UH-Hilo/UH-Manoa glance, Feb. 28

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UH-HILO

BASEBALL

Thursday

vs. BIOLA, 6 p.m.

Friday

vs. BIOLA, 6 p.m.

Saturday

vs. BIOLA, 4 p.m. DH

GOLF

Men

The skinny: The UH-Hilo men’s golf team shot five strokes better Tuesday but remained 12th of 16 teams at Bay Area Invitational in Livermore, Calif.

The Vulcans’ Taylor Patrick closed with a 79 in the final round to finish at 22-over 238 and tied for 31st. Jared Kinoshita (79) was 27-over, Warren Miller (84) was 31-over, Preston Lee-Ching (79) was another shot back and Ryan Roodzant (97) struggled with a 275.

UHH came in at 112-over, 70 shots behind first-place Sonoma State.

Holy Names’ Zach Sims carded a one-shot win at 222.

March 19-20

Battle at Goose Creek, Jurupa Valley, Calif

Women

March 13-14

Dr. Donnis Thompson Intercollegiate, at Kaneohe, Oahu

SOFTBALL

Saturday

vs. BIOLA, noon DH

TENNIS

Men

March 9

vs. BETHEL, 1 p.m.

Women

March 9

vs. BETHEL, 9 a.m.

UH-MANOA

Basketball

Men

Thursday

at UC Davis, 5 p.m.

Saturday

at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.

TV: FSNPT

The skinny: The Rainbow Warriors can finish no higher than a tie for fourth and no lower than sixth by the end of the regular-season.

UC Davis, meanwhile, can capture at least a share of the Big West title with a pair of wins this week. In the first meeting in Honolulu on Jan. 20, Hawaii defeated the Aggies, 77-72.

Big West standings

W-L W-L

UC Irvine 11-4 16-15

UC Santa Barbara 10-4 21-7

UC Davis 10-4 19-9

Cal St.-Fullerton 9-5 16-10

Hawaii 7-7 16-11

Long Beach St. 7-7 13-17

Cal Poly 4-10 9-19

UC Riverside 3-11 8-20

CS Northridge 3-12 6-23

Women

Thursday

vs. UC SANTA BARBARA, 7 p.m.

March 3

vs. CAL POLY, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL

Thursday

vs. LOYOLA MARY., 6:30 p.m.

TV: Spectrum Sports

Friday

vs. LOYOLA MARY., 6:30 p.m.

TV: Spectrum Sports

Saturday

vs. LOYOLA MARY., 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

vs. LOYOLA MARY., 1 p.m.

The skinny: After splitting with one 2017 West Coast Conference co-Champion in BYU, UH (5-2) faces the other to close a season-opening homestand, but the Lions got off to a 1-6 start after reaching NCAA regionals in 2017.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Sunday

UC Irvine 3, UH, 1

Friday

vs. CONCORDIA, 7 p.m.

Sunday

vs. CONCORDIA, 5 p.m.

SOFTBALL

Malihini Kipa Aloha tourney

Wednesday

vs. NO. 15 CAL, 7 p.m.

TV: Spectrum Sports

Thursday

vs. LONGWOOD, 6 p.m.

Friday

vs. EAST CAROLINA, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

vs. UTEP, 5 p.m.

Sunday

vs. UTEP, 2 p.m.

vs. JAMES MADISON, 4 p.m.

The skinny: The tournament is the debut of the newly renovated Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Junior third baseman Nicole Lopez leads UH (6-6) with a .410 batting average. She has hit safely in 11-of-12 games this season.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

March 8

at UCLA, 7 a.m. HST

at Loyola Marymount, 10 a.m.

WATER POLO

Saturday

vs. UC IRVINE, 6 p.m.