The University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine had their Super Regional softball game with the University of Alabama postponed on Friday afternoon, due to lightning, rain and high winds in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The game will be made up as part of
The University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine had their Super Regional softball game with the University of Alabama postponed on Friday afternoon, due to lightning, rain and high winds in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader today. According to the UH athletic department, the first game has been scheduled for 6 a.m. Hawaiian (11 a.m. Central), with the second game to be played at 8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. Central).
Both games are set to be televised on ESPNU. They will also be available on ESPN 1420 AM radio.
The time for the third game of the best-of-three series, if necessary, has not yet been determined.
Hawai‘i (47-13, 19-1 WAC) has its work cut out for it, as Alabama (51-9, 23-4 SEC) is the No. 1 seed in the tournament.
The ‘Bows advanced out of the Stanford Regional by sweeping their three games against UC Davis, Stanford and Texas Tech. They got started with the 10-2 win over UC Davis, then held off Stanford, 6-3. They had two games to win one against Texas Tech on Saturday, but took care of business in the opener with another 6-3 victory.
Alabama also swept through the Tuscaloos Regional with a 9-0 win over Alcorn State, a 5-2 win over Lipscomb, then beat Lipscomb again, 6-0, to advance.
This makes six straight years that ‘Bama has made it to the Super Regionals, as the Tide carry a 27-game win streak into today’s action.
This is just the second time the ‘Bows have made it to the Super Regionals in the program’s history. The first was in 2007 when they went up against top-ranked Tennessee, ultimately losing in three games.
