Hawaii men’s volleyball: FINAL No. 1 Hawaii 3, Lincoln Memorial 0; Rado Parapunov, Gage Worsley honored

Set 3: UH wins 25-23
4:20: Rado Parapunov finishes it with this 10th kill. Colton Cowell also with 10.
4:15: Hawaii up 22-20. Rado Parapunov back in. Has first hitter error when blocked then put down his next swing.
3:55: Lineup changes: James Anastasiades, Jakob Thelle, Filip Humler, Dimitrios Mouchlias, Max Rosenfeld. Gage Worsley, Patrick Gasman and Colton Cowell still in.
Set 2: UH wins 25-15
3:49: Jakob Thelle on two ends it 25-15. Hawaii’s third set point. Warriors 7-0 on blocks. Hawaii hitting a ridiculous .722.
3:45: Hawaii up 22-12. TO LMU
Jakob Thelle in for for Brett Sheward
3:38: Hawaii up 16-9. TO LMU
Rado Parapunov 8-0-8. Colton Cowell 8-1-2. Patrick Gasman with 5 blocks. Chaz Galloway 6-0-7
Set 1: UH 25-15
3:22: Hawaii wins 25-15
Rado Parapunov 5-0-5, Colton Cowell 4-1-7. Warriors hit .667, 2 aces, 3 digs, 3 blocks.
Railsplitters hit .130. 1 ace
3:15: Hawaii up 15-10 at the TTO
3:00: Brett Sheward with his first start. Also in the lineup: Colton Cowell, Chaz Galloway, Rado Parapunov, Patrick Gasman, Guilherme Voss, Gage Worsley.
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Big West finally got its POW honors out. For complete release click here
Rado Parapunov named Player of Week, his eighth of his career. The senior opposite hit .330 (46-16-91) in the two matches and averaged 5.75 kills, 1.75 digs and 1.13 blocks per set. He had a career-high 22 against Lewis, new career high of 23 against Loyola.
Gage Worsley named Defensive player of the week. Combined 24 digs in the two road wins.
Chaz Galloway nominated for Freshman of Week. Went to UCI Setter Patrick Vorenkamp.

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Hawaii is the unanimous No. 1 team in the country in this week’s AVCA poll.

Hawaii received all 16 first-place votes today. UCLA, which had received one last week, lost that after losing at UC San Diego.

Hawaii (7-0) is one of four remaining unbeatens, along with No 2. BYU (6-0); 3. UC Santa Barbara (5-0); and 4. Long Beach State (4-0).

AVCA Top-15:

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

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— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) January 20, 2020

Warriors at Lincoln Memorial today 3 p.m. HST
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Hawaii junior libero Gage Worsley was named Off the Block’s national libero of the week.
Worsley finished with a match-high 13 digs as No. 1 Hawaii defeated No. 5 Lewis in four games on Friday. The libero also led all players with 11 digs in a four-game victory against No. 12 Loyola Chicago on Saturday.