Rainbow Wahine soccer shuts out Nevada, 3-0 at home
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The good times continue to roll for the University of Hawaii soccer team.
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The ‘Bows pouring on the points, shutting out Nevada, 3-0 in their Mountain West home opener.
UH keeping their composure in a physical battle at UH Lower Campus Field.
“It was kind of the clash of the titans,” UH head coach Michele Nagamine told K5’s Cienna Pilotin following the match. “When you get two teams that are really hungry for the ball, you know, that’s kind of what happens.”
Defender Piper Bertani broke the scoring seal for the Rainbow Wahine soccer team just before the end of the first half, scoring her first career goal.
Bertani making good on a feeling that coach Nagamine had when she woke up on Wednesday morning.
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“She had a feeling I was gonna score and right before the game she told me and I was like, I had that same feeling too,” Bertani said. “I was like, What are you gonna give me, coach? And she’s like, I’ll stand at the 50 and give you a hug.”
Freshman Olivia Dianda and fellow defender Laule’a Ah Mook Sang were the other two goal scorers.
UH moves to 2-and-1 in the conference,
“It’s the best feeling like our team, I’ve never been on a team that wants it so bad, we love each other,” Bertani said. “We want to do it for each other and the 3 points means a lot at home, especially for our first conference game in the Mountain West here.”
They now look towards their game against UTEP on Sunday, coverage on K5 begins at 2:30 p.m. Hawaii time.
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