Posted at 10:35 a.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2003
UH men's volleyball team retains No. 1 rank
By Stephen Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
"Unless they were going to give it to Shanghai, it was no surprise," UH coach Mike Wilton said.
The defending national champion Warriors are 4-0 this season, with their only loss coming in an exhibition to Shanghai Oriental on the final night of the Outrigger Hotels Invitational. (That outcome did not count against the Warriors' record.) Six members of China's national team played for Shanghai, which practices up to six hours every day.
Wilton, who is a voting member, this time picked UH No. 1. In all, the Warriors received 15 of 16 first-place votes.
UC Irvine (6-0), which has defeated 18-time national champion UCLA twice this season, placed second, receiving the other No. 1 vote.
UCLA placed third, followed by Brigham Young and Cal State Northridge.
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, of which UH is a member, placed seven teams in the top 10. The Warriors are scheduled to play 14 of 15 teams in the poll this season.
