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Tough loss fuels Rainbow Wahine water polo

By Jason Kaneshiro on March 20, 2017

Perched high above the pool, Hawaii head coach Maureen Cole had a clear view of the Rainbow Wahine water polo team’s resilience in a win over Indiana on Saturday. Given a red card late in UH’s controversial loss to No. 1 USC on Friday, Cole was restricted from the pool deck for the following match and observed the 11-5 Rainbow Wahine victory over the Hoosiers from the roof of the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex while assistant Katie Teets managed the […]

UH water polo hosts No. 1 USC in home debut

By Jason Kaneshiro on March 17, 2017

Maureen Cole crafted the University of Hawaii water polo team’s 2017 schedule to test the Rainbow Wahine. Sure, UH’s sixth-year head coach would have preferred to see a few close losses tilt the other way in a 9-8 season to date. But Cole remains focused on the benefits of learning through challenges. “The way you get to become the best is to play the best consistently,” Cole said. “So we don’t have a fluff schedule, that’s for sure.” After playing […]

Depth drives Rainbow Wahine water polo

By Jason Kaneshiro on January 20, 2017

Now in her 11th year with the Rainbow Wahine water polo program, Maureen Cole can’t recall a pool of talent quite this deep. Along with returning nearly the entire roster off last year’s 20-8 team, the Wahine welcome back three redshirts who ranked among the top four scorers of the 2015 Big West title team while adding a promising freshman class to the mix. “I hate to get ahead of myself, but this is by far been the deepest Hawaii […]

Wahine water polo faces LBSU in home finale

By Jason Kaneshiro on April 15, 2016

Senior night will have to wait — about a year — for the University of Hawaii water polo team. Without a senior on a young roster, the Rainbow Wahine will close the home schedule on Saturday without the traditional postgame farewells. In the meantime, the Wahine continue the growth process as they head toward the postseason. “This is a young team and it takes a long time to gel,” UH coach Maureen Cole said. “Last year’s team had a bunch of girls […]

Wahine edge Cal, Michigan on opening day

By Jason Kaneshiro on January 22, 2016

Rainbow Wahine freshmen Julia Barton and Femke Aan both scored three goals in their collegiate debuts to lead the seventh-ranked UH water polo team to a 10-9 win over No. 4 California to open the UC Santa Barbara Winter Invitational today in Santa Barbara, Calif. UH fell behind 5-2 in the second quarter and rallied behind Aan’s three third-quarter goals to take an 8-7 lead going into the fourth. Cal reclaimed a 9-8 lead with 5:41 left and UH freshman […]

Water Polo: Barr named second-team All-American

By Jason Kaneshiro on June 26, 2015

University of Hawaii sophomore Chloe Barr led a group of four Rainbow Wahine players named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-American teams on Friday. Barr, the Big West Player of the Year, made the All-America second team after scoring a league-high 52 goals. She closed the season by scoring five goals in three matches at the NCAA championships. UH senior Zoe Respondek, junior Paula Chillida Esforzado and sophomore Claire Nixon were honorable mention picks. Chillida Esforzado, a […]

Video: Wahine prepare for NCAA tournament

By Stan Lee on May 7, 2015

The Rainbow Wahine water polo team prepares for the NCAA tournament in Palo Alto, Calif. Hawaii, the Big West champion, opens against USC on Friday. Click here for the tournament website.

Rainbow Wahine eager for rematch with USC

By Jason Kaneshiro on April 27, 2015

Hawaii will open its fifth appearance in the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship against a familiar nemesis. A day after a dramatic overtime victory over UC Irvine in the Big West tournament final, the Rainbow Wahine (18-8) were paired with USC (22-5) in first-round of the 10-team tournament and will have to end a lengthy losing streak against the Trojans to advance to the semifinals. USC leads the all-time series between the programs 36-3 and has won 15 straight […]

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