2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2021
Team:	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Conference:	Big West Conference
Short Conf:	Big West
Record:	24–26
Conf Record:	16–24
Head Coach:	Mike Trapasso
Hc Year:	20th
Asst Coach1:	Mike Brown
Asst Coach2:	Carl Fraticelli
Asst Coach3:	Kila Kaʻaihue
Stadium:	Les Murakami Stadium

The 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Hawaii is competing in the Big West Conference. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at Les Murakami Stadium. Coach Mike Trapasso lead the Rainbow Warriors in his 20th season with the program.

After a strong start, seeing the Warriors nationally ranked, the program finished the season with a 24–26 record.

Previous season

The 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team notched an 11–6 (0–0) regular-season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason

Coaches Poll

The Big West baseball coaches' poll was released on February 10, 2021. Hawaii was picked to finished 7th in the Big West.^[1]

Coaches' Poll
1	UCSB	119 (10)
2	Long Beach State	96
3	UC Irvine	95
4	Cal Poly	94
5	Cal State Fullerton	78
6	CSUN	64 (1)
7	Hawaii	61
8	UC Davis	39
9	UC San Diego	33
10	UC Riverside	29
11	CSU Bakersfield	18

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at Hawaii	Alma Mater
	Head Coach	20	Oklahoma State University (1985)
Mike Brown	Assistant Coach	3	University of Kentucky (2007)
Carl Fraticelli	Assistant Coach	10	Loyola Marymount University (1988)
	Assistant Coach	1	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2020)

Game log

2021 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Baseball Game Log
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = Hawaii team member
Regular Season (24–26)
February (1–2) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources February 26 3:35 p.m. at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium W 3–2 Teixeira (1–0) Osman (0–1) — 1–0 — Box Score Recap February 27 11:05 a.m. ASUL-1 at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium L 5–6 Fall (1–0) Hymel (0–1) Long (2) 0 1–1 — Box Score Recap February 27 3:05 p.m. ASUL-1 at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium L 6–9 Glenn (1–0) Pindel (0–1) Corrigan (1) 0 1–2 — Box Score Recap
March (10–5) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources March 4 6:35 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium W 12–1 Davenport (1–0) Adams (0–1) — 0 2–2 — Box Score Recap March 5 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 14–3 Pindel (1–1) Cortez (0–1) — 0 3–2 — Box Score Recap March 6 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 10–2 Teixeira (2–0) Mayeshiro (0–1) — 0 4–2 — Box Score Recap March 7 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 10–0 Pontes (1–0) Pringle (0–1) — 0 5–2 — Box Score Recap March 12 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Les Murakami Stadium Cancelled (inclement weather) 5–2 — Recap March 13 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 3–2 Dyball (1–0) de Jesús (0–1) — 0 6–2 — Box Score Recap March 13 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 6–2 Halemanu (1–0) Scudder (0–1) Pindel (1) 0 7–2 — Box Score Recap March 14 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 13–0 Pouelsen (1–0) Alcorn (0–1) — 0 8–2 — Box Score Recap March 19 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Les Murakami Stadium W 3–2 Dyball (2–0) D. Harrison (0–1) — 0 9–2 1–0 Box Score Recap March 20 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium W 1–0 Halemanu (2–0) Ramírez (0–1) Turchin (1) 0 10–2 2–0 Box Score Recap March 20 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium W 6–4 Pindel (2–1) Noble (0–1) Pontes (1) 0 11–2 3–0 Box Score Recap March 21 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium L 5–8 Noble (1–1) C. Harrison (0–1) D. Harrison (1) 0 11–3 3–1 Box Score Recap March 26 12:00 p.m. Big West TV Cicerone Field L 0–4 Denholm (2–1) Davenport (1–1) King (1) 0 11-4 3-2 Box Score Recap March 27 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 5–12 Pinto (2–1) Pindel (2–2) — 0 11–5 3–3 Box Score Recap March 27 1:00 p.m. Big West TV at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 3–4 King (2–1) Pontes (1–1) — 0 11–6 3–4 Box Score Recap March 28 1:05 p.m. at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 10–20 ^(7) Brooks (1–0) Ichimura (0–1) — 0 11–7 3–5 Box Score Recap
April (9–8) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources April 2 3:00 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium L 0–3 McGreevy (4–0) Davenport (1–2) — 0 11–8 3–6 Box Score Recap April 3 12:00 p.m. No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 4–5 Boone (5–1) Halemanu (2–1) Benbrook (1) 0 11–9 3–7 Box Score Recap April 3 4:00 p.m. No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium W 6–5 Pouelsen (2–0) Roberts (0–2) Atkins (1) 0 12–9 4–7 Box Score Recap April 4 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 1–9 Callahan (2–1) Hymel (0–2) Dand (2) 0 12–10 4–8 Box Score Recap April 9 3:00 p.m. Big West TV at Riverside Sports Complex W 7–5 Davenport (2–2) Haffar (0–2) Dyball (1) 0 13–10 5–8 Box Score Recap April 10 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex W 7–0 Teixeira (3–0) Tucker (1–1) Halemanu (1) 0 14–10 6–8 Box Score Recap April 10 12:00 p.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex W 13–4 Hymel (1–2) Frazier (0–1) — 0 15–10 7–8 Box Score Recap April 11 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex L 2–9 Anderson (1–0) Pontes (1–2) Marrujo (1) 0 15–11 7–9 Box Score Recap April 16 3:00 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium L 2–5 15–12 7–10 April 17 12:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium L 1–4 15–13 7–11 April 17 4:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium W 11–4 16–13 8–11 April 18 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium L 4–7 16–14 8–12 April 23 3:00 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium W 6–2 17–14 9–12 April 24 12:00 p.m. UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 8–3 18–14 10–12 April 24 4:00 p.m. UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 7–2 19–14 11–12 April 25 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 9–2 20–14 12–12 April 30 2:00 p.m. at Goodwin Field L 4–5 20–15 12–13
May (4–11) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources May 1 9:00 a.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 4–1 21–15 13–13 May 1 1:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 16–8 22–15 14–13 May 2 10:05 a.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 8–2 23–15 15–13 May 14 3:00 p.m. at Matador Field L 1–9 23–16 15–14 May 15 8:00 a.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 0–12 23–17 15–15 May 15 11:35 a.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 3–4 23–18 15–16 May 16 1:00 p.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 2–6 23–19 15–17 May 21 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Les Murakami Stadium L 2–6 23–20 15–18 May 22 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium L 2–4 23–21 15–19 May 22 4:35 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium W 5–2 24–21 16–19 May 23 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium L 2–3 24–22 16–20 May 28 6:35 p.m. at Robin Baggett Stadium L 3–13 24–23 16–21 May 29 1:05 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 4–5 24–24 16–22 May 29 4:35 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 4–14 24–25 16–23 May 30 1:05 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 2–6 24–26 16–24 *Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll|} Rankings See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. 2021 MLB Draft See main article: 2021 MLB Draft. External links Hawaii Baseball ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gauchos Picked To Win 2021 Baseball Championship . bigwest.org . March 25, 2021 . February 10, 2021.