Wahine Greeley earns freshman honor

Hawaii outside hitter Kalei Greeley’s first double-double led to her first weekly conference honor on Monday when she was named the Big West’s Freshman of the Week in volleyball.

Greeley hit .314 and averaged 3.33 kills, 3.50 digs and 0.5 blocks per set in last week’s road sweeps at UC Davis and UC Riverside. On Saturday, she recorded 12 kills and 12 digs against the Highlanders of her hometown of Riverside, Calif.

Also on Monday, Hawaii (10-3, 2-0 Big West) moved up a spot in the national rankings to No. 24 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25.

The top four teams remained unchanged, led by Stanford (12-0), which received 55 first-place votes. Following the Cardinal are Texas (9-0, 4 votes), Penn State (14-1) and Washington (13-0, 1 vote).

Rounding out the top 10 are Florida State (13-0), Wisconsin (10-2), Colorado State (14-1), Nebraska (8-3), Florida (8-3) and BYU (11-2).

The teams that have defeated Hawaii this season continue to be ranked, led by Oregon (12-0), up a spot to No. 11. Arizona State (11-3) moved up two spots to No. 17, while UCLA (10-3) stayed at No. 20.

Cal State Northridge (11-3, 2-0) is the only other Big West team receiving votes. The Matadors have six points, four more than last week, which puts them at 31st.

The Rainbow Wahine take a five-match win streak into this week’s homestand in which they host Cal State Fullerton (6-9, 0-2) on Friday and UC Irvine (10-6, 0-2) on Saturday.