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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, May 5, 2002

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The University of Hawai'i won its first ever NCAA men's title when its No. 2-ranked volleyball team upset No. 1-ranked Pepperdine in the NCAA championship yesterday in University Park, Pa. The scores were 29-31, 31-29, 30-21, 30-24.

Hawai'i's Jose Delgado, right, jumps into the arms of Dejan Miladinovic after the University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team made school history by winning the NCAA championship in Pennsylvania yesterday.

Above: Fans and players celebrate yesterday after the Warriors' captured the NCAA men's volleyball championship title in Pennsylvania.

Left: Hawai'i's Costas Theocharidis spikes a ball past Pepperdine's Lance Walker in yesterday's NCAA men's volleyball championship final.


Hawai'i's Eyal Zimet, Delano Thomas and Costas Theocharidis block Pepperdine's Sean Rooney in the NCAA men's volleyball championship match yesterday.

Hawai'i coach Mike Wilton, left, and an assistant celebrate a point in the final NCAA game against Pepperdine yesterday. (Correction: An earlier version of this caption misidentified the UH assistant.) Hawai'i's Delano Thomas prepares to spike a ball against Pepperdine. The Warriors won the NCAA championship, 29-31, 31-29, 30-21, 30-24.