MISSOULA, Mont. – The University of Hawai'i soccer team continues its two-week long road trip with the Montana Invitational on Sept. 19 and 21. The Rainbow Wahine (3-5) face Eastern Washington (2-2) on Sept. 19 and host Montana (3-4) on Sept. 21. Both matches start at 1:00 p.m. MT/9:00 a.m. HT.

The Rainbow Wahine have already played two other Big Sky opponents to start their trip, splitting a pair of matches at Weber State and Idaho State.  T.J. Reyno scored the game-winner 30 seconds into overtime to lift UH to a 4-3 win at Weber State to start the trip on Sept.  12. UH looked poise to bag its second straight road win two days later at Idaho State, but could not hold on to a two-goal lead in an eventual  5-4 loss to the Bengals.

UH's kicks off the Montana Invitational against an Eastern Washington squad which will be playing its first match in a two weeks. The Eagles last played on Sept. 5, falling at Seattle 4-1. The Rainbow Wahine defeated Seattle earlier this year in Honolulu, 2-1, in overtime.  This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the squads.

UH and Montana will also meet for the fourth time ever and first time since 2008. The teams share two common opponents in Texas and Washington State. UH fell to those squads by 2-1 and 3-1 counts, respectively, while the Grizzlies lost to both by identical 2-0 scores. Montana has played all of its first seven matches on the road and will play at home for the first time this year.

This will be UH's second appearance in Montana after going 2-0 in the 2004 Montana Fall Classic with wins over New Mexico (1-0) and Gonzaga (3-0).

UH has been lethal offensively, averaging 2.12 goals per match, including eight combined goals in its first two road matches. Eight different players have scored for UH, led by Sonest Furtado, Storm Kenui and Krystal Pascua with three goals each. The 'Bows, however, have been porous on defense, surrendering 3.37 goals per match.  
 
Montana Invitational
Match 9
Opponent: Eastern Washington
Date: Friday, Sept. 19
Time: 1:00 p.m. MT/9:00 a.m. HT
Series History: EWU leads, 2-1
Live Stats and Video: GoGriz.com
 
Match 10
Opponent: Montana
Date: Sunday, Sept. 21
Time: 1:00 p.m. MT/9:00 a.m. HT
Series History: UM leads, 2-0-1
Live Stats and Video: GoGriz.com
 
'Bow Bits: UH is tied for first in the Big West in goals scored (17) and second in goals per match (2.12)…UH has scored nearly as many goals through the first eight matches as it did all of last year (18 goals in 17 matches)…on the flipside, UH has surrendered 27 goals, eight more than gave up all of last season…Sonest Furtado became just the third Rainbow Wahine freshman in the last 13 seasons to score multiple goals in a match when she netted two at Idaho State…she joins Tiana Fujimoto (2011) and Natasha Kai (2002)…UH leads the Big West in saves per match (4.25) with both Erica Young and Monk Berger topping the individual charts and 4.0 spg…UH is 2-0 in overtime matches this year with wins versus Seattle and at Weber State…prior to this season, UH had won just once in its previous seven OT matches.