HONOLULU – After a 21-month wait, the Chaminade University women's basketball team finally had a reason to celebrate.
The Silverswords got their first win since January 2025 on Sunday with a 73-62 win over Western Colorado in the seventh-place game of the Hoops in Hawai'i Tip-Off Classic at Saint Louis School's Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Center.
Alyssa Schuetze (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak) came off the bench with a team-best 14 points while
Maddy Weaver (Puyallup, Wash./Puyallup) went 6-of-9 from the field for 12 points while pulling down 10 rebounds for her second career double-double.
Newcomer
Ledjan Pahukoa (Haiku, Maui, Hawai'i/Cal State Monterey Bay/Lahainaluna HS) added 13 points with
Holly Dolny (Melbourne, Australia/Loyola University Chicago/Heathdale Christian College) chipping in with 11 more. Dolny and
Kylie Squier (Branchville, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional) both hit three of the team's 11 3-pointers, the second-most triples in program history.
Madlyn Kassatly led the Mountaineers (0-3) with 17 points.
Chaminade (1-2) trailed for a majority of the first half then went on a staggering 26-3 surge, including a run of 17 straight, spanning the second and third quarters.
Julien Parado (Ewa Beach, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Campbell) and Weaver combined for 13 points during the run.
The 'Swords' lead swelled to as many as 21 in the fourth quarter to give second-year head coach
Travis Brewster his first win as Silverswords' head coach.
Chaminade shot at a 41.1 percent clip, pulled in 38 rebounds and dished out 19 assists. They also forced 23 turnovers, turning them into 19 points and out-scored them 33-9 in bench scoring. The Mountaineers shot 46 percent and had 36 boards while making 13-of-21 free throws.
Weaver and
Ella Kletti (Delwood, Minn./Florida Southern University/Mahtomedi HS) each totaled 24 points during the Tip-Off Classic, operated this year by College Tournaments Hawai'i. It is one of three dual-gender tournaments that NCAA Division II allows prior to Nov. 9, the first day where teams not competing in these tournaments can start their seasons. The men's tournament was held concurrently at McCabe Gymnasium.
Colorado Mesa, ranked No. 2 in the WBCA Preseason Poll, defeated Winona State for the championship.
The Silverswords will see the McCabe Gym floor for the first time this season on Friday, Nov. 13 at the PacWest/GNAC Challenge against the University of Alaska Anchorage, the second meeting between the two teams in two weeks. Tipoff is at 5 p.m.
