The Hawaiian Islanders quarterback has announced this will be his final arenafootball2 season after being hired as Saint Louis School head football coach in late June.

Arceneaux, 25, will start tomorrow when the Islanders (11-6) play the Tulsa Talons (13-3) at the Tulsa Convention Center in the National Conference semifinals. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. (HST).

"I told the guys I'm going out to play to get hurt; that's how hard I want to play," Arceneaux said. "You've got to play to the point where you're putting your body and health on the line. That's the only way you're going to get it done."

The Islanders are coming off a 57-30 victory over the visiting Wichita Stealth last Friday in their first-ever playoff game. It was the most lop-sided win in the Islanders' two-year history.

"I was really happy with the way he performed — his statistics, completion ratio, six touchdown passes," Islanders head coach Cal Lee said. "Any coach would be happy with that performance."

It was likely the Islanders' final home game of the season.

"It was an emotional time, not having my little boy here to watch my last game... My last game in front of my mom and my family and the local people," Arceneaux said. "It fired me up even more, the emotion and adrenaline."

The Islanders could play at the Blaisdell next week if they beat Tulsa and the Arkansas Twisters (10-7) upset the Quad City Steamwheelers (14-2), who have won 14 straight.

Tulsa's last home game was July 12 when it scored 13 points over the final 4:16 to top the Islanders, 48-47. It was the Talons' 26th consecutive regular-season home victory.

"We want to go up, represent the Islanders, represent the state and play a good football game," Lee said. "If we play well, we'll come out victorious and end the streak."

Arceneaux has started 11 games this season, completing 159 of 309 passes for 2,247 yards and 41 touchdowns. He was placed on the long-term injured list midway through the season after suffering a broken bone in his throwing hand.

Notes: Tulsa leads the all-time series with the Islanders, 3-0. ... Tulsa won both meetings last season by a combined 53 points. ... The Islanders are 4-4 on the road this season.

arenafootball2 Playoff Schedule

National Conference
Semifinals

Tomorrow

No. 3 Hawaiian Islanders (11-6) at No. 2 Tulsa Talons (13-3), 2:30 p.m. (HST)
No. 4 Arkansas Twisters (10-7) at No. 1 Quad City Steamwheelers (14-2)

American Conference

Semifinals

Today

No. 6 Mohegan Wolves (11-6) at No. 1 Tennessee Valley Vipers (14-2)

Tomorrow

No. 4 Macon Knights (11-6) at No. 2 Albany Conquest (13-3)

Hawaiian Islanders 2003 Schedule and Results

• March 30 Green Bay Blizzard W, 48-37
• April 4 at Quad City Steamwheelers W, 53-52
• April 19 at Bakersfield Blitz* L, 43-58
• April 26 San Diego Riptide* W, 51-43
• May 3 at Wichita Stealth* L, 29-36
• May 10 Bakersfield Blitz* W, 50-48
• May 16 Wichita Stealth* W, 61-55
• May 24 at Cincinnati Swarm W, 35-28
• May 31 Louisville Fire W, 67-48
• June 7 at Arkansas Twisters L, 39-58
• June 14 Peoria Pirates W, 44-43
• June 21 at San Diego Riptide* W, 39-38
• June 28 Quad City Steamwheelers L, 36-54
• July 12 at Tulsa Talons L, 47-48
• July 18 at San Diego Riptide* W, 34-26
• July 27 Bakersfield Blitz* L, 61-75
• Aug. 1 Wichita Stealth (playoffs) W, 57-30
• Aug. 9 at Tulsa Talons (playoffs) 2:30 p.m.