MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team had three players with double-figure kills and two with double-figure digs en route to a 3-1 win over Santa Clara on Thursday night in Firestone Fieldhouse.
 
Shannon Scully, Hannah Frohling and Heidi Dyer led the squad with 15, 14 and 13 kills respectively, while Hana Lishman and Jaiden Farr marked 21 and 14 digs respectively.  The Waves advance to 14-7 overall and 8-3 in West Coast Conference action, while the Broncos drop to 6-17 overall and 1-10 in league action.
 
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 15 kills, .233 hitting %, 1 ace, 8 digs, 4 blocks
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 14 kills, .235 hitting %, 1 ace, 2 digs, 2 blocks
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 13 kills, .370 hitting %, 3 digs
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 7 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 4 kills, 4 blocks
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 48 assists, 5 digs, 2 kills
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 21 digs, 1 ace, 2 assists
Jaiden Farr (Peterson, Utah/Morgan HS): 14 digs
 
WAVES VS. BRONCOS
The Waves' attack effort was solid throughout the match with 56 kills on a .224 success rate, compared to the Broncos' 42 kills on a .155 clip.  Pepperdine also led with three aces and 59 digs throughout the match, while Santa Clara put up one ace and 56 digs.  The opposition led the match, however, with 14.0 team blocks to the Waves 6.0.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          19         4          44         .341
2          12         6          28         .214
3          10         8          37         .054
4          15         5          38         .263
TTL       56         23         147       .224
 
SANTA CLARA ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          13         4          36         .250
2          7          7          29         .000
3          14         4          30         .333
4          8          7          34         .029
TTL       42         22         129       .155

 

NOTABLES

• Pepperdine leads Santa Clara with a 41-33 all-time record, dating back to the 1982 season when the Waves won a 2-0 matchup.  Earlier this season, Pepperdine swept the Broncos on the road.
• Hannah Frohling has hit for double-figure kills in 12 matches this season and 52 throughout her career.  She leads the team with 3.43 kill/set and 27 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 956 kill-mark in her career.
• Rachel Ahrens has posted 11 matches with double-figure kills this season and has led the Waves' attack in seven.
• Hana Lishman has put up 14 double-figure dig matches this season, with three above 20-digs including today, and 61 in her career.
• Lishman has amassed 1,128 digs throughout her career thus far.
• Blossom Sato has led the Waves in assists in all but one match this season including a career-high 59 in the home opener against Idaho. 
• Shannon Scully has posted seven double-doubles this season, leading the Waves.
• On the season, Alli O'Harra leads the Waves with 1.20 blocks/set after amassing 77 total blocks with six solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 57 total blocks, including three solo rejections for 0.82 blocks/set.
• Alli O'Harra had led the Waves in blocks for the last 10-consecutive matches, including five of them with seven blocks or more. 

 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Each side came out strong to start the match, but the opposition was able to amass a 10-7 lead early on.  With the help of three-consecutive kills from Shannon Scully and a follow pair of smashes from Alli O'Harra, the Waves countered to tie the set at 14's.  Despite the Broncos hitting the 20-point mark first, the Waves once again countered with kills from Scully to tie the score and pull ahead 23-21 in the final moments.  Kills from across the net tied the score and forced extra points, but a surprise attack from Blossom Sato followed up by a final smash from Hannah Frohling and the Waves won the first set 26-24.
 
In the second set, the Waves set the tone by opening with an ace from Frohling and kills from Scully and Heidi Dyer to gain a 5-1 lead.  Although the competition was able to counter and tie things up, a big service effort from Hana Lishman including a kill from Tarah Wylie for a solid 14-8 advantage.  Sato put the Broncos on edge with another solid service output and blocks from Tarah Wylie and Frohling kept the Waves in the lead an en route to a 25-16 second set win.
 
With the disadvantage heading into the third set, the Broncos came out ready to play, amassing a 10-5 lead to open the action.  It would be a lead the Waves would be unable to overcome as Santa Clara continues to power through for a 25-17 third set victory to force a fourth.
 
In the fourth set, the Waves came out with a vengeance and unleashed on the Broncos, posting big kills from Scully and Dyer to set the tone and delivering a message with a block from O'Harra and Scully to pull ahead 10-4.  Pepperdine continued with smashes from Dyer and Scully late in the action.  With a 20-12 lead, Frohling put down five kills in six-consecutive plays to shut the door 25-13 with a Waves' win.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves host San Francisco on Saturday at noon in Firestone Fieldhouse.  Follow the Waves on Facebook and Twitter, @WavesVolleyball, and follow the team on Instagram, @peppvolley.  Get all the most recent schedules, results and more on www.PepperdineWaves.com.