Defending state champion Punahou and some of California's top teams will be competing in the Ann Kang Invitational Girls' Volleyball Tournament, which starts tomorrow at Iolani School.

Twenty teams — 10 from California and 10 from Hawai'i — will be divided among four pools. Pool play runs tomorrow and Thursday in the upper and lower gyms at Iolani. Consolation and championship bracket matches continue on Friday and Saturday. The title match is 7 p.m. Saturday.

Joining Punahou and host Iolani from Hawai'i are defending O'ahu Interscholastic Association champion Kahuku, Kaiser, 2004 Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation champion Kaua'i, Word of Life, Kalani, Hawai'i Baptist and Maryknoll. Iolani will field an A and B team. Kahuku, Kaua'i, Kalani and Punahou played in last year's state tournament.

The California squads in the tournament are Bakersfield, Brentwood, Capistrano Valley, El Toro, Harvard-Westlake, Los Alamitos, Los Osos, Redondo Union, Rim of the World (Arrowhead) and Thousand Oaks.

Harvard-Westlake won the tournament in 2000 and 2001.

Formerly the Iolani Invitational, the tournament was renamed in the memory of Kang, a longtime Iolani coach who died in 2003 after she was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease.

POOL PLAY SCHEDULES

TOMORROW

UPPER GYM

10 a.m.—Los Alamitos vs. Kalani

10:50 a.m.—Hawai'i Baptist vs. Bakersfield 11:40 a.m.—Hawai'i Baptist vs. Los Alamitos 12:30 p.m.—Maryknoll vs. Kalani

2 p.m.—Iolani B vs. Kaua'i

2:50 p.m.—Thousand Oaks vs. Iolani B

3:40 p.m.—Thousand Oaks vs. Redondo Union

4:30 p.m.—Kahuku vs. Kaua'i

5:20 p.m.—Kahuku vs. Thousand Oaks 6:10 p.m.—Redondo Union vs. Iolani B

LOWER GYM

10 a.m.—Redondo Union vs. Kahuku

10:50 a.m.—Kaua'i vs. Thousand Oaks

11:40 a.m.—Kaua'i vs. Redondo Union

12:30 p.m.—Iolani B vs. Kahuku

2 p.m.—Maryknoll vs. Hawai'i Baptist

2:50 p.m.—Bakersfield vs. Maryknoll

3:40 p.m.—Bakersfield vs. Los Alamitos

4:30 p.m.—Kalani vs. Hawai'i Baptist

5:20 p.m.—Kalani vs. Bakersfield

6:10 p.m.—Los Alamitos vs. Maryknoll

THURSDAY

UPPER GYM

10 a.m.—Iolani A vs. Rim of the World

10:50 a.m.—Brentwood vs. Word of Life

11:40 a.m.—Brentwood vs. Iolani A

12:30 p.m.—Capistrano Valley vs. Rim of the World

2 p.m.—Los Osos vs. Harvard-Westlake

2:50 p.m.—Kaiser vs. Los Osos

3:40 p.m.—Kaiser vs. Punahou

4:30 p.m.—El Toro vs. Harvard-Westlake

5:20 p.m.—El Toro vs. Kaiser

6:10 p.m.—Punahou vs. Los Osos

LOWER GYM

10 a.m.—Punahou vs. El Toro

10:50 a.m.—Harvard-Westlake vs. Kaiser

11:40 a.m.—Harvard-Westlake vs. Punahou

12:30 p.m.—Los Osos vs. El Toro

2 p.m.—Capistrano vs. Brentwood

2:50 p.m.—Word of Life vs. Capistrano

3:40 p.m.—Word of Life vs. Iolani A

4:30 p.m.—Rim of the World vs. Brentwood

5:20 p.m.—Rim of the World vs. Word of Life

6:10 p.m.—Iolani A vs. Capistrano