Chase for the Championship
McKinley, Kalani victorious in D2 first round


 





OIA teams were victorious in the opening round of the New City Nissan Division II Girls Volleyball Championships Wednesday night.

McKinley outlasted fifth-seeded Konawaena in five sets while OIA runner-up Kalani bested La Pietra in four sets in a pair of first round matches at Kaimuki's Gymnasium.

Atiyona Mose recorded a match-high 26 digs and had 15 kills and two aces to lead the Tigers in a 25-16, 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 15-11 win over the Wildcats. She was one of three players to finished with two aces and with 10 or more kills. The other two were Kaimana Bothelo-Patoc (15 kills, six digs) and Jada Dias (10 kills, 18 digs, two assists).

Malie Grace had a match-high 19 kills with 17 digs to lead Konawaena in the loss.

In the second first-round match at Kaimuki, Maya Hamaoka put down 24 kills with 17 digs to power the Falcons to a 23-25, 27-25, 25-16, 25-16 win over the Panthers. Rayne Selhorst added 11 kills and Kailee Wakatake recorded a match-high 30 digs to round out Kalani's top contributors.

Leading the Panthers in the loss was Logan Yogi, who had a triple-double of 12 kills, 20 digs and 11 assists.

The Tigers advances to meet fourth-seeded Seabury at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Kaimuki. The Falcons will take on top-seeded Damien following the conclusion of McKinley's quarterfinal match.




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