Two losses led to a one-spot drop in the national rankings for the Hawaii beach volleyball team.

The Rainbow Wahine (2-2), preseason No. 5, were at No. 6 in Monday’s AVCA Coaches Top 20. UCLA (5-0), which won last weekend’s Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Classic at Queen’s Beach, was the unanimous top pick, followed by USC (0-0).

Pepperdine (3-1), the Kahanamoku Classic runner-up, moved up a spot to No. 3. LSU (4-0) moved up three spots to No. 4 followed by Florida State (4-1).

Among other Big West teams, Cal Poly (3-3) dropped one place to No. 7 and Long Beach State (9-0) remained at No. 8. Hawaii travels next week to the East Meets West Classic at Manhattan Beach, Calif., where the SandBows will face No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Florida State and No. 9 Florida International (4-0), as well as unranked TCU (2-2).

Warriors remain ranked at No. 2

A bye week did not affect the Hawaii men’s volleyball team’s national ranking, with the Rainbow Warriors (10-0) remaining at No. 2 in the AVCA Coaches DI-II Top 15.

Hawaii is behind defending national champion Long Beach State (13-0) and ahead of its next opponent UC Irvine (13-2). The Warriors open Big West play Friday against the Anteaters in Irvine, Calif.

Matautia picked to World Games team

Former Hawaii outside hitter Austin Matautia was one of 12 players named to the U.S. team that will compete at July’s World University Games in Italy.

Matautia, a former All-State player at Moanalua, is in his first season with UCLA after transferring from Hawaii. Brandon Rattray, who also transferred from Hawaii to UCLA, was one of two opposites selected.

Lopez, Dino earn BWC softball awards

Hawaii third baseman Nicole Lopez was named the Big West softball field player of the week on Monday and pitcher Izzy Dino earned the freshman of the week award.

Lopez hit .552 (12-for-23) in seven games last week and closed the weekend by hitting two two-run home runs in a 7-2 win over Canisius. She finished the week with three doubles, four homers and three stolen bases and scored 10 runs. The senior leads Rainbow Wahine (12-4) at the plate with a .455 batting average.

Dino went 2-0 last week with a 0.44 earned-run average. She earned a complete-game win over Canisius last Thursday and threw nine innings of scoreless relief in two appearances against New Mexico on Friday and Saturday. Dino struck out 10 and walked four over the week.

Castro and Dressler earn honors

Chaminade guard Destiny Castro was named the PacWest women’s basketball player of the week, earning her third honor of the season.

The junior averaged 26.7 points with 6.7 steals per game in the Silverswords’ three games last week on the road.

The ’Swords (6-18, 5-15 PacWest) will play Notre Dame de Namur on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at McCabe Gym.

>> Chaminade guard Grant Dressler earned the PacWest men’s player of the week award on Monday, his fourth honor of the season.

The senior averaged 26.7 points and 9.7 rebounds, helping the Silverswords win two games last week.

The Silverwords (20-6, 14-6 PacWest) also play Notre de Namur on Thursday after the women’s game.

Saunders named freshman of the week

Hawaii Pacific outfielder Noel Saunders was named the PacWest softball freshman of the week on Monday.

The Pearl City alum led the Sharks in a sweep over Chaminade, going 5-for-6 with three runs and two RBIs.

The Sharks (8-8, 2-0 PacWest) will play a pair of doubleheaders against Notre Dame de Namur on Wednesday and Thursday at Howard Okita Field in Kaneohe.

HPU baseball loses to Biola

The Hawaii Pacific University baseball team lost the first game of a doubleheader against Biola 10-6 on Monday at Hans L’Orange Park.

The Sharks (13-4) racked up nine hits, with three coming in the bottom of the eighth to close the gap to 7-6. But the Eagles scored three runs in the ninth to pull away.

The second game was not completed at press time.

HPU will play a doubleheader against Fresno Pacific starting at 2 p.m on Saturday at Hans L’Orange.