Wahine drop a spot in AVCA poll

One loss, one spot. That was the ranking result after Hawaii lost to Washington in Sunday’s final of the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge.

The Rainbow Wahine (5-4) were at No. 15 in Monday’s AVCA Coaches Top 25 volleyball poll, the spot they held two weeks ago.

Washington (8-0) moved up a spot to No. 5. Defending national champion Nebraska remained the unanimous No. 1, the Huskers (6-0) receiving all 64 first-place votes.

Texas (7-1) was up a spot to No. 2, while Minnesota (5-1) jumped two places to third. Kansas (9-0) remained at No. 4, with Wisconsin (6-1), which defeated Hawaii in the season opener, dropping four spots to No. 6 after falling at North Carolina on Friday.

UCLA (7-1), also losing its first match — at San Diego in four Saturday — fell four places to No. 11. The Toreros (5-1) moved up from No. 15 to No. 10.

Besides losing to UCLA, Hawaii’s other loss was to Kansas State (7-2) in the second match of the season. The Wildcats debuted in this week’s poll at No. 25. Big West rival Long Beach State received 10 points, putting the 49ers (5-4) in 35th.