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Hawaii senior libero Reyn “Tita” Akiu has earned the Big West’s defensive player of the week honor for the second time this season, it was announced by the conference Monday. Here’s the Star-Advertiser’s breaking story on it. For the Big West’s complete release click here. For the latest complete NCAA RPI rankings click here. Hawaii is down two spots to 75. Stanford (18-1) and BYU (20-0) stay at 1-2. The conference teams with higher RPIs than Hawaii are: No. 12 […]

UPDATE: Here’s the breaking on Hawaii’s sweep of Cal State Fullerton on Saturday night. Big West scores from today Hawaii def. CSU Fullerton, 25-3, 25-14, 25-13 No. 12 Cal Poly def. Long Beach State, 25-19, 20-25, 25-16, 25-16 UC Santa Barbara def. Cal State Northridge, 19-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-19, 20-18 UC Davis def. UC Irvine, 22-25, 25-15, 25-18, 26-28, 15-7 ***** Top 25 from today Another good win for Kansas State, which should help Hawaii’s RPI 1) BYU def. Pepperdine […]

Hawaii’s RPI dropped three spots to 73 in Monday’s NCAA women’s volleyball Ratings Percentage Index. The Rainbow Wahine (11-6, 7-1 Big West) had moved up to 70 last week after opening at 100 in the inaugural computer-generated rankings. The conference teams with higher RPIs than Hawaii are No. 12 Cal Poly (17-1, 7-0), which remanded at 18, and UC Irvine (11-7, 6-1) which dropped four spots to 51. Other opponents ahead of the Wahine are Oregon (25), Pepperdine (40), Portland […]

Senior middle Sarah Liva put down a career-tying 12 kills to lead four players in double-figure kills and Hawaii kept Cal State Northridge winless in 13 trips Honolulu when defeating the Matadors, 25-18, 17-25, 25-20, 25-20 in a Big West volleyball match tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Senior hitter Casey Castillo and junior middle Natasha Burns each added 12 kills for the Rainbow Wahine (11-6, 7-1). Senior hitter McKenna Granato had 11 kills and 12 digs for her eighth […]

Junior setter-hitter Norene Iosia had her fourth triple-double of the season, her second straight, and senior opposite Angel Gaskin added 12 kills as Hawaii defeated Long Beach State for the fourth straight meeting, topping the 49ers 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20 in a Big West volleyball match tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Iosia had 26 assists, 12 kills and 10 digs for Hawaii (10-6, 6-1). Senior middle Sarah Liva added 11 kills and senior libero Tita Akiu had 16 digs, […]