HONOLULU, Hawaii – Northwest Nazarene men's soccer earned their first win of the season with a 3-1 final over Chaminade.
NNU set the tone early with three shots taken and two of them on goal in the first 10 minutes of the contest. It didn't take long for a ball to reach the back of the net, as
Jim Wagenaar gave the Nighthawks a 1-0 lead in the 13
th minute. The assist to Wagenaar came from
Grady Thurman.
Chaminade's Owen Caba scored a goal just five minutes after Wagenaar to tie the game at 1-1 in the 18
th minute.
Wagenaar scored his second goal of the contest at the start of the second half to put the Nighthawks up 2-1, but he wasn't done there. In the 66
th minute, he assisted
Johnny Ramirez in scoring NNU's final goal of the game.
The Nighthawks took 14 shots (eight on goal) to Chaminade's eight shots (four on goal).
Sawyer Price was in the net all 90 minutes and recorded three saves.
The Nighthawks next matchup is in Grand Junction, Colorado on Thursday, September 7
th against Colorado Mesa.
