Good news and better news for the Hawaii volleyball team on Monday.

The Rainbow Wahine didn’t take a hit in the AVCA Coaches Division I Top 25 poll despite losing to lower-ranked UCLA on Sunday. Hawaii (5-1) moved up a spot to No. 16, while the Bruins (4-1) jump eight places to No. 17 after winning their 10th Hawaiian Airlines Classic title.

And junior opposite Nikki Taylor continued to be a big hit with the Big West, repeating as conference player of the week. She had a tournament-high 53 kills while leading Hawaii in kills in all three matches, including 22 against Iowa on Friday. She also had two aces in each of the matches and had a double-double (16 kills-15 digs) in the loss to the Bruins.

Hawaii remains the only Big West team ranked and just one of four from a non-Power Five league.

Penn State (5-0) was a near-unanimous choice for the top spot, receiving all but one of the 64 first-place votes. Florida (4-0), which plays at the Stan Sheriff Center in this week’s Outrigger Resorts Challenge, moved up to No. 2 after wins over then-No. 11 Oregon and then-No. 3 Texas at the VERT Challenge hosted by the Longhorns.

Stanford (3-1), receiving the remaining first-place vote, dropped a spot to No. 3 after being swept at Penn State. Following the Cardinal are Texas (4-1), Nebraska (4-1) and Southern Cal (6-0).

Dropping the furthest were Kentucky (4-3), from 10th to No. 21, and preseason No. 7 North Carolina (0-5), falling from No. 18 last week out of the poll.

Defending Big West champion Long Beach State (4-2) continues to receive votes (9).

Hawaii concludes its pre-conference tournament schedule with this week’s Outrigger Resorts Challenge. The Wahine open with San Diego State (1-5) on Thursday, followed by matches against No. 2 Florida (4-0) on Friday and Eastern Washington (4-3) on Saturday.

BYUH drops to No. 21 in Division II poll

After opening as the preseason No. 11 team, Brigham Young-Hawaii fell 10 spots in the first AVCA Coaches Division II Top 25 poll of the regular season.

The Seasiders went 2-2 at the Hawaii Invitational, with wins over Simon Fraser and St. Martin’s sandwiching losses to Humboldt State and then-No. 12 Sonoma State. The Seawolves also dropped 10 places in Monday’s poll, falling to 22nd.

Chaminade, the only team to go 4-0 in the seven-team tournament, received 15 votes in the poll. Hawaii Pacific, going 2-2 in the event, had eight points.

Chaminade triumphs; LaBrie earns honor

Keani Passi had 13 kills and Kim Spring added 12 as the Chaminade women’s volleyball team beat Saint Martin’s 25-10, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21 on Monday at McCabe Gym to improve to 5-0 this season.

Earlier in the day, Chaminade 5-foot-10 freshman middle Daisia LaBrie was named the PacWest’s co-freshman of the week after helping the Silverswords win all four matches at the Hawaii Invitational.

LaBrie, from Riverside, Calif., had 30 kills and 18 blocks during the tournament. She had career highs of 13 kills and seven blocks in her collegiate debut against Simon Fraser, and seven kills and four blocks in an upset of then-No. 12 Sonoma State.

Sharing the honor was Stine Raben of Academy of Art.

HPU men lose to Cal State Monterey Bay

The Hawaii Pacific men’s soccer team fell to Cal State Monterey Bay 2-1 on Monday at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.

Divin Fula Lazolo scored in the 46th minute for the Sharks (0-2).

Rudy Gonzales (third) and Michael Maul (55th) scored for the Otters.

Chaminade women fall to Westminster

Rylei North scored twice as Westminster (Utah) beat Chaminade in a women’s soccer match Monday at Saint Louis School field.

The Silverswords dropped to 1-1.