{"id":214601,"date":"2025-04-27T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=214601"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:36:38","slug":"water-polo-big-west-champs-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/27\/water-polo-big-west-champs-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Water polo claims 2nd straight Big West Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Update April 28, 2025:<\/strong> The Big West champion University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> women\u2019s water polo team, seeded fourth in the nine-team NCAA<\/abbr> Championship bracket, will open tournament play against California on May 9 in Indianapolis in a rematch of last year\u2019s first-round meeting. For more, visit the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Powered by a stifling defensive performance, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s water polo team<\/a> claimed its second consecutive conference title with an 8-6 win over Long Beach State in the Big West Championship final on April 27 at the Anteater Aquatics Complex in Irvine, California.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine broke out to an early lead, UH<\/abbr> goalkeeper Daisy Logtens came up with 14 saves on her way to earning the tournament\u2019s MVP<\/abbr> award, and the Rainbow Wahine (21-4) claimed the Big West\u2019s automatic berth to the National Collegiate Women\u2019s Water Polo Championship with the program\u2019s sixth Big West Championship title.<\/p>\n

Seven UH<\/abbr> players scored in the first half and the top-seeded \u2018Bows shut out the second-seeded Beach over a span of 18 minutes, 24 seconds to take a 7-2 lead into the fourth quarter. Long Beach State made a push with three goals in the final period, but the \u2018Bows maintained the lead and held off the Beach to celebrate back-to-back tournament titles for the first time in program history.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine will make the program\u2019s eighth appearance in the NCAA<\/abbr> tournament set for May 9–11 in Indianapolis. The nine-team bracket will be revealed on April 27 at 2 p.m. Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> time on ncaa.com.<\/p>\n

For more, visit the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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