{"id":191006,"date":"2024-01-30T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191006"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T22:58:10","slug":"vulcans-softball-baseball-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/30\/vulcans-softball-baseball-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulcans softball, baseball preseason poll announced"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Softball<\/p>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo women\u2019s softball<\/a> team placed No. 6, and the men\u2019s baseball<\/a> team placed No. 7 in the PacWest Preseason Coaches Poll.<\/p>\n

The Vulcan softball team is led by slick-fielding shortstop Jayda Favela, who hit .346 and had 20 stolen bases last season as a sophomore. The Vulcans head coach Aisha Sueda has five starters returning along with transfers Kiani Nakamura and Megan Yorba.<\/p>\n

The Vulcan baseball team secures the No. 7 spot, beating out rival HPU<\/abbr> by just one voting point. Alec Yamauchi is selected as the Third Team pick, however, the team faces the challenge of finding a replacement for five-year star Casey Yamauchi. The team is led by head coach Kallen Miyataki and boasted a 25-19 record in the previous season.<\/p>\n

For more visit women\u2019s softball<\/a> and men\u2019s baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The softball team returns with five starters and outfielder Alec Yamauchi makes Third Team pick. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1491,1527,14,151],"class_list":["post-191006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-softball","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t