Posted on: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
UH moves up to No. 4 in volleyball rankings
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Advertiser Staff
A sweep of its first road trip of the season has propelled the University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team to fourth place in this week's USA Today/College Sports Television Top 25 Coaches poll and earned right-side hitter Tara Hittle Western Athletic Conference player of the week honors.
By Eugene Tanner • The Advertiser In addition, UH picked up two first-place votes from members of the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Meanwhile, Washington (12-0) replaced Minnesota (14-2) as No. 1, earning the top spot on 61 of 65 ballots. The Gophers dropped to third after losing to then-No. 16. Ohio State, 3-1. The Buckeyes rode the upset to No. 9 in this week's poll.
UH's two first-place votes were one more than No. 2 Southern California (8-2) and No. 3 Minnesota (14-2) received.
Hittle just missed a triple-double at Fresno State where she hit .625 with 22 kills, 10 digs and seven assists. She backed that with a 19-kill, .545 hitting night at Nevada.
The WAC honor for Hittle, a freshman from Colorado Springs, Colo., was her first. It was the second for a Rainbow Wahine this season.
The Rainbow Wahine defeated Fresno State (3-games-to-1) and Nevada (3-2) on the road to raise their record to 12-0 and move up from sixth place in the previous week's poll.
Tara Hittle had 41 kills in Hawai'i's two road victories.
