Rainbow Wahine shuts out Air Force on the road, picks up first Mountain West win

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii soccer team wrapped up it’s weekend in Colorado.

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The ‘Bows picked up their first win in the Mountain West, 2-0 over Air Force.

Elation at elevation for Nalani Damacion, who scored twice in the win.

She now ranks second in UH history for the most game-winning goals.

Damacion’s offensive onslaught was coupled with goalkeeper Kennedy Justin’s 9 saves to anchor the clean sheet.

Head coach Michele Nagamine was pleased with the performance after falling to Colorado College earlier in the week.

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“To come in there and have the response that we did, that’s what I’m the most proud of, even if it was we really wanted to get the win, but to see the way that they showed up for each other after a really tough loss on on Thursday,” Nagamine said. “I think it just speaks volumes about the type of people we have on this team.”

The ‘Bows will have a week off before continuing Mountain West play at home against Nevada.

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