2026 Spam Slam 14U Finals (4/12/26)

The Pili Paʻa Na Wahine Volleyball Club 14 celebrate their two-set sweep in the 2026 Spam Slam Tournament 14U Championship!

It was a battle between the northern and southern Hawaiian Islands, and the Big Island’s Pili Paʻa Na Wahine Volleyball Club 14 got the two-set sweep, 25-22, and 25-22, over Kauai’s Ike Loa 14’s Paki in the 14U division of the 2026 Spam Slam Tournament at Hawaiʻi Convention Center on Sunday!

The first set saw Ike Loa’s Outside Hitter, Chaya Delos Reyes, strike first via a good kill for the early 1-0 lead. Both teams were nip and tuck through the first leg of the first set. Reyes has an ELO rating of 1781.

Both teams were tied at 3-3 when Pili Paʻa used a 7-2 run to take a 10-5 lead! There was no stopping Middle Blocker Aria Onaga that night, as she was solely responsible for four kills alone in that 7-2 Pili Paʻa surge! Onaga currently has a 14U rank of 798.

Aria Onaga:

“I just knew I could do it, and I just swung,” Onaga said.

Ike Loa showed they had just as much fight and came back to tie things up at 17 via a 12-7 run, including five unanswered. Their run was punctuated on a kill from Setter Elsie Frazier, who currently has an ELO rating of 1781 as well!

Pili Paʻa answered the bell in time with five unanswered themselves that began with an Abigail Agorastos kill. Teammate Haley Kuamoo got a service ace while Onaga tacked on another two kills and a block. Ike Loa tried to mount a late rally and got within two, 22-20, but Pili Paʻa slammed the door with two more Onaga kills, and Ezri Ganir delivered the game-winning kill to win the first set, 25-22!

Ike Loa began set two with a service ace, but Pili Paʻa scored four of the next six points to take a 5-3 lead. Ike Loa scored three unanswered, which included a Reyes service ace, and took a 6-5 lead, but that did not last very long.

Outside Hitter Sage McDaniels, who has a 14U rank of 186, felt her team could have played better with better ball control and more communication.

Sage McDaniels

“I think it went wrong with our passing. We were kinda tired in that game.”"

Pili Paʻa used a 6-1 run with three more Onaga kills to retake the lead, 11-7, and create some distance. Although Ike Loa pulled within one, 12-11, after a Frazier kill, Pili Paʻa was not to be denied.

Another Onaga kill and two more Agorastos kills generated an 8-1 Pili Paʻa run to take a 20-12 lead, but it was far from over.

Pili Paʻa

A Pili Paʻa player goes for the ball on this possession.

With their backs against the wall, Ike Loa had no choice but to try to rally again, and they had a legitimate chance to take it to a third set.

Ike Loa was able to bust through the dam due to four straight Pili Paʻa service errors! It was the start of a critical 9-2 run that again put them down by one, 22-21!

Ike Loa’s Sage McDaniels

Sage McDaniels (15) of Ike Loa gets the serve here on this possession.

Pili Paʻa’s Ganir stopped that run with a kill, and Onaga punctuated the win with two more kills, which included the game winner, to total 13 kills on the night and complete the sweep with the 25-22 score! They had held Ike Loa to a single McDaniels kill in the final four possessions.