Jacob Summers pounded 11 kills and Jon Stanley Jr. hammered 10 as Kaiser advanced to the OIA boys volleyball semifinal round with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-22 sweep of Radford on Thursday night at the Waianae High gym.

The Cougars were too streamlined and efficient for the talented, but inconsistent Rams. Kaiser (11-1), the second seed from the East, will meet Kapolei in the semifinals on Monday.

Radford finished tied in the West in the second spot, but drew the fourth seed by tiebreaker formula.

“We did real well. We’re going to need it again on Monday,” longtime Cougars coach Jon Stanley Sr. said.

Kaiser controlled the net with a 10-3 edge in blocks.

“We talk about how defense wins for us. We focused on blocking, trying to get three up,” the coach said.

Kahea Kamalani added seven kills, while Brandon Yasue (one block) and Dylan Poon had three kills each. Setter Kala‘i Skeele had 29 assists, three kills, two blocks and an ace. The Cougars had a whopping .472 hitting percentage. Radford hit .159.

Micah Sala had nine kills and Jeremy Ramos had eight, and each had three aces for the Rams. Radford is still alive in the hunt for a state-tourney berth. The OIA has six spots in the state tournament.

Stanley, the son and outside hitter, didn’t consider it Kaiser’s best match.

“We can always improve on our digging. We’ve got our hitters. Tonight we executed pretty good,” the senior said.

The opening set was tied at nine when Kaiser assumed control with a 16-7 run.

Radford made a better run in the second set, rallying for an 8-7 lead after back-to-back kills by Sala. The Rams just couldn’t keep up with Kaiser, committing five hitting errors to the Cougars’ none. Kaiser also outblocked Radford 5-1 in the second game.

Radford had a 9-6 lead in the third set, but couldn’t stop an 11-3 blitz by the Cougars. Stanley had five of his kills in the final game.

Kapolei 3, Waianae 1

The visiting Hurricanes pulled the surprise of the night, stunning the West’s top seed 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 25-19. The home team seemed to press at times before a vocal crowd, committing a multitude of uncharacteristic errors, while Kapolei (8-4), the West fifth-place team, played free with extremely good decisions at every turn.

Basketball player-turned-volleyball middle blocker Kaimana Rodrigues was a big factor with several blocks and a handful of kills to take advantage of gaps over the middle of the court.

“We’ve been trying to recruit him to volleyball. He has a lot of heart and he brings that freshness back to the game,” Kapolei coach Moani Nahulu-Mahelona said.

With the win, Kapolei sealed a state-tournament berth. The Hurricanes will meet the second seed from the East, Kaiser, in a semifinal matchup on Monday.

“Oh my gosh, I’m exhausted,” Nahulu-Mahelona said. “It’s just believing they can do this, and they executed everything we asked them to do. They weren’t holding back. They had confidence. Any time we play Waianae, we bring out the best in each other.”

Blaze Kahikina had a team-high 17 kills for Waianae (9-2), but for the most part, the Seariders hitters faced double teams all night as the ball kept moving left.

Waianae coach Wilhelm Wagner credited the Hurricanes for showing a different look. The Seariders will meet Radford on Monday, with a state berth awaiting the winner.

“They pulled two or three kids from the JV that we never saw before,” he said. “Now we improve or we’re done with the season.”