A highly anticipated season for the University of Hawai‘i baseball team begins on Friday when the 'Bows host Gonzaga for a four-game series, starting on Friday at 6:35 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.
Hawai‘i coach Rich Hill, whose contract was extended in January, enters Year 5 with high hopes. The Rainbow Warriors have not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2010, but with returnees in preseason All-Big West picks Elijah Ickes, Ben Zeigler-Namoa and Isaiah Magdaleno, the 'Bows believe 2026 will be the year.
Tickets for Hawai‘i's series against Gonzaga can be found at this link.
PacWest sports
The Hawai‘i Pacific men's basketball team will host Point Loma on Thursday night at 6:30 at the Shark Tank in a battle between the two top teams in the conference. Tickets can be purchased at this link. Both HPU basketball teams will also host Fresno Pacific on Sunday.
HPU's baseball team will begin PacWest play against Point Loma on Friday, while the softball team will host Cal Poly Humboldt at Sand Island.
Chaminade's basketball teams will host Point Loma on Tuesday, Fresno Pacific on Thursday and Jessup on Saturday. All contests will be held at McCabe Gym. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
Chaminade's baseball team will be at Concordia Irvine on the weekend, while its softball team will play Cal Poly Humboldt following Hawai‘i Pacific's games against the visitors. On Tuesday, Cal Poly Humboldt will play at doubleheader at Hawai‘i-Hilo.
Hawai‘i-Hilo's basketball teams will host Jessup on Thursday and Point Loma on Saturday. Meanwhile, UHH's baseball team will play a road series at Menlo, playing a total of four games combined on Friday and Saturday.
Additional UH sports
The UH men's and women's basketball teams will play Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday. The women will be the home team this week. Tickets can be bought at this link.
The men's volleyball team will play matches at Stanford on Friday and Saturday, while the women's water polo team will play at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational from Friday to Sunday in Irvine, Calif., against opponents to be determined.
HHSAA championships
The HHSAA Division II boys basketball championship game takes place on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center, followed by the Division I championship game. Tickets will be available the night before on GoFan.
Meanwhile, the HHSAA swimming & diving championships will be held on Friday and Saturday at Kamehameha-Hawai‘i.
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Christian Shimabuku can be reached at christian@alohastatedaily.com.
