For tonight's volleyball match, security will be improved after the Loyola and Hawai'i locker rooms were burglarized during Wednesday's meeting in the Stan Sheriff Center.

Loyola players reported losing money and two cell phones from their locker room in the arena. The Warriors lost a backpack and money. A box containing UH libero Ric Cervantes' personal items was open when he returned to the locker room after Wednesday's match. Two weeks earlier, a laptop computer was taken from the UH locker room.

"It's disappointing," UH setter Sean Carney said. "It's not good to know that somebody on the outside has access to not only our locker room but other locker rooms, too. It's a bad look on our program.

"It's something that shouldn't be happening," he added. "It shouldn't be on our minds that while we're playing games, somebody is taking advantage of us. We have no access to our locker room while we're playing."

Arena manager Rich Sheriff said he is puzzled by the burglaries. The door to the Warriors' locker room cannot be opened without punching in a specific code, which is changed regularly. Sheriff said the visitors' locker room is locked during matches.

"In 16 years, we've never had any thefts out of the visitors' locker room," Sheriff said. "We're looking at ways to try to keep an eye on it. We want to take care of it as quickly as possible."

Loyola coach Shane Davis said: "I don't know what the deal is. We're going to be more careful with our stuff."

Davis has greater concerns following Wednesday's three-game loss. The Ramblers had difficulty passing the Warriors' serves and navigating an active block.

"Hopefully, we'll get our confidence back and everyone will be better," Davis said.

Davis conceded the Ramblers had difficulty adjusting to the long travel from Chicago. "It's still kind of a spring-break-vacation mode a little bit," Davis said. "And Hawai'i was hungry for a win. We just weren't ready."

The Warriors' serves kept the Ramblers out of system most of the match. Carney, who was first in the rotation, led the way with his accurate jump serves.

"It's pretty much my least favorite thing to do," Carney said of being the leadoff server. "We have to do the national anthem, Hawai'i Pono'i and introductions. It's like 15 minutes before we actually do anything. It's a pretty tough serve."

The Warriors scored 46 points on their 89 serves.

SPEEDY WEEKEND

Several UH student-athletes will serve as guest instructors at this weekend's Hawai'i Speed and Quickness clinics at the UH athletic complex. Each session is $10, and includes instruction in plyometrics and resistance training. Sessions are 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. tomorrow and Sunday.

Call 739-5444 or go to www.hawaiispeedandquickness.com.

Reach Stephen Tsai at stsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.