But she sure contributed thereafter.

Wesley, a junior, had four solo blocks in the second game and sparked Kahuku to a 24-26, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Kalani in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association Red East match.

Kahuku, ranked No. 4 in The Advertiser's Top 10 poll, remained unbeaten at 9-0. The Red Raiders have three matches remaining, including one against second-place Roosevelt (7-2).

Kalani dropped to 6-4.

In the first game, Wesley didn't record a kill, block or ace.

With the second game tied at 7-all, Wesley had three of her blocks during a 5-0 run that put Kahuku up 12-7. The Red Raiders eventually took a 20-11 advantage.

"It was just there and we really needed it," Wesley said.

Kalani had 13 hitting errors in the second game after committing seven in the first.

"Our blocking, Tialei Wesley came up with some big blocks in the second set. That kind of took us over," said Kahuku coach Uila Fotu Vendiola.

Wesley added three kills and another block in the third game.

"I'm usually second string, but if my team needs me then I get put in," she said.

In the third game, Nile Te'o served five in a row as Kahuku took a 12-4 advantage and was never threatened.

"When we play good defense we do good things on the court," Fotu Vendiola said.

Leilani Tafuna led the Red Raiders with 10 kills and Te'o added six.

"She was a little shaky in the first set, but the second and third sets she really found her momentum and did what we needed her to do." Fotu Vendiola said of Tafuna.

The Falcons led the first game 13-6 and 21-14, but the Red Raiders tied it at 23. Kalani's Rhianna Farm had a kill to bring up game point, but a Falcons' hitting error tied it at 24. A Kahuku hitting error and block by Farm and Chelsie Vea — the Falcons' only stuff of the game — ended the game.

Kalani had 16 kills and 18 hitting errors in the second and third games.

"They are a solid team all around and they also ran a lot of quicker stuff that we weren't ready for," Kalani coach Janeen Waialae said. "Confidence plays a big role. We let ourselves get down."

Kalani's Tina Pulu had nine kills, but only two after the first game.