MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team gave the four seniors quite a tribute on Saturday afternoon at UCLA's Wooden Center for senior day, defeating Portland in four sets in exciting fashion with 25-23, 17-25, 25-17 and 25-23 set scores to improve the team's record to 19-8 overall and 12-4 in the West Coast Conference. 
 
Shannon Scully and Tarah Wylie led the Waves to the win over the Pilots (18-11, 6-11 WCC) with 18 and 13 kills respectively.  Scully marked her 11^th double-double of the season after also marking 10 digs and Wylie impressed with a .571 success rate on the attack and three aces.
 
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 18 kills, .286 hitting %, 10 digs, 1 block
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 13 kills, .571 hitting %, 3 aces, 3 blocks (1 solo)
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 9 kills, 2 digs, 1 block
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 7 kills, 3 blocks (1 solo)
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 2 kills, 47 assists, 9 digs, 1 block
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 3 assists, 17 digs
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 9 digs
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 6 kills, 7 digs, 1 block
Jaiden Farr (Peterson, Utah/Morgan HS): 1 ace, 4 digs
Jenna Tunnell (Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS): 1 kill
 
WAVES VS. PILOTS
Although Portland led the overall match with 57 kills, Pepperdine edged the Pilots out with a .270 success rate on 56 smashes compared to the opposition's .267 clip.  The Waves led with 61 digs and 6.0 blocks, while Portland added 59 digs and 5.0 blocks.  The Pilots added 57 assists and five aces, and the Waves amassed four aces and 53 assists.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          13         2          29         .279
2          10         6          32         .125
3          12         4          41         .195
4          21         4          46         .370
TTL       56         16         148       .270
 
PORTLAND ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          17         4          36         .361
2          14         2          30         .400
3          10         10         42         .000
4          16         2          38         .368
TTL       57         18         146       .267
 
NOTABLES

• All-time, Pepperdine leads Portland 58-6, 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 Pilots with a sweeping win in Portland.
• Hannah Frohling has hit for double-figure kills in 16 matches this season and 56 throughout her career.  She leads the team with 3.34 kill/set and 35 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 1,030 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 20 double-figure dig matches this season, with three above 20-digs, and 67 in her career.
• Lishman has amassed 1,228 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 11 double-doubles this season, leading the Waves, including her most recent today with 18-kills and 10-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 1.21 blocks/set after amassing 105 total blocks with eight solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 78 total blocks, including eight 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, fueled by the energy of the senior day festivities, amassing an 11-4 lead early on after big aces from Tarah Wylie and a block effort from Alli O'Harra and Blossom Sato. Late in the action, the Pilots brought the score within one, battling back seven-set point opportunities from the Waves.  Pepperdine remained resilient, however, and won the set 25-23.
 
After the late jolt in the first set, Portland came out big in the second set, pulling ahead early and eventually winning the set 25-17.
 
It was a see-saw battle throughout much of the third set, with both teams reaching a 13-13.  After big attacks from O'Harra, Heidi Dyer and Shannon Scully, the Waves started to pull away.  Another big serving presence from Wylie, featuring a solo block from O'Harra and a collaboration from O'Harra with Dyer, helped Pepperdine to a six-point advantage at 20-14.  Sato snuck one past the Pilots and Wylie closed up the set with a kill for a 25-17 win and a 2-1 match advantage heading into the fourth.
 
Sato put the Pilots off-kilter with a strong presence on the service line to open the fourth set and extra kills from Hannah Frohling, Wylie and Dyer gave the Waves a 4-0 lead early.  The Waves continued with a big smash front from Scully and O'Harra for a 10-3 lead.  Shortly after, however, Portland started to close the gap and eventually tied the set at 12's.  Each side went point-for-point, exchanging 11 tied scores and six lead changes in the final set en route to a tied 23-23 score.  Wylie would do the honors for both of the final points of the match, putting a kill down for a set-point option and then shutting the match down with a solo rejection from the middle.
 
NEXT UP
Tomorrow on Sunday, the Waves will make up the match against PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m. in the Gersten Pavilion on LMU's campus.  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.