Home games in caps
UH-HILO
BASEBALL
Thursday
vs. BIOLA, 6 p.m.
Friday
vs. BIOLA, 6 p.m.
Saturday
vs. BIOLA, 4 p.m. DH
GOLF
Men
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.
Pacific West Conference tournament
At Riverside, Calif
Men
Thursday
No. 3 Azusa Pacific vs. No. 6 Chaminade, 3 p.m. HST
No. 4 Point Loma vs. No. 5 Concordia, 5:15 p.m.
Friday
Azusa Pacific-Chaminade winner vs. No. 2 Cal Baptist, 3 p.m.
Point Loma-Concordia winner vs. No. 1 Dixie State, 5:15 p.m.
Saturday
Championship game, 2:30 p.m.
Women
Thursday
No. 3 Dominican vs. No. 6 Cal Baptist, 10:30 a.m.
No. 4 Point Loma vs. No. 5 Concordia, 12:15 p.m.
Friday
Dominican-Cal Baptist winner vs. No. 2 Hawaii Pacific, 10:30 a.m.
Point Loma-Concordia winner vs. No. 1 Azusa Pacific, 12:15 p.m.
Saturday
Championship game, noon
UH-MANOA
Basketball
Men
Thursday
at UC Davis, 5 p.m.
Saturday
at Cal State Fullerton, 1 p.m.
TV: FSNPT
The skinny: The Aggies have won three straight games including a 64-63 home win over UC Irvine following T.J. Shorts’ game-winning basket as time expired … Shorts is averaging 14.8 points per game. … Davis is 9-2 at home this year, while UH is 3-3 in Big West road games.
The ’Bows have won no fewer than three road games in every season since joining the Big West in 2012-13.
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.
TV: Spectrum Sports
The skinny: Fourth in the Big West, Santa Barbara (12-15, 9-6 BIg West) enters as winners of four of its past five games …
The Wahine (11-16, 4-10) are coming off a split on the road where senior guard Sarah Toeaina strung together back-to-back double-doubles for the first time in her career, combining for 38 points and 26 rebounds. … Gauchos’ leading scorer Drew Edelman went for a season-high 27 on Feb. 3 as UH fell 71-61 at Santa Barbara.
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.
Sunday
vs. LOYOLA MARY., 1 p.m.
The skinny: At 5-2, the Rainbow Warriors last opened a season with that record or better in 2007 season when UH won 34 games.
UH’s pitching staff ranks 19th nationally and first in the Big West with a 2.03 ERA.
The Lions (1-7) have a5.83 ERA as a team and are allowing nine hits and 6.3 runs per game.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Friday
vs. CONCORDIA, 7 p.m.
Sunday
vs. CONCORDIA, 5 p.m.
The skinny: Outside hitter Sijn van Tilburg on Wednesday was selected VolleyMob’s National Player of the Week and Off the Block/Molten National Outside Hitter of the Week after averaging 6.00 kills per set and hitting .418 for No. 2 UH (9-2). He tied his career-high with 27 kills on .458 hitting in a four-set series-finale loss to the UC Irvine on Sunday. …
This week’s matches against Concordia-Irvine of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation mark the first meetings between the teams. …
The Eagles (8-6) have won three matches in a row, including a five-set victoryagainst Northridge of the Big West in which Concordia erased six match points.
SOFTBALL
Malihini Kipa Aloha tourney
Wednesday
No. 15 Cal 5, UH 0
The skinny: In the grand reopening of the renovated Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, Kamalani Dung ran her record to 8-0 with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit ball, striking out eight, and Mikayla Coelho hit a two-run home run off of Dana Thomsen as the Golden Bears improved to 16-1.
Thompsen (3-4) worked five innings for the Wahine (6-7).
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.
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.
The skinny: The Wahine (11-2) and Anteaters (4-8) will open Big West play.
