UH Hilo kicked off a critical week in southern California with a 3-0 win over Biola, after bouncing Holy Names earlier in the week in Hilo, 4-0. Teani Arakawa had two scores against the Eagles and had a goal and an assist against the Hawks to earn Player of the Week honors. Meanwhile Chaminade goalkeeper Naomi Takata made it a Hawai`i sweep after keeping Fresno Pacific and Azusa Pacific scoreless to gain Defender of the Week honors.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hawai`i Hilo’s Teani Arakawa, F, 5-1, Soph., Makawao, Hawai`i                        
Vulcan sophomore Teani Arakawa had a big week for Hawai`i Hilo, helping her team remain unbeaten while also kicking off an all-important southern California swing. The Big Island native scored and added an assist in a 4-0 victory over Holy Names in Hilo, despite coming off the bench and playing just 42 total minutes. In La Mirada, the South Dakota State transfer scored twice before 21 minutes had elapsed off the clock to put the Vulcans ahead of the Eagles, 3-0. On the season, Arakawa is fourth on the high-scoring UH Hilo team with 12 points.

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Chaminade’s Naomi Takata, GK, 5-5, Jr., Honolulu, Oahu                           
Junior goalkeeper Naomi Takata has been a wall in the net for the resurgent Chaminade Silverswords, most recently keeping Fresno Pacific and Azusa Pacific off the scoreboard. CUH topped the Sunbirds 2-0 on Oahu before beginning their southern California trip with a 0-0 deadlock at Azusa. Takata had two saves against FPU and three versus the Cougars, but more impressively she has allowed just one goal in the last 540 minutes and the one goal was on a penalty kick against Holy Names. She hasn't allowed a non-PK goal since Sept. 23 at Hilo which gives her a streak of 552:23 straight minutes of not allowing a score with a running clock.

VULCANS RIP HAWKS, EAGLES : The PacWest Team of the Week is the HAWAI`I HILO VULCANS. Outscoring Holy Names and Biola last week by a total tally of 7-0, the No. 9 nationally ranked squad improved to 11-0-2 on the season and to 6-0-1 in the PacWest. Daelenn Tokunaga scored twice against the Hawks, and also scored the first goal of the match against Biola, less than two minutes into the fray. The victory against Biola gave head coach Gene Okamura his 50^th career win, and also continued momentum for a team that will finish the regular season this week at Point Loma (Monday), Concordia (Thursday) and Azusa Pacific (Saturday). On the entire season, the Vulcans have outscored their opponents 35-4. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: The Vulcans were the only team to go 2-0 in what was a short week with just eight matches. But there were other impressive outings, most notably Concordia’s 2-0 victory over Point Loma. It was the Sea Lions’ first loss in conference play but their second setback to the Golden Eagles this season…Riley Walkington and Jadenn Carrillo had goals in that contest and keeper Riley Urquiza had five saves in the shutout…CUI’s big win tightened the PacWest race even more. Heading into a huge week of matches in SoCal, UH Hilo leads with a 6-0-1 mark, followed by Chaminade at 4-0-2, Point Loma (4-1), Fresno Pacific (4-3), Azusa Pacific (3-1-2), Concordia (3-1-1) and Hawaii Pacific (2-2-1)…It’s a massive week for the Hawai`i schools and the SoCal schools they play this week. Six of the top seven teams will face each other this week in the southland…APU edged rival Biola last week 1-0 on Bethany Tee’s score. BU goalkeeper Savanna Tavares had six saves in a losing cause…Fresno Pacific blasted Hawaii Pacific 4-1, with scores coming off the foot of four different players…Holy Names had the highest score of the week, taking down Academy of Art (6-2). Six different players scored for the Hawks, who had a 4-0 lead at halftime…In last week’s United Soccer Coaches national rankings, Dallas Baptist held the top spot. West Region teams in the Top 25 included Western Washington at No. 7, UH Hilo at No. 9, Point Loma at 16 and Northwest Nazarene at 25^th.

LOOKING AHEAD: It’s a huge week in the PacWest as the top teams in the conference vie for a title banner and postseason berths. Today’s (Monday) matches include UH Hilo at Point Loma, Hawaii Pacific at Concordia, and Chaminade at Biola. On Wednesday, HPU goes to Azusa Pacific and Holy Names travels to Dominican. On Thursday, Chaminade will be in San Diego to take on the Sea Lions, the Vulcans will be at Concordia and Academy of Art will be in Fresno. The week wraps up on Saturday with UH Hilo at Azusa, the Sharks at Point Loma, Chaminade at Concordia and Dominican at Fresno Pacific…This Wednesday (Oct. 26) will be the first official NCAA regional rankings, from which the eventual six teams will be chosen for postseason play. Last week, eight teams were listed in alphabetical order, and included in that eight were UH Hilo, Point Loma and Concordia.