The Hawaii soccer team’s attempt to rally all the way back from a two-goal deficit came up short, as the Rainbow Wahine evened it up with UC Santa Barbara only to see the Gauchos prevail 3-2 today in Santa Barbara, Calif.
UH (7-3-1, 0-2 Big West) came up empty on its two-game road trip to open conference play, extending the program’s league losing streak to 10 going back to last year.
After UCSB (10-1-1, 1-0) scored in the second minute and took a 2-0 lead into halftime, UH freshman Tia Furuta scored her first career goal in the 67th minute on a corner kick assist by Raisa Strom-Okimoto. Furuta then launched an assist ball ahead to the feet of Addie Steiner, who equalized the game at 2-2 in the 84th minute.
But a letdown at the other end less than two minutes later did in the Wahine, as UCSB crossed it into the box and put it in at point-blank range in the 86th.
UH travels home to host UC Riverside on Thursday.
Do so well during preseason but come to conference and not doing well.
Keep on fighting, the wins will come. Go Wahine !!!