YOKOHAMA -- Koji Sugisawa scored on a 59-yard run and Yusuke Yabe registered two quarterback sacks as the Onward Skylarks blanked defending champions the Recruit Seagulls 17-0 Sunday at Yokohama Stadium in a Pearl Bowl semifinal.
The Skylarks take on the Kajima Deers, who beat the Fujitsu Frontiers 23-10 in the other semifinal, in the final at the Tokyo Dome on June 8.
The Skylarks owed the victory mainly to their defensive line, which constantly pressured Recruit quarterback Yoshiyuki Matsumoto and stopped the Seagulls' running attack.