Pinch-runner Leiana Naki-Kaonohi scored the game's only run on a two-out error in the top of the 10th inning and Amber Waracka completed a 17-strikeout performance in the bottom half last night as Kamehameha rallied past Moanalua in the DataHouse Softball State Championship quarterfinals.

The Warriors (14-1) will face O'ahu Interscholastic Association runner-up Campbell (13-4) in today's 7 p.m. semifinal at Rainbow Wahine Stadium.

Last night's two-hour, 45-minute marathon featured one of the classic pitching duels in the state tournament's 31-year history, between Waracka and Sarah Robinson, who finished with 15 strikeouts and no walks. Waracka tossed a five-hitter with one walk, and Robinson allowed only four hits.

"Every single pitch, every single hit, every single play was huge," said Waracka, a senior right-hander. "Every time we got somebody out, I told my teammates, 'We gotta focus on the next one.' "

Kamehameha finally got the break it needed with one out in the 10th, when No. 7 batter Ashley Morisako hit a single to left field and took second when the cutoff throw sailed high over the fielder. Naki-Kaonohi came in to run and advanced to third on Dara Pagaduan's flyout to right. She scored when Melissa Awa's hard-hit grounder to second was mishandled.

Waracka then retired the side in order in the bottom half.

"Those two (Waracka and Robinson) are two of the top pitchers around this state, and the thing is, they play together on the same summer team that travels to Colorado," Warriors coach Randy Tamura said. "We knew it was going to be this kind of game."

Moanalua coach Kristie Morikawa said it was the most impressive performance of a brilliant four-year career for Robinson.

"She's pitched everywhere, she had a 19-strikeout game, but to me this blows everything else away," Morikawa said. "When she got a strikeout in the ninth inning against their big hitter, I said, 'I love this girl, she's a fighter.' It was a tug of war, and it came down to whoever gave in first with the first mistake."

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