Hawaii setter Norene Iosia earned her first weekly conference honor of her career today when she was named the Big West’s Freshman of the Week in volleyball.

Iosia helped then-No. 14 Hawaii (9-4, 2-0 Big West) to two road victories last week, a sweep of UC Santa Barbara and a four-setter against Cal Poly. She had 35 assists, eight digs, two aces and a block against the Gauchos, and had a career-high 58 assists against the Mustangs with two blocks, an ace and 12 digs for her sixth double-double of the year.

Also today, Hawaii moved up a spot to No. 13 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll, the highest ranking for the Rainbow Wahine since opening at No. 6 in the preseason poll in August.

Hawaii hosts Cal State Fullerton on Friday at 7 p.m. and UC Riverside on Sunday at 5 p.m.

Defending national Nebraska (11-0) remained a unanimous No. 1, followed by Minnesota (10-1) and Wisconsin (10-1). Texas (10-2), Florida (12-1) and San Diego (11-2) all moved up a spot, the Longhorns to No. 5, the Gators to No. 6 and the Toreros to No. 7.

Washington (11-1), which defeated Hawaii in five earlier this month, dropped three places to No. 7 following its first loss of the season. The Huskies were upset by then-unranked Washington State, snapping UW’s 19-match home winning streak.

The Cougars (12-2), winning for the first time in Seattle in 15 seasons, also picked up a 3-2 win in Los Angeles over then-No. 9 UCLA. The two victories lifted WSU to No. 17.

Hawaii’s losses have come against Wisconsin, UCLA, Washington and Kansas State. The Wildcats (12-3) dropped out of this week’s poll. falling from No. 23 to receiving 33 votes, putting K-State at 29th after begin swept at Baylor.