Hawaii women’s volleyball: T25, BWC results; U.S. men win

Top 25 matches Friday
No. 3 Stanford def. No. 25 Oregon, 21-25, 25-11, 25-19, 25-19
No. 4 Pitt def. Miami, 26-24, 25-23, 25-17
USC def. No. 8 Washington, 3=1
No. 14 Creighton def. St. John’s, 26-24, 27-25, 25-19
No. 15 Kentucky def. South Carolina, 25-14, 25-19, 25-19
No. 17 Purdue def. Northwestern, 25-18, 25=23, 25-21
No. 18 Illinois def. Indiana, 25-20, 25-13, 25-19
No. 19 Cal def. Oregon State, 25-20, 25-22, 25-14
No. 20 Utah def. Arizona, 25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 25-13
No. 21 Rice def. UTSA, 25-19, 25-13, 25-21
No. 23 Florida State def. Virginia, 25-19, 25-14, 17-25, 25-22
UCLA def. No. 24 Washington State, 25-20, 25-17, 25-18
Big West
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UC Santa Barbara def. UC Davis, 25-9, 25-15, 25-17
Cal Poly def. UC Riverside 25-12, 25-16, 25-16
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The U.S. men’s nation volleyball team held on to defeat defending world champion Poland 25-19, 25-20, 24-26, 27-25 in the FIVB World Cup Friday in Fukuoka, Japan.
The U.S. (2-1) faces host Japan (2-1) on Saturday. All World Cup matches are being shown on FloVolleyball.tv.
“Obviously it was a big match,” U.S. setter Micah Christenson (Kamehameha) said. “Poland is the world champion and they came with a very strong roster.
“It was easy to wake up for this game. I was super excited with how we played and how we executed our game plan.”
Erik Shoji (Punahou) was the libero. Micah Ma’a (Punahou) didn’t play.