Gasman DPOW, UH stays No. 2; SandBows are No. 5, add Sato

Congrats to Patrick Gasman, the Big West’s Defensive POW today. (BWC has digs, not blocks in their release.)

From the BWC: The 6-foot-10 middle blocker averaged an incredible 3.17 blocks per set as the Rainbow Warriors improved to 8-0 on the season, matching their best start to a season under head coach Charlie Wade.

Gasman played in six out a possible nine sets, and racked up 19 blocks (one solo). He equalled his career-high of eight blocks in a sweep of Saint Francis.

Gasman totalled five blocks (1 solo, 4 assisted) in the trip’s opener against Queens. In the rematch two days later, he notched six more blocks in just one set.

On offense, he was impressive too with five kills in all three contests and a .571 hitting percentage (15-3-21).

POW to the Beach’s TJ DeFalco, FPOW to Brandon Hicks of UCSB.

UH nominated Rado Parapunov for POW, Jakob Thelle for FOW.

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The Warriors remain at No. 2 for fourth straight week behind unanimous No. 1 Long Beach State. No new teams in the polls, just a reshuffle at 7-8 (Loyola trades spots with BYU) and 11-12 (CSUN trades with Ball State).

#AVCA Top-15 (Feb. 11):

1. Long Beach State
2. Hawai'i
3. UC Irvine
4. UCLA
5. Pepperdine
6. UC Santa Barbara
7. Loyola-Chicago
8. BYU
9. Stanford
10. Lewis
11. CSUN
12. Ball State
13. George Mason
14. Southern California
15. Purdue Fort Wayne

— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) February 11, 2019

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The Longhorns have announced they are coming for an indoor spring match in March. It falls during Hawaii’s spring break as well.

UH is waiting on a signed contract so they are not ready to make it official. Have seen two dates. Texas says Friday, March 22. Other date I heard was Thursday, March 21.

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The Sandbows are No. 5 in the AVCA preseason poll announced Monday.

#AVCA Beach Poll (Feb. 11):

1. UCLA
2. Southern Calif
3. Florida St
4. Pepperdine
5. Hawai'i
6. Cal Poly
7. LSU
8. Long Beach St.
9. South Carolina
10. FIU
11. Stanford
12. California
13. Georgia St
14. Arizona
15. Loyola Marymount
16. GCU
17. Stetson
18. Tulane
19. TCU
20. FAU

— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) February 11, 2019

The SandBows will be adding former Pepperdine setter Blossom Sato to the roster for 2020. Thanks to uncle Gary for the tip. She’s made it official. She’s walking on and pursuing a master’s degree starting next year. Will have one year of eligibility.

She joins cousin Jolie Rasmussen at UH in fall.