PUKALANI, Maui — The Moloka'i High School girls volleyball team was simply tired of finishing second.

The Farmers earned the Maui Interscholastic League Division II championship with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-20 win over Seabury Hall last night at King Kekaulike gym in the league's tournament final.

''Yeah, you know, it's nice, it's really nice,'' said Moloka'i coach Matt Helm. ''Seabury's such a great program and it's nice to bring Moloka'i back to MIL championship status. They deserve it. The girls deserve it, they really do.''

The Farmers (11-2), who won the regular-season title, got 15 kills from Danna-Lynn Hooper-Juario. Kailana Ritte-Camara had nine. Kalei Adolpho also had nine kills as well as four blocks, and Kawena Puhi had 35 assists.

''Every time we play Seabury, we pick up our level and it's really fun to play them — their crowd is fun and their team is good,'' Adolpho said. ''Tonight we just knew we could do it and it was just a matter of coming out and just doing it and I think we did a really great job. I can't wait to go to states.''

Wailana Spangler had nine kills, seven digs and an ace for the Spartans (10-4), the regular-season runner-up, and Lesley Smith had seven kills. Kanani Santos also had five kills, an ace, dig and a block, while Keana Cramer had 20 assists, an ace and two digs. Both teams had already clinched the league's two state D-II tournament berths.

''I just told the girls to go out and play hard,'' Helm said. ''We haven't been playing our best volleyball up till tonight. I think we pulled it together.

''I said just go out, enjoy your teammates, enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy playing for an MIL championship and whatever the outcome is, as long as you can look at each other in the eye and say you tried your best, that's all that matters.''

Seabury Hall, the state's D-II runner-up in 2007, will play a first-round match this year on Nov. 5. Moloka'i, a state semifinalist last year, will receive a bye in this year's tournament.

''You don't want to sell yourself short, you want to try to for the best you can do,'' Adolpho said. ''This is what we wanted, this was our goal at the beginning of the season, and we never thought we would do any less than this.''

Moloka'i has no seniors this season.

''Being young is not an excuse,'' Hooper-Juario said.

Last year, the Spartans were unbeaten in the league.

''It wasn't so much the history of it, it was more the now of it, meaning tonight we didn't play well,'' said Seabury Hall coach Scottie Zucco. ''We had a lot of unforced errors. I give all the credit in the world, though, to Moloka'i. Matt's done a great job with the girls over there. They had a good game plan coming in — we tried to execute ours, but ultimately it came down to basic execution, like passing and serving, which we really didn't do a good job of.

''That's not to say that we aren't a good serving or passing team, it's just we didn't do it tonight. Unfortunately, you can't take a night off against Moloka'i and expect anything to fall your way.''

Moloka'i scored six of the first seven points in the second set, and led by as many as 10. Two kills by Marissa Sterner ended the game.

The Farmers led 10-1 in the third set, and while the Spartans pulled within 21-20, they could get no closer.

''We played Seabury twice this year, once preseason and once during the regular season, and we were able to pull it off,'' Helm said. ''The rivalry between us, it's a friendly rivalry and we have a lot of respect for each other.''

WARRIORS IMPROVE TO 13-0

It was the perfect end to a perfect Maui Interscholastic League season.

The Kamehameha Schools-Maui girls volleyball team finished off an unbeaten run to the state tournament with a 25-16, 25-23, 25-14 win over Baldwin in the Maui Interscholastic League Division I tournament championship match at King Kekaulike gym last night.

''I'm so excited, it's my senior year and it's the first time ever we've been 13-0,'' said Whitney Santos, who finished the match with three aces and 13 digs. ''We've been undefeated but not 13-0, so it's a real big accomplishment.''

Ginger Long had 11 kills for the Warriors, Teilissa Tua had 10 and Sage DeCosta and Kaulana Ane each had six. Cymbree DeCosta had 20 assists and Ane had nine.

Tua also had four aces and three blocks, while Kayla-Al Kaluau had three aces and 24 digs.

''I'm pretty excited,'' said Kamehameha coach Bala Spencer. ''They're doing exactly what we told them to do and they brought their best game today. They wanted to really make a statement tonight and I think they did, in a big way. It feels really good.''

Tupu Satele had 11 kills for Baldwin (11-2), which also is going to the state tournament, which begins on Nov. 5. Kathy Satele had six kills and Kalei Vaivai contributed 14 assists.

''It's always tough,'' said Baldwin coach Kauila Houpo. ''The girls work hard, lot of emotion, but we'll come back.''

Kamehameha stormed out to a 10-0 lead in the first game of the night, taking advantage of several unforced errors by Baldwin and a handful of kills by Ane and Tua.

Tupu Satele got the Bears on the board after slamming one over for a kill following a timeout, but the Warriors never wavered, keeping a significant lead throughout the course of the first set.

A kill by Tua, followed by an ace from Santos, gave Kamehameha a 21-10 advantage before Baldwin answered with a five-point run of its own thanks to kills from Tupu and Kathy Satele as well as a double-block down front from Amelia Mataele and Kalei Vaivai.

It was the Bears who started with the upperhand in the second game, jumping out to a 4-0 lead off a kill by Mataele, a service point from Tupu Satele and consecutive unforced errors by the Warriors.

"I told them Baldwin's going to come out hard, because they're out to beat us," Santos said. "It's a mental game more than a physical (one with them)."

Kamehameha found itself in a hole most of the set, tying the game nine times before firmly taking control following a tip over by Cymbree DeCosta to make it 18-16.

Baldwin wouldn't let it go without a fight, however, and the volleys grew longer as each team left it on the court.

''Baldwin's a tough team. They're a lot tougher than people think,'' Spencer said. "Tupu's just an unbelievable force on the outside, banging balls over left and right.

"We knew they were going to put up a fight and they did. They're a great team."

The Warriors left little room to doubt in the third game that they intended to walk away with the title, going up 9-1 with help from a kill and an ace by Tua.

"Lately we haven't been getting the respect we deserve and tonight was our night to show everyone we deserve respect,'' she said. "I'm very proud of my team and I love them. I'm so happy."

Although the Satele sisters continue to pound away at the Kamehameha Maui front line, the Bears never got within more than six points of the Warriors.

Baldwin's Iesha Leota punched over one more kill to make it a 10-point difference, but it was Long who slammed one back for match point and the win.

Both teams will be competing in the Division I state playoffs, with the Bears playing their first match Nov. 5 and the Warriors Nov. 6, but the teams will now work together towards representing Maui.

"Get ready for states, that's all," said Houpo. "We'll probably be working out with Kamehameha a couple of times next week and just focus on states."

Added Spencer: "We were fortunate to go to O'ahu at the beginning of the season, so definitely we're going to try to help them out and try get as many MIL teams to the finals as possible. I'd like to share some things we found out."