Visitors Rainy Lae beat Pacific Gardens for first win of season

By ZACHERY PER
RAINY Lae came from behind to record their first win of the Women’s National Soccer League season with a 3-2 victory against hosts Pacific Gardens at the National Sports Institute in Goroka, Eastern Highlands, on Saturday.
Gardens got off to a great start when striker Anga Manopi gave them a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute. But Rainy Lae re-grouped and set up striker Shauom Amos to score the equalizer before halftime.
After the break, Gardens wasted no time in re-gaining the lead through Manopi. But the visitors capitalised on a lapse in concentration by Gardens to score two late goals through Mickelyn Hengdigao and Nerrie Nerik to record their first points of the season.