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Bob Coolen is 1,131-734-1 in 34 seasons as UH coach.
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The Hawaii softball team sent retiring coach Bob Coolen out a winner before the home crowd Saturday by sweeping a regular-season-ending doubleheader from UC San Diego at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Next up for the Rainbow Wahine (31-18; 17-10) is the Big West Championships in Fullerton, Calif. Hawaii finished in a four-way tie for second and will be the No. 5 seed. UH faces fourth seed Long Beach State in the first round at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
In Saturday’s first game, Izabella Martinez drove in three runs and Ellyanna Cinzori had two RBIs as the Rainbow Wahine beat the Tritons 7-4.
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In the second game, Macy Brandl pitched a three-hitter and Liliana Thomas batted 2-for-3 with two RBIs in Hawaii’s 4-3 victory.
The Rainbow Wahine’s Jamie McGaughey hit a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth against the Tritons (15-30, 13-14).
Coolen is 1,131-734-1 in 34 seasons as UH coach.