Desert Sure Rainbow Warriors Face Arizona This Week

The University of Hawai’i soccer staff will head to the desert for a match-up in opposition to Arizona of the Big 12, Saturday, Aug. 30 in Tucson, Ariz. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. HT) at Arizona Stadium. The Rainbow Warriors (1-0) are recent off a season-opening walk-off win over Stanford whereas the Wildcats (0-0) will make their season debut. Arizona leads the all-time collection 5-1 nonetheless Hawai’i received the final assembly in Honolulu in 2019.
     

      
SERIES VS ARIZONA
Series Information: ARIZ leads 5-1
            In Honolulu: ARIZ leads 3-1
            In Tucson: ARIZ leads 2-0
Last Meeting: UH, 45-38, Aug. 24. 2019

GAME STORYLINES

• UH opens the season in opposition to energy convention opponents in consecutive weeks for the second time within the final three seasons and seventh time since 2011. The final time Hawai’i swept each video games was in 2019 (Arizona & Oregon State).
• Since 2003, UH has 13 wins over Power Conference groups, 12 of which occurred at house. The lone highway win was at Washington State in 2009, which was performed in Seattle.
• The sport marks UH’s second-ever in opposition to a Big 12 opponent having beforehand performed Colorado in 2010 (L, 13-31 in Boulder, Colo.). Hawai’i has performed a number of different present Big 12 groups previous to their Big 12 membership (Arizona State, BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Houston, and Utah).
• Hawai’i’s final match-up and victory over a present Big 12 staff was in opposition to Houston within the 2020 New Mexico Bowl in Frisco, Texas, when Houston was a member of the American Athletic Conference. UH received 28-14, which marked the Warriors’ final bowl victory.
• Arizona leads the collection, 5-1, together with a 2-0 mark in Tucson, Ariz. The groups final met in Tucson in 2016, with the Wildcats profitable 47-28. The colleges additionally met in Tucson in 1952 (ARIZ, 57-7).
• UH received the final assembly between the groups, 45-38 in Honolulu to open the 2019 season.
• Head coach Timmy Chang now has a 1-6 file in opposition to Autonomous Four convention groups after final week’s season-opening win over Stanford.
• Arizona head coach Brent Brennan was a UH graduate assistant in 1998. He is a primary cousin of former UH record-setting quarterback Colt Brennan.
• The groups are scheduled to satisfy once more in 2029 (Aug. 25) in Honolulu, which is projected to be the primary sport within the New Aloha Stadium.
• Legendary head coach Dick Tomey coached at each Hawai’i and Arizona and on the time he left each establishments, he was every college’s winningest coach within the Division I period — 63 at UH and 95 at UA. Tomey coached Hawai’i for 10 seasons (1977-86) earlier than heading to Arizona for 14 seasons (1987-2000), the latter of which he led to seven bowl appearances.
• QB Micah Alejado has received his final 26 begins courting again to his junior 12 months at Bishop Gorman High School. Aug. 30 will make it 1,100 days since his final loss (Aug. 26, 2022) as a starter.

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