In this NCAA volleyball update, we have the weekly AVCA men’s and beach polls, the player and pairs of the week, and some women’s news and notes.
AVCA MEN’S POLL: There was shuffling, but no shakeup in the 15-team AVCA Men’s National Collegiate Coaches Poll.
Hawai’i is back at No. 1 and got 17 of 22 first-place votes. UCLA is back up to No. 2 and got the other five votes. Penn State dropped from first to third, Long Beach State stayed at No. 4, and Grand Canyon and UC Irvine are tied for fifth.
No one dropped out. Click here to see the complete poll.
AVCA MEN’S POW: The national player of the week is Jacob Pasteur of Ohio State. The junior outside averaged 3.83 kills and hit .521 in 12 sets, including an upset of then-No. 1 Penn State. He also averaged .33 blocks.
AVCA BEACH POLL: Except for No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 USC — both idle last weekend — trading places, the top 14 stayed the same. TCU is still No. 1 and got all 23 first-place votes in the AVCA Collegiate Beach Coaches Poll.
No one dropped out. Click here to see the complete top 20.
AVCA BEACH POW: The national pair of the week honor goes to TCU’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno of TCU….