{"id":211605,"date":"2025-03-03T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=211605"},"modified":"2025-03-03T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:54:18","slug":"vernoux-bw-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/03\/vernoux-bw-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Water polo: Vernoux earns Big West Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa women\u2019s water polo<\/a> attacker Ema Vernoux was named Big West Water Polo Player of the Week on February 26 after scoring a team-high 14 goals over four matches at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational.<\/p>\n

The freshman led the Rainbow Wahine to a 3-1 record and third-place finish in the tournament against top-ranked teams. She scored four goals in UH<\/abbr>\u2019s historic 8-5 win over No.<\/abbr> 3 UCLA<\/abbr>, their first victory over the Bruins since 2011.<\/p>\n

Vernoux totaled 14 goals across the tournament, including a game winner against No.<\/abbr> 4 California. She now leads UH<\/abbr> with 43 goals, ranking third in the Big West. UH<\/abbr> moved up to No.<\/abbr> 3 in national polls and begins Big West play on March 7 at UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n

For more on Vernoux, go to HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ema Vernoux led UH<\/abbr> water polo to a historic win, and tallied 14 goals in four games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,714,9,550,1575],"class_list":["post-211605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-water-polo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t