Mid-Pacific Institute faced University Laboratory School in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Owls came out on top against the Junior Rainbows by a score of 3-1. The Owls have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Junior Rainbows, too.
Mid-Pacific Institute walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The final score came out to 27-25, 25-20, 27-29, 25-11.

Mia Furoyama
09/18/25 vs University Laboratory School | 12 |
09/16/25 vs Punahou | 45 |
09/13/25 @ Kamehameha Kapalama | 30 |
09/09/25 vs 'Iolani | 10 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mid-Pacific Institute to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mia Furoyama, who had 12 digs and two aces. Furoyama has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played. Hanae Twer was another key player, getting four digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good servers: Mid-Pacific Institute was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Mid-Pacific Institute and bumps their season record up to 12-4. As for University Laboratory School, their loss ended a three-match streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
Mid-Pacific Institute has already played their next match, a 3-1 defeat against 'Iolani on the 22nd. University Laboratory School has also already played their next matchup (against Hawaii Baptist Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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