Update April 28, 2025: The Big West champion University of Hawaiʻi women’s water polo team, seeded fourth in the nine-team NCAA Championship bracket, will open tournament play against California on May 9 in Indianapolis in a rematch of last year’s first-round meeting. For more, visit the UH Mānoa athletics website.
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Powered by a stifling defensive performance, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women’s water polo team 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.
The Rainbow Wahine broke out to an early lead, UH goalkeeper Daisy Logtens came up with 14 saves on her way to earning the tournament’s MVP award, and the Rainbow Wahine (21-4) claimed the Big West’s automatic berth to the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship with the program’s sixth Big West Championship title.
Seven UH players scored in the first half and the top-seeded ‘Bows 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 ‘Bows maintained the lead and held off the Beach to celebrate back-to-back tournament titles for the first time in program history.
The Rainbow Wahine will make the program’s eighth appearance in the NCAA tournament set for May 9–11 in Indianapolis. The nine-team bracket will be revealed on April 27 at 2 p.m. Hawaiʻi time on ncaa.com.
For more, visit the UH Mānoa athletics website.
