In the span of two days, contributions came from nowhere to everywhere for the Hawaii women’s soccer team.

Entering their first homestand of the season, the Rainbow Wahine still are riding high after Sunday’s 5-4 win at UNLV, which came on the heels of a shutout loss in the season opener at Nevada.

"I think it really pumped us up," second-year coach Michele Nagamine said. "The kids are excited to play. We love playing out at Waipio (Peninsula Soccer Stadium). Hopefully we get a nice big crowd and really kick the home games off with a bang."

The spread of offensive options looks bountiful for UH (1-1) entering games against Sacred Heart on Friday and Utah Valley on Sunday in the OHANA Hotels and Resorts No Ka Oi tournament.

Nagamine has quickly turned to some of her youngest sources for help, but she’s also received production from two veteran players not considered offensive threats in the past.

"To have young players scoring, to have five different people scoring, especially from the game before on Friday night when we’re like, ‘Oh, I think we’re going to struggle to score goals this year,’ you know, I think they intentionally tried to prove me wrong," Nagamine said. "I like being wrong in those cases."

Senior midfielder Michelle Nakasone and junior defender Chelsea Miyake were among those doing the disproving. They, along with freshman mid Addison Carroll, scored the first goals of their Wahine careers against the Rebels. Forward Tiana Fujimoto and midfielder Krystal Pascua, two sophomores, also found the net.

Nakasone’s unassisted goal in the 72nd minute was ultimately the difference. She was previously 0-for-14 on shots in her career, but Nagamine has turned to the lithe Leilehua High alum off the bench this year and credited her as the team’s "most improved player by far."

Upon the breakthrough score — a lofted shot from the left side that floated in despite the shooter’s field of vision being obstructed — Nagamine described the look of realization on Nakasone’s face like "I’d just told her she won the Megabucks."

The team lamented no one had caught her expression on film or camera, but at this rate this season there should be several more chances.

"I really wanted to get a goal this year," Nakasone said. "That was my goal, because my papa was always like, ‘When are you gonna score, when are you gonna score?’ So it feels great."

UH’s offensive explosion — its most goals in a mainland game since 2008 — came in a 4-5-1 lineup, with Fujimoto the lone player up top to start things off. But Nagamine said her staff would explore several formations going into the weekend, and wouldn’t necessarily fall back on what they used last time.

Nagamine cautioned that Sacred Heart of the Northeastern Conference and Utah Valley of the Great West are not to be taken lightly, despite a lack of name recognition. UH’s two opponents played each other at Waipio on Wednesday night.

UH is awaiting word on the severity of a knee injury to freshman defender Amanda "Ziggy" McCaskill, who went down 23 minutes into the team’s loss at Nevada. McCaskill started the first game of her Wahine career but will be inactive this weekend.

"You never want to see kids get hurt, but if you ARE going to have season-ending injuries — we don’t know if it is or not — it’s good to get it out of the way early so that at least she doesn’t lose the season (of eligibility)," Nagamine said.

Freshman Lidia Battaglia came on for McCaskill and looks to have that job on the back line while the ‘Iolani product recovers.