2026 Oceanic Open 16U Finals (5/2/26)

The Spike and Serve Volleyball Club Girls 15 Randy was able to ward off an eleventh-hour push from Ka Ulu Koa 14 Tanya to win the 2026 Oceanic Open 16U Championship match in a two-set sweep, 25-14 and 25-20, at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center on Sunday!

The win for SAS VBC G 15 Randy was massive because they are now officially in the Hawaiʻi Club Volleyball Championships starting on Thursday, May 7. The top eight teams qualify, and SAS VBC G 15 Randy, who previously sat on the bubble in ninth, jumped up to fourth overall with 534 points.

Ka Ulu Koa drew first blood with a service ace, but SAS roared back to score six of the next eight points to take a 6-3 lead early!

SAS led from then on and forced Ka Ulu Koa to repeatedly start from scratch after a point scored. SAS would ultimately lock up the first set and end it on a 17-7 run, including 10 unanswered! Mary Jean McManus Gago delivered the game-winning kill to win the first set, 25-14!

“Our team came out a little flat, but then we started finding connections with each other,” said Ka Ulu Koa Outside Hitter Eden Savaiigaea of that slow start in the first set.

Set two was a much different story.

Both teams were nip and tuck in the opening few minutes. They were tied on seven occasions before the 10-point mark.

SAS trailed early, 8-7, but they broke the game wide open with a 9-1 run, including five unanswered, that began with a service ace! Just like that, SAS found themselves up, 16-9!

Ka Ulu Koa had no choice but to rally back, and they nearly pulled it off. They went on a 5-1 run that was punctuated by a kill from Setter Jaeli Mauafu and pulled within three, 17-14! Mauafu currently has an ELO rating of 1717.

SAS lucked out after a Ka Ulu Koa service error on the next possession. It allowed SAS to uncork a 7-2 surge that put them up, 23-16!

Ka Ulu Koa did not give up and tried to rally back at the eleventh hour to force a third set! They scored the next four unanswered to pull within three, 23-20, but a service error on the next possession took the wind out of Ka Ulu Koa’s sails.

SAS Setter Kanoe Kostiha rose to the occasion with the game-winning kill to win set two, 25-20, and complete the sweep!

“I knew my team was going to be there for me,” Kostiha said. “We’re definitely on a high, and I think this is probably the best game that we’ve played the whole entire tournament!”

Kostiha went on to say her team celebrates with dinner with each other after the first practice following tournaments like the Oceanic Open.

Despite her team getting swept, Ka Ulu Koa’s Savaiigaea plans on celebrating herself with seafood.