The Kailua Surfriders will face off against the Campbell Sabers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Kailua is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Hawaii's top teams: Kalani, who was ranked fifth at the time (Kailua was ranked 16th). Kailua won by a goal and slipped past Kalani 2-1. The win was familiar territory for the Surfriders who have now won three contests in a row.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Campbell ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Kaiser 3-2. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Sabers were the better team in the second half.
They hit Kaiser with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Bryson Ancheta, Tyler Welsch, and Joshua Yadao.
Kailua is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those eight games. As for Campbell, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1-2.
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