After the game, defender Kelly McCloskey still couldn't figure out why she took the game-winning free kick instead of normal kicker Kelli-Anne Chang.

"I was closer. She was lazy and didn't want to run across the field," McCloskey joked.

Chang, who was standing next to her, rebutted with: "Someone just yelled Kelly and she just went and kicked it."

McCloskey's 25-yarder from the right side led the University of Hawai'i women's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Detroit in the Ohana Hotels & Resorts Soccer Invitational last night at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium in front of 382 fans.

Hawai'i (6-2-2) concludes the tournament against Cal State Northridge (4-4) Monday at 5 p.m. Cal State Northridge and Detroit (2-5-0) play tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Sophomore forward Taryn Fukuroku and McCloskey scored goals in each half for the Rainbow Wahine, who finally broke a streak of five straight overtime games.

Fukuroku scored her third goal of the season on a feed from junior defender Koren Takeyama in the 10th minute.

"I had a drought and when you're a forward you're expected to score," Fukuroku said. "I felt bad because we kept going into overtime and everyone was getting super tired."

Sophomore midfielder Kristen Oshiro passed the ball from the right side to junior midfielder Jessica Domingo who was near the top of the center circle. Domingo kept the ball moving to the right by touching the ball to Takeyama, who tripped over the ball on a tackle by a Detroit defender, but managed to gain her balance and slot the ball to Fukuroku, who finished the play on a shot with the outside of her right foot.

"I thought (Takeyama) was going to fall so I was just standing there," Fukuroku said. "Good thing I had a good first touch (to put herself in position to score)."

Detroit evened the game at 1-all when McCloskey tried to clear the ball with a header but the ball instead went to midfielder Megan Canty, who volleyed the ball into the far right corner in the 16th minute. Midfielder Mary Parker was credited with an assist after taking the shot that was blocked and McCloskey headed.

Hawai'i took a 2-1 lead one minute into the second half on McCloskey's goal. Her shot's path was disrupted by sophomore defender Tehane Higa, who attempted to kick it but missed, which threw off goalkeeper Katie Fortenberry and the ball bounced over Fortenberry's head.

"It was all (Higa)," McCloskey said. "She pulled the defenders and the goalkeeper with her. I didn't really score."

After an even first half when Detroit took nine shots to eight by Hawai'i, the Rainbow Wahine outshot the Titans 10-5 in the second half. The Rainbow Wahine had an 8-4 advantage on shots on goal.

"We were very bad in the first half," Hawai'i coach Pinsoom Tenzing said. "Flatter than I've ever seen them. The defense was disorganized and we played with no sense of urgency. We talked about that at halftime and a different team came out on the field. I think except for the flurry at the end, they didn't have a shot on goal.

In the second half, the team played as a unit. The defense moved up with the rest of the team," said Tenzing.

Hawai'i survived numerous opportunities by Detroit in the final portion of the game, including a 30-yard shot by Andrea DiPace from the right side that hit the crossbar with five minutes left.

Early in the first half, Detroit fired off four consecutive shots on goal blocked by the Hawai'i defense. On the counterattack Chang passed a through ball into the penalty box to freshman forward Ambree Ako, but her shot missed wide left.

Note: Hawai'i's Chang, the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, was helped off the field with 10 minutes left in the game because of an apparent left ankle injury. She said she expects to play Monday.

Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.