UH softball: Iwata named Big West player of the week
UC Riverside baserunner Dionne Anderson tries to steal second but is tagged out by Hawaii shortstop Jessia Iwata in the third inning of the second game of a doublheader between UC Riverside and the University of Hawaii at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
University of Hawaii shortstop Jessica Iwata was named Big West Softball Field Player of the Week today.
Iwata, a senior, hit .500 with an .857 slugging percentage and drove in four runs to help the Rainbow Wahine to a 4-0 week. The Big West award is Iwata’s second in the last three weeks.
Iwata went 2-for-4 with a double in UH’s 8-1 win at Cal State Bakersfield last Tuesday and went 5-for-6 with four RBIs in the final two games of a three-game sweep at Cal Poly over the weekend.
Iwata hit a game-tying home run in the fourth inning of the middle game of the Cal Poly series and drove in another run in a 3-1 win. She went 3-for-3 and accounted for both RBIs in UH’s 2-1 win in the series finale on Saturday.
Iwata raised her batting average to .313 and is tied for second on the team with 31 RBIs.
UH (37-8, 14-1 BWC) leads the conference standings and opens a three-game series against second-place Long Beach State on Friday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
