{"id":232906,"date":"2026-04-23T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232906"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:11:31","slug":"uh-hilo-womens-golf-pacwest-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/23\/uh-hilo-womens-golf-pacwest-title\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo women\u2019s golf captures 2026 PacWest title"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hilo-womens-golf-pacwest.jpg\" alt=\"U H Hilo women&#039;s golf\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-232908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hilo-womens-golf-pacwest.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hilo-womens-golf-pacwest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hilo-womens-golf-pacwest-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\">women\u2019s golf<\/a> team won the 2026 Pacific West Conference Championship at Aliante Golf Club, marking the program\u2019s second conference title.<\/p>\n<p>The Vulcans held steady in second place through the first two rounds before delivering a strong final-round score of 295 (&#43;7), finishing the tournament at &#43;31 (895) to clinch the team victory.<\/p>\n<p>Elle Otani led the way for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo, tying for fourth overall at &#43;4 with rounds of 74, 73, and 73. Otani closed with a par on the final hole, sealing the win as teammates rushed to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>Kiersten Saludares placed eighth at &#43;9, followed by Kailee McKee in ninth at &#43;10 and Trinity Ledgerwood tied for 10th at &#43;11. Kieran Florino bounced back from a difficult second round to post a one-over finish in the final round, contributing to the team\u2019s decisive push.<\/p>\n<p>The team will now compete in the <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> West Regional tournament in Colorado, May 4&#8211;6.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/news\/2026\/4\/22\/womens-golf-captures-2026-pacwest-championship.aspx\">Hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle Otani led the Vulcans, while a balanced team effort secured the victory at Aliante Golf Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":232908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1537,1683,14,151],"class_list":["post-232906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-golf","tag-hilo","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hilo-womens-golf-pacwest.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232938,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232906\/revisions\/232938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}