The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women’s water polo team placed third in two national polls, marking the highest final ranking in the history of the Rainbow Wahine program and the Big West.
This season’s finish is also the highest for a Big West team since the conference began sponsoring women’s water polo in 2009.
The Big West champion Rainbow Wahine finished 23-4 in Maureen Cole’s farewell season as head coach and advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s National Collegiate Water Polo Championship last week in Berkeley, Calif. UH set a program record with an .852 overall winning percentage and became the first Big West school to reach the NCAA tournament’s final four since the ‘Bows’ semifinal appearance in 2013.
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