OLINDA, Maui — With a trip to Moloka'i two days away, the Seabury Hall girls volleyball team might have overlooked St. Anthony last night at the Erdman Athletic Center.

The Spartans didn't.

Seabury Hall rolled to a 25-23, 18-25, 25-16, 25-17 win to set up a showdown Saturday at The Barn with huge implications in the Maui Interscholastic League Division II regular-season race.

The Spartans will go into their match with the Farmers with a 5-0 record. Moloka'i is 5-1 and the Ho'olehua match will be the only one between a pair of last season's state D-II semifinalists in the league regular season.

St. Anthony fell to 4-3.

The MIL regular-season champions claim one of the league's two state berths in each division. After one full round-robin of league play in the regular season, the MIL breaks into division-only tournaments that begin Oct. 22 and will decide the league's second state representatives and overall titles, with playoffs possible.

With tough teams throughout D-II, including a scrappy St. Anthony squad led by stellar junior outside hitter Kawehi Romero, nailing down a state berth in the regular season is paramount.

''It was very important for us to win because this was going to be key for the D-II race,'' Seabury Hall junior setter Keana Cramer said to The Maui News after dishing out 29 assists. ''We go and play Moloka'i, so it is important to win that game, too. We have to play hard or even harder than we did this game.

''We kept our focus on this game because we had to win this game before we even start thinking about Moloka'i.''

Cramer made the trip to Ho'olehua as a freshman and she has seen how tough The Barn is to play in.

''I didn't play, but it was a really good experience,'' Cramer said. ''I just remember it being really crowded because Moloka'i has a lot of fans and they are really supportive of Moloka'i. We know it is going to be a tough match.''

The Spartans got 12 kills apiece from Lesley Smith and Kate Shoemaker. Janea Yamagata-Lopez led the defense with 17 digs.

St. Anthony, which does not have a facility to use because War Memorial Gym is being renovated, was the designated home team.

''This was huge match for us,'' Seabury Hall assistant coach Jon Guerin said. ''This is the second leg of our four-game road trip and so our goal is to win the four-game road trip and it was good to take another step toward that goal. Moloka'i is going to be really tough on Saturday. Everybody here was focused on St. Anthony. It is a really big rivalry, so nobody looks past St. Anthony ever. We are a young team and we are starting to see a lot of improvement in the younger players.''

In the first set, the Spartans took a 23-21 lead before a Romero kill and a hitting error on Seabury Hall tied the score. A dink by Cramer and an error on the Trojans ended the first set.

In the second set, the Trojans rode the seemingly tireless arm of Romero to an easy win. Romero had eight of her match-high 23 kills in the set, and three straight Romero aces in the middle of the set took her team from a one-point deficit to a 15-13 lead it would not relinquish.

In the third set, Seabury Hall took a 10-3 lead before a pair of Romero kills brought the Trojans within 12-10. With Cramer serving, the Spartans took back control on a 7-0 run capped by a pair of aces.

The Spartans took a 10-4 lead in the final set on a kill by Smith and the margin never dipped below four after that.

With three losses, the Trojans must start preparing for what could be a cutthroat tournament in which the next loss could be their last.

''Seabury Hall is a tough squad,'' St. Anthony coach Albert Paschoal said. ''It is going to be very fun in the (D-II) tournament. I think the tournament is definitely going to be wide open — there is a lot of parity in the league. Hana is tough, Moloka'i is tough, Lana'i is going to be better, us, Seabury Hall. I think it was critical to try to stake that (state) claim in the regular season.''

Romero added three aces, a block and four digs to her night. Desiree Borges had six kills, an ace and three digs, and Amara Kunishi had 42 assists and an ace.

''That girl (Romero) can cover so much,'' Paschoal said. ''At times, she has got to carry a load. The girls are stepping up, but the level needed to excel, our less-experienced girls are getting a taste of it now. Romero always has to carry that load. Her and Amara.''