Pepperdine University
Hawai'i
#2 Waves Sweep #5 Hawaii
3/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball
Pepperdine-Hawaii Box Score 
MALIBU, Calif. - The #2 Pepperdine men's volleyball team won for the 12th time in its last 13 matches with a three-game sweep (30-26, 34-32, 30-26) of #5 Hawaii in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play on Friday night in Firestone Fieldhouse.
The Waves (13-5, 11-4) and the Warriors (14-8, 10-7) continue their two-match series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. "Wave Casts" subscribers can watch the match online at www.pepperdinesports.com.
Junior outside hitter Cory Riecks (Auburn, Calif./Placer HS) had a team-high 17 kills while hitting .424, freshman opposite Maurice Torres (Riverside, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) recorded 14 kills and senior outside hitter J.D. Schleppenbach (Ventura, Calif./Ventura HS) had 13 kills with a .526 hitting percentage, as well as a match-high eight digs.
The Waves had a 13.5 to 7.5 edge in blocks, led by eight from junior middle blocker Tyler Jaynes (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS) and four from senior middle blocker Rodnei Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil/BYU).
Junior setter Kasey Crider (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS) had 47 assists as Pepperdine posted a .333-.200 advantage in team hitting.
Hawaii was led by Jonas Umlauft's 20 kills, while Matt Rawson and Joshua Walker had 11 kills apiece.
Pepperdine never trailed in the first game, and led by as many as four points, first at 17-13 and last at 20-16. But Hawaii eventually tied it at 21-21 and 22-22. The Waves then went on a 4-0 run, with the Warriors contributing a service error and two unforced hitting errors, followed by a block by Jaynes and Crider. Hawaii got no closer than two points the rest of the way, and the game ended after a Hawaii service error and attack error. Pepperdine enjoyed a .344-.171 hitting advantage.
The second game featured 13 ties and 10 lead changes and the Waves needed a remarkable comeback to take a 2-0 lead. Although Pepperdine went up by six at 16-10, a 5-0 run by the Warriors later put Hawaii ahead 25-22, and their lead grew to four at 28-24. But Torres and Schleppenbach recorded kills, Crider and Jaynes shared a block and Jaynes had a solo block to even the score at 28-28. The Warriors served for the game three times, but on the last one, Riecks got a kill to make it 32-32. A Hawaii attack error gave the Waves back the lead, and Santos finished the extended second game with a solo block.
Pepperdine let a decent-sized lead get away in the third game, but once again finished strong. A 4-0 run that included a kill by Riecks and a solo block by Jaynes made the score 10-5, though the Warriors would eventually tie the game at 18-18. It would stay tied at 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. But tied 26-26, the Waves got a kill by Schleppenbach and then three straight blocks to end the match: a shared block by Torres and Jaynes, a solo block by Torres and a triple-block by Torres, Riecks and Jaynes.
