HILO, Hawai'i – Vintage Hilo rains struck throughout Sunday, causing a cancellation of both scheduled men's and women's tennis matches between Hawai'i Hilo and HPU.

That didn't stop the celebration for the Vulcans' 10 senior student-athletes — five for the men and five for the women — Lamar Bartley, Ryo Minakata, Luca Matheiowetz, Cian McDonnell, Jacob Gailey, Satoho Toriumi, Nanami Okamoto, Julia Barden, Hikari Osaki and McKenna Mountain.

"All of our seniors play a crucial position for our teams," sixth-year Hawai'i Hilo head coach Kallen Mizuguchi said, making note of Matheiowetz and Osaki as four-year players. "Some players were here for just a couple seasons and already added so much value to the team. Some have been here 3-4 years and have been able to watch as both programs have increased in level and even win a championship."

The Pacific West Conference official qualifying list of teams was released Monday morning with both Vulcans teams coming in at No. 7 for their respective championship event. The same eight men's teams and 12 women's teams are making return trips after competing in last year's tournament.

Teams were selected by a panel of PacWest Conference administrators, represented by two members from each geographical pod (eight total) — Hawai'i, Colorado, Northern California and Southern California. The final seedings for will be announced next Sunday, April 14.