STOCKTON, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team was felled in a five-set thriller at Alex G. Spanos Center against Pacific on Saturday afternoon, despite a career-high double-double effort from sophomore Shannon Scully with 26-kills and 20-digs.
 
After dropping the first set 25-23, the Waves (16-8, 10-4 WCC) came back to win 26-24 and 25-15 second and third sets.  Each side of the court fought for each advantage throughout, but the Tigers (10-14, 5-8 WCC) capitalized in the fourth with a 30-28 set win to force a fifth set the team would eventually win 21-19. 
 
Pepperdine opened the first fifth-set the team has played this season with a jump start, amassing an 8-3 lead with big kills from Scully.  Pacific would stay close behind, however, and tie the set at 12's.  Scully posted another pair of kills throughout the set, with help from Hannah Frohling, but after an extra-point battle the Tigers secured the overall victory with an ace.
 
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 26 kills, .385 hitting %, 20 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 1 assist, 27 service receptions with no errors
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 15 kills, 2 aces, 7 digs, 2 blocks (1 solo)
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 9 kills, .381 hitting %, 2 aces, 4 blocks, 2 assists, 1 dig
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 8 blocks (*1 solo), 2 digs
Blossom Sato (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS): 45 assists, 3 aces, 9 digs, 2 blocks, 2 kills
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 17 digs, 2 assists
Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 4 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs, 4 blocks, 15 service receptions with no errors.
Jenna Tunnell (Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS): 4 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig
Lily Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS): 8 assists, 1 ace, 3 digs
 
WAVES VS. TIGERS
Pacific led the court with 71 kills on a .212 hitting percentage along with 65 assists, compared to Pepperdine's 60 kills on a .189 success rate with 59 assists.  Each team amassed 70 digs apiece, while the Waves led with 10 aces and 13.5 blocks, as opposed to the opposition's nine aces and 12.0 blocks.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14         5          36         .250
2          9          7          30         .067
3          12         4          29         .276
4          15         8          46         .152
5          10         5          23         .217
TTL       60         29         164       .189
 
PACIFIC ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          16         6          38         .263
2          15         4          35         .314
3          10         7          32         .094
4          18         9          49         .184
5          12         6          30         .200
TTL       71         32         184       .212
 
NOTABLES

• Pepperdine leads Pacific 17-15 all-time, dating back to the 1977 when the Waves won a match 2-0 on a neutral court.  Earlier this season, Pepperdine downed Pacific in four sets.
• Hannah Frohling has hit for double-figure kills in 14 matches this season and 54 throughout her career.  She leads the team with 3.33 kill/set and 32 aces overall.
• Frohling is currently at the 989 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 17 double-figure dig matches this season, with three above 20-digs, and 64 in her career.
• Lishman has amassed 1,179 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 nine double-doubles this season, leading the Waves, including her most recent today with a career-best 26-kills and 20 digs.
• On the season, Alli O'Harra leads the Waves with 1.29 blocks/set after amassing 97 total blocks with seven solo rejections. Tarah Wylie has marked 67 total blocks, including five solo rejections for 0.82 blocks/set.
• Alli O'Harra had led the Waves in blocks for the last 13-consecutive matches, including seven of them with seven blocks or more. 

 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The first set was tight from start to finish.  After a 9-9 tie, however, Pacific broke ahead to a 14-10 lead.  Late in the set, the Waves tied things up at 23 apiece, but the opposition collected the two final points necessary to take a 25-23 first set win.
 
In the second set, it was another close bout, with each side hitting the 14-point mark.  After that, the Tigers went on a three-point run to pull ahead, staying at least one-point ahead over the Waves to a 24-21 advantage.  A block from Alli O'Harra and Jenna Tunnell flipped the script, and a pair of services aces from Blossom Sato put the Waves ahead and looking to secure a set-win.  Hannah Frohling would put the final ball away for a 26-24 set win to tie the overall match.
 
After close previous sets, Pepperdine jumped out to a solid 12-5 lead in the third with smashes from Shannon Scully and Frohling.  The Waves continued en route to to a sizeable 20-12 lead with an ace from Lily Dyer and a solo rejection from Frohling.  A final smash from Tunnell earned the Waves a 25-15 set win.
 
The fourth-set proved to be a seesaw battle from start to finish.  After a 10-10 tied score early on, the Waves fell behind by three-points, en route to a 24-21 disadvantage.  Pepperdine rallied to tie the score at 24's with kills from Scully and attack errors from across the net.  Each side went point-for-point, with the Waves staving off five set-point opportunities from the Tigers and Pacific holding off Pepperdine once.  After a tie at 28, an attack error from the Waves and a kill from the home team earned the 30-28 set win to force a fifth set.
 
Despite falling down early in the final set, Pacific bounced back to tie the score late in the fifth.  After each team had multiple match-point opportunities, the Tigers finished with a service ace to win the match.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves return to Malibu to host Hawai'i at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6.  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.