Rainbow Wahine wrap up Mountain West home opening weekend, downing UTEP, 2-1

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii soccer team wrapped up their Mountain West home opening weekend.

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UH’s Tatum Porter broke the scoring seal just before the half, UH going up, 1-0.

The ‘Bows held strong against their old Western Athletic Conference foes.

After the break, Anuhea Aluli gets the goal for Hawaii to go up, 2-0.

Head coach Michele Nagamine predicted Aluli was due after predicting Piper Bertani’s score in their win against Nevada.

UH’s shutout streak would be broken with UTEP scoring late into the second half.

Hawaii survives a late push by the Miners, final score: 2-1.

The Rainbow Wahine have won their last three straight matches, moving to 3-1 in the MW.

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“The good teams find ways to win and I was really impressed all year just watching these guys, UTEP is very disciplined and there’s a reason they don’t give up a lot of goals,” Head coach Michele Nagamine told Cienna Pilotin following the match. “So for us to find two different ways to score today it was just, it was phenomenal.”

Up next, UH is on the road in California, first against San Jose State, then UC Davis.

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Both matches will be streamed on the Mountain West app.