{"id":192253,"date":"2024-02-20T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192253"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T00:47:54","slug":"beachbows-avca-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/20\/beachbows-avca-preseason-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"BeachBows picked 9th in AVCA<\/abbr> preseason poll"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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For the third straight year the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa BeachBows<\/a> are ranked in the top 10 entering the season. The UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Rainbow Wahine were selected ninth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA<\/abbr>) collegiate beach volleyball preseason poll.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine, who made their second straight NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament last year, finished 27-9 overall and ranked No. 10 in the final 2023 AVCA<\/abbr> poll. Third-year head coach Evan Silberstein returns 16 players from last year’s team, with two-time All-American Kaylee Glagau. Four newcomers join the team, while two-time all-Big West player Pani Napoleon rejoins the fold.<\/p>\n

USC<\/abbr> received all but one of the 22 first-place votes. National runner-up UCLA<\/abbr> received the only other first place vote.<\/p>\n

The BeachBows open the season with the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic, February 22–24, at Queen’s Beach.<\/p>\n

Read more at HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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