#1 Pepperdine Ends South Carolina Trip with Two Wins

Sunday, March 18

Columbia, S.C.

6:00 AM

Pepperdine University

LSU

Deahna Kraft (31), Corinne Quiggle (1) (Photo by Katie Ristow)

#1 Pepperdine Ends South Carolina Trip with Two Wins

3/18/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball

March 18, 2018

Stats & Results

COLUMBIA, S.C. " Deahna Kraft and Corinne Quiggle clinched both of the top-ranked Pepperdine beach volleyball squad's wins on Sunday morning to close out the Gamecock Grand Slam, propelling the Waves to a 3-2 win over No. 7 LSU and a 4-1 victory over #11 Georgia State at Wheeler Beach.

The Waves have now won 13-consecutive matches for a 15-2 overall record this season, while also going 14-2 against ranked opposition. In the teams' 17 matches, the clinching decision has fallen on the No. 2 pair nine times.

RESULTS

#1 Pepperdine 3, #7 LSU 2

1: Kristen Nuss/Claire Coppola (LSU) def. Brook Bauer/Madalyn Roh (PEPP) " 21-18, 23-21

2: Deahna Kraft/Corinne Quiggle (PEPP) def. Olivia Powers/Hunter Domanski (LSU) " 13-21, 21-13, 15-8

3: Megan Davenport/Emmy Allen (LSU) def. Heidi Dyer/Gigi Hernandez (PEPP) " 21-18, 19-21, 15-13

4: Skylar Caputo/Alexis Filippone (PEPP) def. Haleigh Nelson/Maddie Ligon (LSU) " 21-17, 21-17

5: Maddie Dilfer/Nikki Lyons (PEPP) def. Gina Tillis/Riley Young (LSU) " 21-17, 19-21, 15-11

Exhibition 6: Kaity Bailey/Katie Gavin (PEPP) def. Emily Hardesty/Lilly Kessler (LSU) " 21-10, 19-21, 18-16

Order of Finish: 4, 5, 1, 2*, 3

#1 Pepperdine 4, #11 Georgia State 1

1: Teegan Van Gunst/Annika Van Gunst (GSU) def. Brook Bauer/Madalyn Roh (PEPP) " 19-21, 23-21, 15-13

2: Deahna Kraft/Corinne Quiggle (PEPP) def. Tiffany Creamer/Brooke Weiner (GSU) " 21-10, 21-11

3: Heidi Dyer/Gigi Hernandez (PEPP) def. Georgia Johnson/Olivia Stasevich (GSU) " 21-17, 21-13

4: Skylar Caputo/Alexis Filippone (PEPP) def. Amie Held/Kate Novack (GSU) " 21-18, 21-16

5: Maddie Dilfer/Nikki Lyons (PEPP) def. Ashley McGinn/Eden Hawes (GSU) " 21-16, 21-12

Exhibition 6: Allie Elson/Rebeka Brodbeck (GSU) def. Jordan Ferrari/Katie Gavin (PEPP) " 21-16, 22-20

Order of Finish: 4, 5, 2*, 3, 1

MATCH RECAP

The opening match against No. 7 LSU was a battle from start to finish. Although the Waves collected two wins to pull ahead early in the first flight, the Tigers were close behind. Skylar Caputo and Alexis Filippone came back from a 15-11 deficit early in the first set to win 21-17. The pair then continued with another 21-17 set win over Haleigh Nelson and Maddie Ligon to put the Waves on the board first. Maddie Dilfer and Nikki Lyons took the first set away from Gina Tillis and Riley Young with a 21-17 mark, but the opposition countered with a 21-19 second set win to force a third. The Waves' duo buckled down and gritted out a 15-11 final set win to put their team in a position to clinch in flight two.

LSU took the first sets in all three second flight matches. They picked up a second set win on court one to make it a 2-1 Waves' lead with two matches still in action. The No. 2 pair, Corinne Quiggle and Deahna Kraft flipped the script after a 21-13 first set loss to Olivia Powers and Hunter Domanski, winning the second 21-13. In the third, they dominated the sand en route to a 15-8 third set win to clinch the first overall match of the day. Despite a second set Waves' win to force a third set on court three, the Tigers had the momentum and put up a 15-13 third set win to make the score 3-2 overall.

In the second match against No. 11 Georgia State, Pepperdine dominated from the beginning, winning the first flight handily. Caputo and Filippone finished first with a 21-18, 21-16 win over Amie Held and Kate Novack in the No. 4-slot. Lyons and Dilfer were also commanding the court against Ashley McGinn and Eden Hawes on court five, posting a 21-16, 21-12 win to put the Waves' up 2-0 heading into the second flight for the second time today.

The Waves came out strong in the second flight, opening with a quick 21-10, 21-11 win from Kraft and Quiggle over Tiffany Creamer and Brooke Weiner at the No. 2 position to clinch the second match. Heidi Dyer and Gigi Hernandez also won in two sets to make it a 4-0 Waves' lead after downing Georgia Johnson and Olivia Stasevich 21-17 and 21-3 on court three. The Panthers wouldn't go quietly, however, as they took a three-set battle win with 19-21, 23-21, 15-13 set scores off the Waves at the No. 1 position to end the day 4-1.

NOTABLES

Pepperdine is on a 13-match winning streak.
The Waves No. 4 pair Skylar Caputo and Alexis Filippone remain undefeated at 17-0 this season and rank atop the country as a pair based on CollegeBeachVB.com.
Pepperdine's No. 2 pair Corinne Quiggle and Deahna Kraft are on a 13-match winning streak.
In 17 matches, the clinching match has fallen in the No. 2 position nine times, with the Waves collecting a 7-2 record on those occasions.
The Waves have a 14-2 record against ranked opponents and have gone 5-1 when facing teams ranked in the AVCA top-5.
Pepperdine is currently ranked No. 1 in the AVCA coaches poll.

NEXT UP

Pepperdine returns to California, but treks to Northridge next week for a Wednesday matchup against CSUN and Loyola Marymount at 1 and 3 p.m.

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