VOLLEYBALL

Seasiders still at No. 4 in Division II poll

Having a bye week did not affect Brigham Young-Hawaii, as the Seasiders remained at No. 4 in Monday’s AVCA NCAA Division II Coaches Top 25 poll.

BYU-Hawaii (23-1, 18-1 PacWest) puts its 16-match winning streak on the line Thursday against the only team that has found success against the Seasiders this season: Hawaii Pacific. The Sea Warriors (17-10, 11-8) won the Sept. 26 meeting in four sets at St. Andrew’s Priory gym.

Thursday’s regular-season finale is at 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center, where the Seasiders are 14-0 this year. BYUH has earned the PacWest’s automatic berth into the NCAA D-II championship tournament and will learn its postseason fate later this month.

There was some movement among the teams above the Seasiders, with Tampa (26-1) moving up a spot to No. 1. Minnesota Duluth (28-2) also moved up a spot after outlasting previous No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul (27-2) in five sets last week; the Golden Bears, six-time defending NCAA D-II champions, dropped to No. 3.

BASKETBALL

Hawaii Hilo women fall short in opener

The Hawaii Hilo women’s basketball team dropped a 62-61 decision to Alaska Fairbanks in its season opener Monday in Hilo.

Kamie Imai led the Vulcans with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Alexa Jacobs added 13 points.

The teams square off again today.

Watson signs with BYU-Hawaii

Shad Watson, a 6-foot-2 guard from Box Elder High in Brigham City, Utah, has signed to play basketball for Brigham Young-Hawaii next season.

Coming into his senior season, the all-state performer already is the all-time leading scorer for the Bees with 1,260 points.

Last season, Watson averaged 23.4 points and led the Utah 4A division with 74 3-pointers.