Visitors to Hawaii are traditionally welcomed with a friendly “Aloha” when they arrive on the Islands.

Aloha also means goodbye.

In this instance, so long to the San Diego State football team’s winning streak.

SDSU had trouble in paradise late Saturday night, making costly penalties and uncharacteristic defensive mistakes while sputtering offensively in a 38-6 Mountain West loss to Hawaii before a sellout crowd of 15,194 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Complex.

The Aztecs (7-2, 4-1 MW) saw their six-game winning streak come to an end amid a persistent rain in Honolulu. SDSU’s first loss in conference play dropped the Aztecs into a first-place tie with idle Boise State (6-3, 4-1), which comes to Snapdragon Stadium for a showdown on Saturday night.

It was a critical win for the Rainbow Warri

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