Pair of clean sheets help Justin secure Mountain West Defense Player of the Week
Hawai’i GK Kennedy Justin plays the ball away during a home match. | Photo Credit: Stacy Sur, HSRN
HONOLULU – The leader of the “No Goal Patrol” keeps powering up.
University of Hawai’i junior goalkeeper Kennedy Justin was named the Mountain West’s Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after helping the Rainbow Wahine soccer team extend its winning streak to five straight games over the weekend.
Justin and the Rainbow Wahine picked up two more clean sheets on the most recent road trip, holding San Jose State scoreless on Thursday in a 2-0 victory before escaping UC Davis with a 1-0 decision on Sunday.
The junior posted a pair of saves against the Spartans, turning away both shots on frame by SJSU. She followed it up three days later at Davis with her second-most saves in a single match this year, collecting seven saves against the Aggies for the team’s eighth shutout of the season.
Justin became the third different goalkeeper in the conference to receive Defensive Player of the Week recognition, joining Wyoming senior GK Haley Bartel (3x) and Colorado College senior GK Regan Wallace. She’s also the third different Rainbow Wahine player to earn Mountain West honors this season, joining Olivia Dianda (Freshman of the Week, Aug. 24) and Pana’ewa Cayetano (Freshman of the Week, Sept. 7).
Hawai’i was the lone team in the conference to play multiple matches last week and not give up a goal. Justin’s seven clean sheets in 13 games ranks second-most among all goal keepers in the Mountain West, trailing Wyoming’s Haley Bartel’s eight shutouts across 15 matches.
The Rainbow Wahine will put the five-game win streak on the line when they return home on Saturday, October 24 to host Grand Canyon. The Lopes are riding a two-match win streak of their own and rank second in the conference with 228 shots as a team this year.
𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡 ➡️ 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 Hawai'i's Kennedy Justin earns this week's #MWWSOC Defensive Player of the Week honors! The junior goalkeeper anchored Hawaiʻi to a perfect 2-0 week with shutout victories over San José State and UC Davis. Justin played all 180 minutes in goal, totaling nine saves while recording her sixth and seventh clean sheets of the season. #BuiltBold | #MWWSOC | @HawaiiWSoccer
— Mountain West (@MountainWest) October 19, 2026
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