{"id":87903,"date":"2018-11-28T11:44:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T21:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=87903"},"modified":"2018-12-04T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:01:00","slug":"warriors-face-louisiana-tech-hawaii-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/28\/warriors-face-louisiana-tech-hawaii-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheer on the Warriors in the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-athletics-hawaii-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Football players in front of a Hawaii flag background with the Hawaii Bowl logo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-87904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-athletics-hawaii-bowl.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-athletics-hawaii-bowl-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/index.aspx?path=football\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa Rainbow Warriors<\/a> will represent the Mountain West Conference in the 2018 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl against <a href=\"https:\/\/latechsports.com\/index.aspx?path=football\">Louisiana Tech<\/a> of Conference <abbr>USA<\/abbr> on Saturday, December 22. Kick-off is 5:30 p.m., at Aloha Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/staff.aspx?staff=495\">Nick Rolovich<\/a><\/strong> led the Rainbow Warriors (8-5) to a five-win improvement from last season. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, who finished as runners-up in their conference\u2019s West Division, will make its eighth all-time <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl appearance and second in the last three seasons. The Warriors defeated Middle Tennessee, 52-35, in Rolovich\u2019s inaugural campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is honored to be participating in the 2018 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl,&rdquo; said <abbr>¶«¾«Ó°Òµ<\/abbr> Athletics Director <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/staff.aspx?staff=467\">David A.K. Matlin<\/a><\/strong>. &ldquo;This is a special holiday tradition and an amazing experience for our student-athletes who continue to inspire our state. This game gives us one last chance to thank our fans for all the support they\u2019ve given us throughout the season and a great send-off for our senior class.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re extremely proud to represent our university in the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl,\u201d Rolovich said. &ldquo;We&#8217;re also very excited to rekindle some old WAC (Western Athletic Conference) battles against a very talented Louisiana Tech team on December 22. It could very well be one of the more exciting games of the bowl season.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2018\/11\/28\/football-rainbow-warriors-invited-to-hawai-i-bowl-eighth-bowl-appearance.aspx\">Read more about the upcoming <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl<\/a> at University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> M\u0101noa Athletics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTj1hJGNTjo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kick-off is 5:30 p.m., December 22, at Aloha Stadium versus Louisiana Tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-87903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87903"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88292,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903\/revisions\/88292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}