UH setter Rosenthal adds to awards count

With the Big West set to announce its season awards in men’s volleyball on Wednesday, one Rainbow Warrior has been the best at his position nearly every week for the entire season.

Hawaii junior Tread Rosenthal was named the Big West Setter of the Week for the 11th time out of 16 chances on Monday.

In three of the five weeks the award was given to someone else, Rosenthal didn’t play.

Rosenthal has collected 23 weekly BWC awards in his three-year career, including one defensive award and six freshman awards.

Rosenthal directed the UH offense to a .341 hitting percentage in a two-match sweep of No. 18 Cal State Northridge over the weekend to clinch the outright regular-season Big West title for the second time in school history.

Rosenthal also led the second-ranked Rainbow Warriors in blocks and digs with 13 each against the Matadors.

Hawaii remained No. 2 in this week’s AVCA national rankings and is No. 1 in the RPI and No. 2 in the KPI rankings.

UH (26-4) will next play Friday in the first semifinal of the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championships against the winner of Thursday’s first-round match between No. 4 seed UC Santa Barbara and No. 5 seed UC San Diego.

The five-match tournament will take place at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.

Irimata is top BWC pitcher a fourth time

For the fourth time this season, the University of Hawaii’s Taryn Irimata is the Big West Softball Pitcher of the Week.

The Campbell graduate, who is in her first year with the Rainbow Wahine after transferring from Nevada, has won the award the past two weeks.

Irimata earned the award, issued Monday, by winning twice last week at UC San Diego, both compete games, in the Rainbow Wahine’s sweep of the Tritons. She allowed two runs across her 14 innings in a 3-2 win over UCSD on Friday and a 1-0 victory in Saturday’s second game of a doubleheader. She allowed 11 hits total, with four walks and 13 strikeouts, including a career-high nine in the finale

Irimata leads the Big West with a 2.42 ERA (across all games).

UH’s sports information department says no Wahine hurler had won four Pitcher of the Week awards in a season since Kaia Parnaby won five in 2013.

The Rainbow Wahine (23-18, 15-6 BWC) host Cal Poly (10-30, 4-17) in a doubleheader Friday and a single game Saturday.

UH 17 back of leader Cal Poly in BWC golf

The Univeristy of Hawaii is in seventh place after the second day of the 2026 Big West Women’s Golf Championship at Ka‘anapali Golf Courses on Maui.

Cal Poly is in the lead at 5 over on the par-72 course, and the Rainbow Wahine are 17 strokes back in the three-day event. UH was fourth after a strong opening day (5 over total) on Sunday but shot 17 over on Monday. UC Davis is in second, two back of the Mustangs, and Long Beach State is six off the lead.