{"id":143706,"date":"2021-06-15T08:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=143706"},"modified":"2021-06-15T08:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:25:27","slug":"mascot-mania-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/15\/mascot-mania-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo in 2021 mascot mania challenge!"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-tokyodachi-mascot-mania.jpg\" alt=\"mascot logo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-tokyodachi-mascot-mania.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-tokyodachi-mascot-mania-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-tokyodachi-mascot-mania-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyodachi.com\/pages\/2021mascotmania\">Tokyodachi Mascot Mania tournament<\/a> is back, and characters from the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> need your help to win!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hilo-athletics-2021-tokyodachi.jpg\" alt=\"mascot logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-143712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hilo-athletics-2021-tokyodachi.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hilo-athletics-2021-tokyodachi-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head matches for the 256-team field begin June 15. In round 1 of the single elimination tournament, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo plays Normandale Community College from Minnesota on June 20 and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is up against Southern Oregon University on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>To vote, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tokyodachi\/\">Tokyodachi\u2019s Instagram<\/a> and click on its profile photo. This will open Instagram stories where users can select one of two options on a poll at the bottom of each post. To skip forward or backward through the Instagram stories, tap either side of the post. Voting will be available for 24 hours once posted, and results will be shared daily.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/18\/tokyodachi-magical-run-ends\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Athletics &lsquo;H&rsquo; magical run against big programs ends<\/a>, May 18, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s second appearance in the tournament after losing in the quarterfinals in 2020, while <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo is appearing in the Tokyodachi tournament for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-2021-tokyodachi.jpg\" alt=\"mascot logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-143708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-2021-tokyodachi.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-athletics-2021-tokyodachi-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are looking forward to our first year of participating in the Tokyodachi Mascot Mania Challenge,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Athletics Director <strong>Patrick Guillen<\/strong>. &ldquo;This is a fun opportunity for everyone to participate and show our school spirit while also increasing our brand awareness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In our first year of the Tokyodachi tournament, we were pleasantly surprised by the amazing turnout by our fans and university community to finish in the elite eight,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs <strong>Vince Baldemor<\/strong>. &ldquo;Mahalo to all those who put <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> on the map by voting and we are looking forward to friendly, competitive match ups this year&#8212;Go \u2018Bows!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The light-hearted competition is an opportunity to spread the word about <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s characters, and stay engaged on social media with fellow Vulcans and \u2018Bows supporters. The winning campus will earn its own custom Tokyodachi merchandise line. Zephyr designed and created both characters with input from <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s athletic departments.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s quest for the 2020 title<\/h2>\n<p>In 2020, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s character was one of the final eight teams before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual runner up, Fresno State. <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa defeated Washington (round 5), Pittsburgh (round 4), <abbr title=\"University of California Los Angeles\">UCLA<\/abbr> (round 3), Syracuse (round 2) and Radford University (round 1). <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s character had the fifth highest vote total through the quarterfinals with 52,192. More than 1.9 million votes were tallied in the 2020 tournament, with <abbr title=\"University of California\">UC<\/abbr> Irvine coming out on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo plays Normandale Community College from Minnesota on June 20 and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is up against Southern Oregon University on June 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,14,151,9,550],"class_list":["post-143706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","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\/143706","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=143706"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143718,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143706\/revisions\/143718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}