Rainbow Wahine move up 1 spot in AVCA poll
BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii players celebrated their win in the fourth set of the Pepperdine vs. Hawaii women’s volleyball match at Stan Sheriff Center on Saturday.
Hawaii heads into conference play this week up one place in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll released today.
The Rainbow Wahine (7-4) were at No. 14, the same place they were in two weeks ago. Hawaii opens Big West competition on the road, at UC Santa Barbara (9-4) on Friday and at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (7-4) on Saturday.
The Big Ten had the top three ranked teams, led by unanimous No. 1 Nebraska (9-0). The defending national champion received all 64 first-place votes.
Minnesota (8-1) moved up a spot while Wisconsin (8-1), upsetting previous No. 2 Texas last weekend, jumped to No. 3. Washington (10-0) moved up two places to fourth, the Longhorns (8-2) down three to No. 5 with Florida up a spot to No. 7.
Rounding out the Top 10 were San Diego (8-2), Kansas (11-1), UCLA (9-1) and Purdue (10-1).
All of Hawaii’s losses have been to teams currently ranked in the Top 25 in Wisconsin, UCLA, Washington and new No. 23 Kansas State (11-2).
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that game 1 in the first Pepperdine game was outstanding.