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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii’s Natasha Burns and Kalei Greeley went up for a block against Arizona on Sunday.
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Two losses added up to the Hawaii volleyball team falling nine spots to No. 15 in the first regular-season AVCA Coaches Top 25 national rankings on Monday.
The Rainbow Wahine (1-2) opened at No. 6 in the preseason poll released two weeks ago.
Defending national champion Nebraska (2-0) was the unanimous No. 1, with the Huskers receiving all 64 first-place votes. Wisconsin (3-0), which won the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational, moved up two spots from No. 4 to No. 2, and Texas (1-1) dropped a spot from No. 2 to No. 3.
Kansas (3-0) went up one place to No. 4, with Washington up two spots to No. 5. Rounding out the top 10 were Minnesota (2-0), Florida (1-1), UCLA (3-0), Stanford (1-1) and BYU (3-0).
The biggest drop was for USC (0-3). The Women of Troy fell from a tie at No. 7 out of the Top 25, receiving votes that placed them 31st.
Kansas State (2-1), which upset Hawaii on Saturday, received 148 points, putting the Wildcats at No. 26. Arizona (0-3), which lost to the Wahine in five on Sunday, received 10 points and are at 39th.
Hawaii returns to the Stan Sheriff Center on Thursday, facing Missouri State in the second match of the Hawaiian Airlines Classic. The Wahine play Pacific on Friday and the No. 8 Bruins on Saturday.