No surprise: Warriors take over No. 1 in AVCA poll

Happy March.

New month, new No. 1 in the AVCA men’s volleyball Top 15.

Hawai’i (4-0) received 15 first-place votes to replace BYU at the top. The Cougars (6-2) got the last vote when dropping to No. 2.

Pepperdine (6-2) moves up three places to No. 3 followed by UC Santa Barbara (0-0) and Lewis (8-2). The Gauchos and Flyers were tied for No. 3 last week.

Making a biggest moves were Grand Canyon (2-4) moving from 9 to 6 after upsetting BYU last week, and McKendree (7-0), going from 13 to 7 after making believers when defeating Lewis.

Warriors off this week, are at UC Santa Barbara to open Big West play. The March 11-12 matches count in conference, March 13 is a non-conference match.