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Updated at 9:24 p.m., Friday, February 9, 2007

Kapolei girls reach state soccer title game

By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer

In preparation for its biggest game of the season, the Kapolei girls soccer team exploded with a 3-0 win over King Kekaulike to advance to the state championship game.

Kapolei, the second seed and O'ahu Interscholastic Association champion, defeated King Kekaulike in the Meadow Gold Dairies/HHSAA Girls State Division I semifinals Friday night at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium.

Kapolei sophomore forward Chelsea Swann, who was credited with two goals.

Kapolei's defense has not allowed a goal in three games and was successful in holding third-seeded King Kekaulike, champion of the Maui Interscholastic League, to four shots.

The Hurricanes broke through in the final 10 minutes of the first half, with goals by Kapolei sophomore midfielder Kirsten Otsuka and Swann that both deflected off King Kekaulike defenders.

Otsuka scored in the 33rd minute on an outside shot that deflected off a King Kekaulike defender and changed directions, as the goalkeeper was diving the other way.

Otsuka assisted on Swann's goal on a corner kick from the left side four minutes later. The ball skimmed off Swann's head on to the head of a King Kekaulike defender and into the goal.

Otsuka also assisted on Swann's second goal four minutes into the start of the second half, when she crossed the ball from the left side. Swann shot once and her shot was blocked, but she tucked the rebound away into the right side of the goal.