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Saige Kaahaaina-Torres had 18 kills and Elena Oglivie added 14 to lead Iolani to a convincing sweep of Kahuku in the semifinals of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Division I Girls Volleyball State Championships at McKinley's Student Council Gymnasium Friday night.

The scores were 25-13, 25-6 and 25-8.

The Raiders improved to 9-7 on the season with their fifth consecutive win and will have a chance to defend their state crown when they face top-seeded Kamehameha in the 7 p.m. final at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena Saturday.

The Red Raiders, who were coming off consecutive five-set wins in their first two state tournament matches — including Thursday's upset of No. 2 seed Moanalua — fell to 12-6 and will face Kapolei for third place at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Kaahaaina-Torres, the reigning All-Hawaii Player of the Year, hit an astronomical .412 for the match. She had a match-high 34 attempts and committed only four errors to go with nine digs and three aces.

Iolani excelled at the service line, where they recorded 10 aces to just one error.

"I definitely think we served really tough," Raiders coach Kainoa Obrey said. "If we didn't get an ace, we put them in a tough situation in terms of trying to run their system. I thought we also passed well on our side, so as basic as it may sound, I think the serve and pass really did it for us."

Sophomore Elena Oglivie hit .400 with 14 kills and two errors on 30 swings. She also dug a match-high 12 balls.

Iolani sophomore outside hitter Elena Oglivie hit .400 with 14 kills and two errors on 30 swings in a straight set win over Kahuku. She also dug a match-high 12 balls. Greg Yamamoto | SL    Purchase image

Iolani had 37 digs to Kapolei's 27.

Libero Naya Dong posted eight digs, five assists and three aces.

"Naya's very important, especially on serve-receive. Between her and Elena, they kind of stabilize our passing," Obrey said. "Naya is consistent with her serving. She'll hit her spot and is someone we can depend on in that situation and she just kind of does her job. She's not overly vocal, but she just does her job digging, receiving and then serving, so we're happy about it."

Dong served up three consecutive aces that was part of an 11-2 run that helped the Raiders close out the opening set.

"We watched them (against Moanalua Thursday) and we just had a plan," Dong said. "We knew that they were going to be tough and we just focused in practice. I think that's what was really good for us — we just thought that every point counted — and I feel like we really planned well."

"It really started with the serve. If we can serve them tough, we thought we could get them to be a little more predicable and take away a couple options, so that did helped us and then from there, you know, our kids are students of the game, so we deliver some strategy and some scouting report and it's cool that they can transfer it and get it going in a match," Obrey said.

There was little drop off in the third set.

The Raiders seized an 11-2 lead and extended it to 16-3 after Kaahaaina-Torres' kill out of the back row capped a 5-0 run.

It was a stark turnaround from Thursday's quarterfinal win over Kamehameha-Maui, when Iolani sputtered early in game 3 before rallying for the sweep.

"That was really nice, really nice," Obrey said. "I think between each we refocused, got back to the game plan and it was nice to see us come out in the beginning of sets two and three and be able to execute as well."

The match actually got off to a shaky start for the Raiders as Kaaahaaina-Torres was blocked on her first four attempts.

"It didn't really affect us, it kind of just made us stronger to be more disciplined and I think having Saige, telling her to swing high, she eventually found it which was really good and I think it just helped everyone be more disciplined," said junior setter Kristen McDaniel, who had 29 assists, four digs, three kills and two aces.

Dong agreed.

"We really have confidence in Saige, and we really try to cover the ball, but when she got blocked we knew we had her back and I think just every point we just kept anticipating that," Dong said.

Kahuku coach Mounia Tachibana said the match started off according to plan, but eventually slipped away.

"We did have a plan, to be honest, and that plan should have worked — it would have worked if discipline was involved on our side, for sure," Tachibana said. "We went through it, the coaches did their homework, for sure, but it's different when it comes to the girls executing in such a high-pressure (environment), not only with playing an ILH team — a good ILH team — and pressure with being under such a big spotlight and then pressure within themselves as well. Knowing that they can, but doing it is a different story."

Kahuku committed more errors (20) than it had kills (17) and hit negative .036 for the match.

Lauolive Tonga had five kills and Skyy Botelho added nine digs to lead the Red Raiders.

Iolani hit .390 for the match. It committed just seven errors on 82 attacks.

It was the third consecutive year that the teams met in the semifinals of the state tournament, with Iolani winning each time.

The Raiders will try for second straight state title and third overall Saturday night.

"We're really excited for this and that's what we wanted for Saige, because she's the only senior, and I think just all of us collectively are really excited to play for the state championship again," Dong said.

Iolani and Kamehameha will meet in the final for the third consecutive season.

The Warriors won in five sets in 2015, while the Raiders won in four last year.

The teams have played four times already this season, with Kamehameha winning each of the previous three meetings.