The Eastern softball team heads to the islands for six games in four days, as it takes part in the Bank of Hawaii Invitational in Honolulu.

The Panthers (3-6) are coming off a doubleheader sweep over Indiana State on Wednesday at Williams Field.

Sophomore infielder Katy Steele leads the team with a .500 batting average. As a team, the Panthers are batting .278.

Eastern opens up by taking on Loyola-Marymount at 3 p.m. Thursday. The Lions (8-5) are victorious in seven of their last eight and carry a .286 batting average.

Freshman pitcher Kyla Meeks leads the team with .556 batting average in nine games.

The Panthers then take on the San Diego Torreos at 9 p.m. Friday before playing host Hawaii at 11 p.m. to conclude the late-night doubleheader.

The Rainbows (11-10) are hitting .264 as a team, same as their opponents. They carry a 2.46 ERA.

Senior outfielder Tracie Uchima leads four Rainbows who hit over .300 with a .352 batting average.

The Panthers’ only action the following day is an exhibition with Tokyo at 5 p.m.

Eastern has a busy final day in Hawaii, playing two games on Sunday to complete the trip.

First, the Panthers face the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks (6-8) at 1 p.m. Miami has lost five of six.

The trip concludes with Eastern facing Winthrop (13-11) at 3 p.m.