Posted at 12:13 p.m., Tuesday, January 20, 2004
UH volleyball team falls to No. 4
Advertiser Staff
After splitting two road volleyball matches against UC Santa Barbara last week, the University of Hawai'i dropped one place, to No. 4, in this week’s USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top-15 poll.Pepperdine (4-0) remained No. 1 with 234 points and 15 of 16 first-place votes, but losses by last week's Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 teams prompted a shakeup.
Long Beach State (5-1) moved up five spots, to No. 2, earning 211 points and a No. 1 vote from Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy. UCLA (5-1) dropped from No. 2 to No. 3.
The Warriors (2-2) are idle this week, returning to the court for home matches against UC San Diego on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30.
Team (record) (No. 1 votes) Points
1. Pepperdine (4-0) (15) 234
2. Long Beach State (5-1) (1) 211
3. UCLA (5-1) 298
4. Hawai'i (2-2) 179
5. Cal State Northridge (4-2) 173
6. Stanford (4-2) 172
7. UC Santa Barbara (4-2) 153
8. Brigham Young (1-3) 122
9. Penn State (2-2) 101
10. UC Irvine (3-3) 98
11. Lewis (1-3) 82
12. Ohio State (3-0) 73
13. Ball State (3-0) 44
14. Loyola-Chicago (3-1) 25
15. Pacific (1-5) 22
Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 20, IPFW 12.
