offensive and defensive players of the week today for their roles in helping Hawaii to a sweep of its two-game West Coast Conference road swing. UH came back to win 2-1 at Saint Mary’s in overtime on Thursday then blew past Pacific 5-0 on Sunday. It marked only the second time in UH’s seven-year history in the BWC […]

Rainbow Wahine trounce Pacific

By Brian McInnis on September 2, 2018

Well, that was emphatic. On the heels of the UH football team’s big 59-41 win over Navy at Aloha Stadium, the Hawaii soccer team earned a rare road runaway victory on Sunday, as they rolled into Stockton, Calif., and ransacked the place to the tune of a 5-0 win over Pacific of the West Coast Conference. UH (3-1) picked up its third straight win, and second after it had two home games canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Lane. […]

Soccer comes back to beat Saint Mary’s

By Brian McInnis on August 30, 2018

UPDATE: In the wake of a long layoff caused by Hurricane Lane, the Hawaii soccer team pulled off an impressive comeback 2-1 victory at Saint Mary’s of the West Coast Conference today. UH stormed back from a goal down with four minutes left in regulation in Moraga, and Raisa Strom-Okimoto scored on a counterattack and 1-on-1 with the goalkeeper to equalize it 1-1 in the 87th minute. Then, in overtime, Strom-Okimoto launched a corner kick that caused a scrum in […]

Nagamine saddened by tourney cancellation

By Brian McInnis on August 21, 2018

College soccer seasons go by pretty quickly. From a team’s perspective, you have to make every game count to put yourself in position for the postseason. From a spectator’s perspective, you have a finite number of chances to catch a team at home, especially when you consider that in the Big West play there are only four home games per team. Hawaii had two of its 11 home dates lopped off on Tuesday morning, as the Rainbow Wahine Soccer Invitational […]

Volleyball tourney on (so far), Wahine soccer cancelled

By Cindy Luis on August 21, 2018

Due to approaching Hurricane Lane, Hawaii has cancelled the Rainbow Wahine Soccer Invitational that was to start Wednesday at Waipio with UH vs. Montana. UH was to have played Arizona State on Friday with ASU and Montana meeting Sunday. Still a go for the women’s volleyball Hawaiian Airlines Classic starting Friday. ————— UPDATE: Here’s UH’s noon statement as pertaining to the UH volleyball tournament: “As of Tuesday morning, this week’s Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic women’s volleyball tournament will remain […]

Strom-Okimoto boots Bowling Green

By Brian McInnis on August 19, 2018

Just like practice. Raisa Strom-Okimoto found herself in a rare situation for a player so usually marked as a top priority — she was alone in open space — in the 96th minute, about 25 yards out. After a deflected touch by Daelenn Tokunaga, the ball found its way to her feet, and she launched it to the far post where it curled in just past the Bowling Green goalkeeper for the 1-0 win on Sunday night at Waipio Peninsula […]

Texas A&M serves up a lesson

By Brian McInnis on August 18, 2018

Michele Nagamine was pretty sure that at one point Friday night, all eight of her freshmen who saw action did so at the same time. Eight freshmen playing eight of 10 field positions. In other words, let the learning commence. UH absorbed a lesson or two from No. 11 Texas A&M, which pounced on an early UH mistake between the UH defense and goalkeeper Lex Mata, and followed it up with some sublime goals to dominate the result, 4-0. But […]

Full 2018 soccer preview

By Brian McInnis on August 17, 2018

The Hawaii soccer team opens its season in challenging fashion tonight against No. 11 Texas A&M in the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff. UH (6-10-1, 1-6-1 Big West) finished last place last year and is pegged by the league’s coaches to do so again this year. UH is young, with 10 freshmen. And UH has a smaller roster of a available players than usual, in part because of some injuries from the spring. But it’s a clean slate. Sophomore defender Cristina Drossos […]

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