Updated at 1:02 p.m., Monday, November 26, 2007
Hawaii volleyball ninth in AVCA poll, highest of year
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team moved up two spots to ninth in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, its highest ranking of the season.The previous ranking was 10th.
Penn State (28-2) remained at No. 1 in the poll, followed by Nebraska and Texas.
The Rainbow Wahine (26-5), seeded 11th in the NCAA Tournament, face Tennessee State (20-13) in the first round on Friday in Louisville, Ky.
Tennessee State, the Ohio Valley Conference champions, are making their tournament debut and have two freshmen who graduated from Kamehameha-Hawai'i in Makena Naho'oikaika and Precious Salazar.
Also today, Hawai'i senior Juliana Sanders was named Western Athletic Conference player of the week.
To view the AVCA poll, click here.
