MALIBU, Calif. — Shannon Scully and Hannah Frohling led the Pepperdine women's volleyball team to a commanding sweep over Gonzaga at the Wooden Center on Thursday night, blanking the Zags with 25-20, 25-16 and 25-15 set scores after amassing double-figure kills with over .400 hitting percentages. 
 
Scully led with 16 kills on a .500 attack output, while Frohling was solid with 14 kills on a .407 success rate.  Pepperdine (18-8, 11-4 WCC) was dominant on the attack with a .330 clip, compared to the Bulldogs (9-18, 6-10 WCC) .162 hitting percentage.
 
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 16 kills, .500 hitting %, 2 aces, 8 digs, 1 block, 10 service receptions w/no errors
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 14 kills, .407 hitting %, 2 assists, 1 block
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 4 kills, 3 aces, 4 digs, 2 blocks
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 6 kills, .308 hitting %, 2 blocks
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 35 assists, 2 kills, 3 digs
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 15 digs
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 12 digs
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 4 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 10 service receptions w/no errors
Jaiden Farr (Peterson, Utah/Morgan HS): 4 digs
 
WAVES VS. BULLDOGS
Pepperdine dominated the court from start to finish, amassing 46 kills on a .330 success rate, while allowing the Zags 31 kills on a .162 clip.  The Waves added six aces, 55 digs and 4.0 blocks, as opposed to Gonzaga's two aces, 42 digs and 6.0 blocks.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14         6          41         .195
2          16         1          35         .429
3          16         4          30         .400
TTL       46         11         106       .330
 
GONZAGA ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          11         3          35         .229
2          11         7          38         .105
3          9          4          32         .156
TTL       31         14         105       .162
 
NOTABLES

• All-time, Pepperdine leads Gonzaga 56-8, dating back to the 1987 season when the Waves won a match on the road in straight sets.  Earlier this season, the Waves downed the Bulldogs with a four-set win in Spokane.
• Hannah Frohling has hit for double-figure kills in 16 matches this season and 56 throughout her career.  She leads the team with 3.39 kill/set and 35 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 1,021 kill-mark in her career, surpassing the 1,000-career kill mark against Hawai'i in Malibu on November 6, 2018.
• Hana Lishman has put up 19 double-figure dig matches this season, with three above 20-digs, and 66 in her career.
• Lishman has amassed 1,211 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 10 double-doubles this season, leading the Waves, including her most recent today with 10-kills and 12-digs.  She posted an impressive career-best output against Pacific on November 3, 2018 with 26-kills and 20-digs.
• On the season, Alli O'Harra leads the Waves with 1.23 blocks/set after amassing 102 total blocks with seven solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 75 total blocks, including seven solo rejections for 0.83 blocks/set.
• Alli O'Harra had led the Waves in blocks for 17-consecutive matches this season, including seven of them with seven blocks or more. 
• Rachel Ahrens has posted 11 matches with double-figure kills this season and has led the Waves' attack in seven.

 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves came out strong in the first set, but the Zags came out strong as well, and each side battled through tied scores until the 18-18 mark.  Kills from Alli O'Harra and Shannon Scully helped Pepperdine pull away late in the action.  Despite Gonzaga staying close behind throughout, the Waves put the set away 25-20 with a strong service presence from Hana Lishman and back-to-back kills from Hannah Frohling and Scully.
 
Pepperdine had the momentum after set one, and used it to have a big presence in the second.  After a 6-6 tied score, O'Harra and Scully collaborated on a big Malibu Roofing Company block effort to set the tone and kills from Frohling and Blossom Sato propelled the Waves to a solid 19-13 advantage.  Late in the action, a dominant block from Frohling and Wylie helped the cause and a final kill from Scully gave the Waves a 25-16 set win.
 
With a 2-0 advantage, the Waves were fueled by the earlier advantages and a big service output from Wylie, including an ace and blocks from Heidi Dyer and O'Harra, helped the Waves to a 9-2 lead early on.  More solid attacks from Frohling and Scully were integral throughout the set and along with third ace from Wylie late in the action, Pepperdine pulled ahead 22-13.  Wylie and Frohling would go back-to-back to deliver the final kills of the match and shut the night down with a 25-15 set win for the sweep.
 
NEXT UP
Next, Pepperdine remains in the Wooden Center for a 11 a.m. matchup against Portland on Saturday, November 17.  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.