MALIBU, Calif. — With 10 kills on a .625 success rate, redshirt-junior Tarah Wylie led the Pepperdine women's volleyball team to a sweep over San Francisco in Firestone Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.  The Waves amassed 25-15, 25-22 and 25-17 set scores for the West Coast Conference victory.
 
The Waves are now 15-7 overall and 9-3 in WCC play, while the Dons drop to 8-15 overall and 1-11 in league action.
 
BIG WAVES
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 10 kills, .625 hitting %, 2 aces, 2 digs, 1 block
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 9 kills, .320 hitting %, 1 ace, 2 digs, 1 block
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 8 kills, 12 digs, 2 blocks (1 solo)
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 8 kills, .275 hitting %, 1 ace, 8 digs, 2 blocks
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 8 kills, 4 blocks
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 36 assists, 1 ace, 9 digs, 1 block
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 17 digs, 3 assists
 
WAVES VS. DONS
Pepperdine outplayed San Francisco in nearly all aspects of the match, leading with 44 kills on a .305 hitting percentage, while allowing only 27 kills on a .068 output.  The Waves picked up 40 assists, five aces and 56 digs, compared to the Dons' 25 assists, four aces and 45 digs.  Each squad amassed 6.0 team blocks throughout the match.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          16         5          33         .333
2          11         4          41         .171
3          17         3          31         .452
TTL       44         12         105       .305
 
SAN FRANCISCO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          8          5          34         .088
2          11         9          44         .045
3          8          5          39         .077
TTL       27         19         117       .068
 


NOTABLES

• Pepperdine leads San Francisco with a 60-7 all-time record, dating back to the 1985 season when the Waves won a 3-1 matchup.  Earlier this season, Pepperdine downed the Dons in four sets 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 3.35 kill/set and 30 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 964 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 15 double-figure dig matches this season, with three above 20-digs, and 62 in her career.
• Lishman has amassed 1,145 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 1.21 blocks/set after amassing 81 total blocks with six solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 58 total blocks, including three solo rejections for 0.78 blocks/set.
• Alli O'Harra had led the Waves in blocks for the last 11-consecutive matches, including five of them with seven blocks or more. 

PLAY-BY-PLAY
After working point-for-point to a 6-6 tied score, the Waves unleashed a big defensive effort, starting with a Blossom Sato and Alli O'Harra block collaboration.  With kills from Shannon Scully and Hannah Frohling, Pepperdine continued en route to a 13-9 lead.  With an impressive service output from Sato including an ace late in the action and kills from Tarah Wylie, Heidi Dyer and Frohling, the Waves went on a 8-0 run for a 21-10 advantage.  A final smash from Scully sealed the deal in the first set with a 25-15 Waves' win to start the day.
 
In the second set, the Waves set a solid tone in the second set, amassing a 10-5 lead with a big service output from Wylie and kills from Dyer and O'Harra.  Although the Dons stayed close behind throughout, Pepperdine maintained the lead courtesy of smashes from Frohling and Wylie.  Late blocks from O'Harra with either Frohling or Dyer late in the set helped shut the door and the Waves finished with a 25-22 set win.
 
Pepperdine was intent on closing the match out in the three, an as the third set start it was evident that feat would be accomplished.  The Waves came out with an ace from Wylie and smashes from Scully and O'Harra en route to a 10-7 advantage.  With more solid service outputs from Hana Lishman and Scully, featuring big smashes from Wylie, the Waves worked towards an 8-1 run to continue towards the win.  In the final moments, Dyer, Scully and O'Harra unleashed a huge attack effort to secure the 25-17 final set win and match sweep.
 


NEXT UP
Next, the Waves hit the road to challenge Saint Mary's and Pacific on November 1 and 3..  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.