The University of Hawaii Warrior volleyball team opened defense of their national championship Wednesday evening in very convincing fashion.

The Men of War swept Lewis in three straight, 30-17, 30-21, 30-22 to open up the 2003 season with a huge exclamation point.

The Warriors Costas Theocharidis had 14 kills to lead a balanced Hawaii attack.  Delano Thomas added 12 kills and Eyal Zimet contributed 10 kills of his own.

Hawaii dominated from the opening serve over a very experienced Lewis squad that is one of the favorites this year in MIVA.

The Warriors out hit the Flyers an incredible .551 to .172. UH also out blocked Lewis 6 to 3.

The two teams will meet again Friday evening at the Stan Sheriff Center. First serve is set for 7:05 p.m.

You can hear that match live on the internet at: www.hawaiisportsnetwork.com

  
                              Volleyball Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
         Lewis Flyers vs Hawaii Warriors (Jan 08, 2003 at Honolulu, HI)
 
    Lewis Flyers           |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 4  Bird, Victor........  3|  7   3  13  .308|  0|  0   2|  1|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 7  Soler, Jeff.........  3|  5   9  19 -.211|  0|  1   3|  0|  2| 0  0  1|  0
 10 Barreto, Fabiano....  3| 12   6  29  .207|  1|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0
 12 Miller, Kevin.......  3|  7   0  12  .583|  0|  0   3|  0|  1| 0  2  1|  0
 17 Elsea, James........  1|  1   1   5  .000|  0|  1   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
 18 Martins, Jose.......  3|  2   1   5  .200| 33|  0   2|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
 9  Stuntz, Ryan........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  1|  8| 0  0  0|  0
 16 Escalante, Enrique..  2|  3   1  10  .200|  0|  0   3|  0|  1| 1  0  0|  0
    TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  3|   |        |   
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    Totals..............  3| 37  21  93  .172| 35|  2  13|  5| 18| 1  4  2|  0
 
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct   
   1  10  9  31  .032   GAME SCORES           1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  11  8  28  .107   Lewis Flyers........ 17 21 22  (0-1)
   3  16  4  34  .353   Hawaii Warriors..... 30 30 30  (1-0)
 
    Hawaii Warriors        |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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 3  Tuyay, Kimo.........  3|  1   0   3  .333| 43|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  0  1|  1
 6  Zimet, Eyal.........  3| 10   3  17  .412|  1|  1   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0
 9  Theocharidis, Costas  3| 14   0  20  .700|  1|  2   4|  0|  2| 0  2  0|  0
 15 Ching, Tony.........  3|  9   1  17  .471|  2|  0   4|  0| 10| 0  2  0|  0
 17 Thomas, Delano......  3| 12   1  15  .733|  0|  2   2|  0|  0| 0  4  0|  0
 22 Stanhiser, Joshua...  3|  4   2   6  .333|  0|  0   2|  0|  0| 0  2  0|  0
 5  Muise, Jake.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  9| 0  0  0|  0
 13 Bender, Matt........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
    TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  2|   |        |   
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    Totals..............  3| 50   7  78  .551| 47|  5  13|  2| 26| 0 12  1|  1
 
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct   
   1  15  1  22  .636   Site: Honolulu, HI (Stan Sheriff Center)
   2  15  3  24  .500   Date: Jan 08, 2003   Attend: 4821   Time: 1:23    
   3  20  3  32  .531   Referees: Dan Hironaka, Ernest Ho
                        Length of Games - 0:23/0:22/0:24
                        LEWIS "Flyers" vs. HAWAII "Warriors"