WAIPAHU— For the primary time since October 10, 2019, the College of Hawai’i soccer staff secured a win in entrance of its house crowd with a 2-1 win Thursday night time on the Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Advanced.
The Rainbow Wahine (1-1) claimed its first win in a house opener since 2017 once they took down Utah Valley 2-1 in additional time on August 18. The win strikes the ‘Bows report to 8-13-5 in house openers all-time. The Redhawks (1-1-1) picked up their first lack of the season and moved to 2-2 all-time towards UH.
UH got here out firing within the first half, tallying 9 photographs with 5 on objective, resulting in a 2-0 lead going into the half. The primary objective got here within the twenty fifth minute off the best foot of senior midfielder Eliza Ammendolia. The New South Wales native shot from the highest of the field, however her first try was blocked on contact. Ammendolia collected her rebound and responded with one other rocket off her proper cleat, discovering the online for her first objective of the season, giving UH a 1-0 benefit.
The second objective got here shortly after within the thirty second minute as senior defender Emily Cottrell took a deflection off a 50/50 ball from sophomore ahead Krista Peterson. Cottrell despatched the ball crusing off the again line to a sprinting Amber Gilbert. The redshirt freshman ahead pulled within the move and beat the keeper from the left aspect of the field for her first profession objective.
The Redhawks answered within the opening seconds with a objective of their very own within the forty sixth minute. Brooke Wilson took an help from Caroline Penner, chopping the deficit in half at 2-1.
Each squads traded photographs all through the second, with UH maintaining the general benefit at 13-8, together with seven photographs on objective. In her first profession begin, junior goalkeeper Sophie Augustin collected three saves for her first profession win.
The ‘Bows will likely be in motion on Sunday with Nicholls State at 2 p.m. HT, and it will likely be the primary time the 2 applications have ever confronted each other.
