{"id":232677,"date":"2026-04-21T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232677"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:50:28","slug":"taryn-irimata-pitcher-of-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/taryn-irimata-pitcher-of-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine softball\u2019s Irimata earns 4th pitcher of the week honor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Taryn<\/p>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa softball <\/a> pitcher Taryn Irimata continued her standout season, earning her fourth overall and second consecutive Big West Pitcher of the Week honor.<\/p>\n

Irimata led the Rainbow Wahine to a pair of road wins over UC<\/abbr> San Diego, throwing two complete games while posting a 1.00 ERA<\/abbr>. In the series opener, she allowed two runs on six hits with four strikeouts in a 3-2 victory. She followed with a dominant shutout in the series finale, striking out a career-high nine.<\/p>\n

Irimata has won three of her last four starts, all complete games, and improves to 10-8 overall and 8-2 in conference play. She currently leads the conference with a 2.42 ERA<\/abbr> and has held opponents to a .224 batting average with 72 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Irimata\u2019s four weekly honors are the most by a Rainbow Wahine pitcher since Kaia Parnaby earned five in 2013.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This marks Irimata\u2019s second straight Big West Pitcher of the Week award. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":232679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1527,9,550],"class_list":["post-232677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-softball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-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