In per week wherein Hawai’i is the brand new No. 1 in NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball, it is usually coping with the lack of its finest participant.
Senior exterior Spryos Chakas is out after injuring his left knee Sunday in a five-set victory over UC Irvine.
Within the report, we have now extra on NCAA males and meet up with the Professional Volleyball Federation, which has a match Thursday when the Atlanta Vibe play on the Omaha Supernovas. They’re tied at 7-3 atop the seven-team inaugural-season standings.
Hawai’i loses Chakas
Chakas, a 6-foot-4 Greek who’s in his fourth 12 months at Hawai’i, ranks fifth within the NCAA in kills per set (4.15) and this week was named the AVCA nationwide participant of the week.
From a narrative within the Honolulu Star Advertiser:
Chakas was swinging for match level within the fifth set aginst the Anteaters when he fell to the bottom clutching at his left knee. He was carried off the court docket by teammates.
Chakas, a two-time AVCA second-team All-American, was a nationwide participant of the 12 months contender.
He was named the AVCA Division I-II Nationwide Participant of the Week right now for the second time this season after serving to Hawaii go 3-0 within the Outrigger Invitational.
“He’s been such an enormous half (of this system) and a stage of irony he wins his second nationwide participant of the week honor right now,” (UH coach Charlie) Wade mentioned. “He’s actually among the finest gamers in males’s collegiate volleyball. He will likely be missed. It’s a devastating loss for our program. We’ve received to select up the items and transfer on.”
We featured Chakas and former teammate Dimitrios Mouchlias in 2023:
Hawai’i (17-1) has received 16 matches in a row and performs back-to-back matches at Lengthy Seaside State on Friday and Saturday.
AVCA
TOP 25: After beforehand unbeaten Grand Canyon misplaced twice in Hawai’i, the highest of the AVCA coaches ballot received flipped round.
Hawai’i received 15 of the 23 first-place votes and is up two spots to No. 1. Lengthy Seaside State received the opposite eight votes and stayed No. 2. UCLA moved up a spot to 3rd, and GCU dropped to No. 4. UC Irvine stayed No. 5.
Stanford, now No. 6, and BYU, now No. 7, traded locations after they cut up their matches with one another final week.
Ohio State remained No. 8 and Pepperdine, now ninth, and Penn State, now No. 10, traded locations.
Nobody dropped out. Click on right here for the whole AVCA Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Volleyball Ballot.
POW: The AVCA nationwide participant of the week is Hawai’i’s Chakas. Chakas, additionally the AVCA POW on February 11, led the Rainbow Warriors to a 3-0 house event by beating Lewis, GCU and UCI. He averaged 4.18 kills per set, hit .422, averaged 1.64 digs and had 4 aces and 5 blocks.
Males’s schedule
There are 4 males’s matches, together with UC Irvine enjoying host to UC Santa Barbara within the Bit West. Harvard of the EIVA is at Concordia Irvine of the MPSF, Barton of Convention Carolinas is on the MIVA’s Queens, and indepent Thomas Extra is on the SIAC’s Central State.
Thursday, there are three MIVA matches when Ball State goes to Ohio State, Quincy is at Loyola Chicago and McKendree is at Lewis. Within the Massive West, CSUN is at UC San Diego and within the MPSF, USC goes to Pepperdine. The SIAC’s Kentucky State performs on the ECC’s Roberts Wesleyan.
Professional Volleyball Federation
Atlanta and Omaha play one another for the third time. Atlanta was the season opener in 5 at Omaha, after which the Supernovas swept at Atlanta on February 29.
The Columbus Fury and Grand Rapids Rise are tied for third at 4-4, the Orlando Valkyries are 5-6, the Vegas Thrill are 4-7 and San Diego Mojo are 2-6 …
This week’s PVF POW is Omaha’s Brooke Nuneviller, the primary Supernova to be so honored. The surface hitter had a season-high 20 kills and hit a season-best .313 hitting proportion in her group’s five-set victory over Orlando on Saturday. Nuneviller additionally had 18 digs …
On the lookout for firepower? Three of high 5 kills leaders play for Orlando.
Leah Edmond of Atlanta nonetheless leads the league in kills with 84. Orlando’s Jill Gillen is second with 75, adopted by Orlando teammate Adora Anae (69), Omaha’s Bethania De La Cruz (57) and Orlando’s Kaz Brown (56). Claire Chausee of Grand Rapids is one again at 55, simply forward of Reagan Cooper of Columbus (53) …
Brown can be the league chief in solo blocks with 37. Marin Grote of Grand Rapids has 32, adopted by Omaha’s Tori Dixon (29) and Orlando’s M’Kaela White (29) and Molly McCage of Vegas (27).