HILO, Hawai'i – A 28-game slate awaits the Hawai'i Hilo Women's Basketball team, including two exhibitions against Division-I opponents right at home at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
The Vulcans open the season by hosting UH Manoa for an exhibition on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. before starting official competition with a home non-conference matchup against HPU (Nov. 10). Hawai'i Hilo will not leave the state until its first Pacific West Conference road trip in late January. Included in the non-conference home stand is four matches as part of the annual Big Island Holiday Classic during Thanksgiving week and near the end of December.
The second Division-I exhibition features Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
With the addition of three new members to the PacWest Conference, the regular season is no longer formatted for equal home and away contests. This winter, the Vulcans will only have single matchups against Westmont, Biola, Azusa Pacific, Vanguard, Fresno Pacific and Dominican.
Start times for home doubleheaders during PacWest play has been moved back 30 minutes to 5:30 p.m.
The top six teams will once again qualify for the PacWest Conference Championships postseason tournament set for March 6-8 at Dominican's Conlan Center in San Rafael, California.
Last season, Hawai'i Hilo made a late push by taking victories in seven of its last nine contests but just narrowly missed out on a trip to the postseason tournament.
2024-25 Women's Basketball Opponents
| SCHOOL |
23-24 RECORD |
POSTSEASON |
| UH Manoa (DI) |
20-11 (No. 1 Big West) |
Big West Tournament Semifinal Round |
| HPU |
7-19 (No. 10 PacWest) |
- |
| Western Oregon |
10-13 (No. 9 GNAC) |
- |
| Northern State |
20-9 (No. 4 NSIC) |
NSIC Tournament Quarterfinal Round |
| Chaminade |
4-22 (No. 11 PacWest) |
- |
| Eastern Kentucky (DI) |
22-12 (No. 5 ASUN) |
ASUN Tournament Semifinal Round |
| Douglas College (CCAA) |
12-12 (No. 4 PACWEST) |
PACWEST Tournament Champions |
| Western Washington |
24-7 (No. 2 GNAC) |
GNAC Tournament Champions
NCAA West Regional Semifinal Round |
| Truman State |
7-21 (No. 13 GLVC) |
- |
| Concordia Irvine |
13-14 (No. 5 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament First Round |
| Westmont |
12-16 (No. 8 PacWest) |
- |
| Point Loma |
17-13 (No. 3 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Semifinal Round
NCAA West Regional First Round |
| Biola |
15-14 (No. 6 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament First Round |
| Azusa Pacific |
29-4 (No. 1 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Champions
NCAA West Regional Semifinal Round |
| Vanguard |
21-6 NAIA (No. 1 GSAC) |
GSAC Tournament Runner-Up |
| Academy of Art |
6-20 (No. 9 PacWest) |
- |
| Menlo |
20-9 NAIA (No. 2 GSAC) |
GSAC Tournament Semifinal Round |
| Fresno Pacific |
22-9 (No. 2 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Runner-Up |
| Jessup |
22-8 NAIA (No. 4 GSAC) |
GSAC Tournament First Round |
| Dominican |
20-10 (No. 4 PacWest) |
PacWest Tournament Semifinal Round |
