Moanalua rolled to its second straight Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I girls volleyball championship by sweeping Kahuku 25-18, 25-20, 25-13 in the league tournament final Thursday night at the McKinley gym.

Katy Ehnstrom was a rock in the middle for Na Menehune with seven kills. The 6-foot senior also steadied the team defensively, helping to take away the Red Raiders’ middle attack.

"(On Tuesday) we struggled with our middles (in a four-set semifinal win over Kalaheo), and so we talked about it and worked on it and they came up big," Na Menehune coach Alan Cabanting said. "When our serve started to pick up and the middles (Ehnstrom and Ke’ila Williams) worked the posts from side to side, it put Kahuku out of system and we knew they would have to go to the outside. We adjusted to that."

Both Moanalua (14-0) and Kahuku (12-2) move on to play in the upcoming D-I state tournament.

"I was on the team last year, but didn’t play as much, so this championship feels really great, especially because this is my senior year," Ehnstrom said. "We all really came together and the communication really came together. I really … we all really want to win that state championship. No public school has won it since (Kahuku) in 2002 and we want to do it. Even to beat one of the private (Interscholastic League of Honolulu) schools once would be good."

Jojo Kruize pounded 11 kills for Na Menehune and Hula Cristostomo had three aces, while setters Emily Dulaney and Emree Sato came through with 13 assists apiece.

Dulaney spearheaded the final charge in the third set, setting up Moanalua’s last three kills — by Kruize, Arendia Ruiter and the match-clincher by Williams.

Lauolive Tonga and Carey Williams finished with nine kills each for the Red Raiders, but their effectiveness was at its zenith in the first half of the match. Kahuku’s ShaRae Niu and Laken Te’o delivered 13 assists each.

"They lost to themselves," Red Raiders coach Mounia Tachibana said about her players. "They can outplay anyone, but they have to overcome themselves first. It was a good loss in the sense that they felt the pressure of a championship game. We still have the states."