Hawaii falls to No. 3 in men’s volleyball poll
Hawaii's Sinisa Zarkovic (16) bumps the ball into play in the second set of a men's college volleyball game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.
Hawaii’s five-week run as the top-ranked men’s volleyball team ended Monday with the newest AVCA Coaches Top 15 poll.
The Rainbow Warriors (23-5), receiving one first-place vote, fell two spots after losing both matches at BYU last week to end the regular season. Lewis (24-2) moved up a spot to No. 1 with 13 first-place votes.
UC Irvine (25-4), with five votes, jumped two spots to No. 2. The Anteaters won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season title by a game over Hawaii and are seeded first in the MPSF tournament that begins Saturday with the quarterfinals.
UCI hosts eighth-seeded UCLA (13-13) which stayed at No. 12. Hawaii hosts Long Beach State (15-12), which remained at No. 11.
Also Monday, the Rainbow Warriors remained No. 4 in the Rating Percentage Index which will be used to choose two at-large teams for the NCAA championship tournament. Ahead of Hawaii are Lewis, Loyola-Chicago (22-2) and UC Irvine.
