LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A sweep over PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount at the Gersten Pavilion helped the Pepperdine women's volleyball team to its 20^th-win of the 2018 campaign on Sunday afternoon.  The 25-21, 25-19, 25-23 win advanced the Waves to a 20-8 overall record and a 13-4 West Coast Conference record, the program's best overall output since the 2012 campaign.
 
Shannon Scully led the team with her 12^th double-double of the season after putting down 14-kills and 12-digs, and Tarah Wylie led the Waves with three aces for the third-consecutive match.
 
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 14 kills, .333 hitting %, 1 ace, 12 digs, 1 block
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 10 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 2 blocks
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 6 kills, .417 hitting %, 3 aces, 3 blocks
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 6 kills, .417 hitting %, 2 blocks
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 32 assists, 5 digs, 2 kills, 1 block
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 8 digs, 24 service receptions w/only 1 error (.960%)
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 4 digs
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 3 kills, 2 blocks (1 solo), 4 digs
 
WAVES VS. LIONS
The Waves have not lost a single match this season when they were leading in hitting percentage, and today was no exception as Pepperdine put up a .282 success rate compared to the Lions' .259.  LMU led the court with 44 kills, 41 assists and 41 digs, compared to the Waves' 41 smashes, 37 assists and 40 digs.  Pepperdine, however, led with five aces to LMU's two and each side posted six blocks throughout. 
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12         4          37         .216
2          16         4          30         .400
3          13         4          36         .250
TTL       41         12         103       .282
 
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          15         5          38         .263
2          11         4          33         .182
3          18         5          41         .317
TTL       44         15         112       .259
 
NOTABLES

• The Waves lead the PCH Cup standings with 4.5 points, compared to the Lions 2.0.
• All-time, Pepperdine leads Loyola Marymount 56-24 all-time, dating back to the 1976 season when the Waves won a match on the road in straight sets.  Earlier this season, the Waves downed the Lions with a sweep at home.
• Hannah Frohling has hit for double-figure kills in 17 matches this season and 57 throughout her career.  She leads the team with 3.28 kill/set and 36 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 1,040 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 1,236 digs throughout her career thus far.  She leads the Waves with 3.84 digs/set and 372 digs this season.
• 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 12 double-doubles this season, leading the Waves, including her most recent today with 14-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 1.19 blocks/set after amassing 107 total blocks with eight solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 81 total blocks, including eight solo rejections for 0.84 blocks/set.
• Alli O'Harra had led the Waves in blocks for 17-consecutive matches at one point earlier this season, including seven of them with seven blocks or more. 

 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
After falling behind 4-0 to open the match, the Waves slowly rallied back in the first, eventually tying the score at 15-15 with a pair of kills from Tarah Wylie and Blossom Sato.  After tying it up, Shannon Scully put the Lions on edge with a strong serving output and featured kills from Hannah Frohling earned the first Waves' lead of the set.  After a 10-10 tied score, Hana Lishman and Sato each put in solid service performances to help Pepperdine get the edge once again and a solo block from Heidi Dyer and final smash from Wylie ended the set with a 25-21 result in the Waves' favor.
 
The second set opened evenly on each side, but some big kills from Alli O'Harra and Wylie, along with an ace from Scully helped the cause.  After a 10-10 tied score, block collaborations from Wylie, Scully and O'Harra, Dyer put Pepperdine on path for an 11-2 run to pull ahead.  Although the opposition attempted to close the gap, kills from Dyer late in the action won the set 25-19.
 
In the third set, the Waves were fueled by the first two wins and jumped out to a solid 11-7 start with kills from Scully and a block from O'Harra, Sato.  LMU stayed close behind, though, and eventually tied the set at 22's late in the action.  A kill from Scully and an ace from Wylie earned a match-point opportunity for Pepperdine and it would not go to waste.  Scully ended the match with her 14^th-smash of the day to win the set 25-23 and secure the PCH Cup sweep.
 
NEXT UP
On Tuesday, the Waves will close out the regular season with a 7:30 p.m. matchup against San Diego at UCLA's Wooden Center.  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.