MALIBU, Calif. — Redshirt-senior David Wieczorek hit two career milestones on Wednesday night in Firestone Fieldhouse, boosting the #6 Pepperdine men's volleyball team to a 3-1 win over #12 CSUN with 25-23, 25-27, 25-18 and 25-22 set scores. 
 
Wieczorek reached the 1,000 career kill mark and the 100 career ace mark in the match, helping the Waves (6-2) to the win over the Matadors (5-5).  Michael Wexter led Pepperdine with 21 kills on a .410 success rate, while Wieczorek tabbed 16 kills and an impressive five aces.  Kaleb Denmark also posted his second career double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs.
 
BIG WAVES
David Wieczorek (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy): 16 kills, 5 aces, 5 digs, 2 blocks (1 solo)
Michael Wexter (New Lenox, Ill./Linoln-Way West HS): 21 kills, .410 hitting %, 9 digs, 3 blocks, 3 assists
Kaleb Denmark (Redlands, Calif./Arrowhead Christian Academy): 13 kills, 10 digs, 4 blocks, 3 assists
Noah Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley HS): 11 digs, 3 assists
Max Chamberlain (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs HS): 8 kills, .500 hitting %, 3 blocks, 2 assists
Kévin Vaz (Paris, France/Palmetto HS (Fla.)/Cal Baptist): 5 kills, 4 blocks
Robert Mullahey (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS): 44 assists, 8 digs, 1 kill


 
WAVES VS. MATADORS
Pepperdine posted a well-rounded and solid effort against the Matadors, leading the match with 64 kills compared to the opposition's 54 smashes.  CSUN led with a .342 hitting percentage, however, to Pepperdine's .331 success rate.  The Waves also led with five aces to the opposition's three, but the Matadors posted a match-high 48 digs and 9.5 blocks to the Waves' 43 digs and 8.5 blocks.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14        9          42        .119
2          18        3          31        .484
3          15        2          34        .382
4          17        4          32        .406
TTL      64        18        139      .331
 
CSUN ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          11        6          31        .161
2          18        2          32        .500
3          13        2          34        .324
4          12        3          23        .391
TTL      54        13        120      .342
 
NOTABLES

• David Wieczoek has now amassed 1,010 career kills and 104 career aces.  His ace mark is currently ranked 9^th in the Pepperdine men's volleyball record books.
• Wieczorek leads the squad with 127 kills and 3.85 kills/set, along with 13 aces and 0.39 aces/set.
• Kaleb Denmark picked up his second career double-double against CSUN.  He has posted 2.94 kills/set and 1.76 digs/set this season overall.
• Michael Wexter reached the double-figure kill mark for the sixth time this season and the 15^th time in his career.  He is second on the team with 3.24 kills/set and is tied for a team-high 2.21 digs/set along with Noah Dyer.
• Kevin Vaz leads the Waves with 1.07 blocks/set this season, with 29 total blocks including two solo rejections.
• Noah Dyer also posted his third double-figure dig match of the season and the sixth of his career.

 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Pepperdine may have opened the match with a 4-2 lead, but CSUN was close behind throughout, tying the score evenly early on.  After working through a 9-9 tied score, the Matadors put together a few successful plays to pull ahead 14-10, but the Waves would prove resilient and a block collaboration from Kévin Vaz, Kaleb Denmark and Michael Wexter would help the cause.  Pepperdine closed the gap within one several times, but wouldn't tie the game until the score reached 22-22, when another Denmark block alongside Max Chamberlain helped the cause.   David Wieczorek then landed a kill to put the Waves on the right track, and a final block from Vaz and Wexter closed the set down 25-23 with a Waves' win.
 
In the second set, Pepperdine jumped ahead early with a 6-3 advantage and the Waves would continue en route to an 18-14 lead featuring multiple aces from Wieczorek.  The Matadors never gave up, though, and closed the gap to a 19-19 score.  After a few back-and-forth options and set-points fought off, the opposition closed the set on a kill for a 27-25 win to tie the overall match.
 
The Waves weren't messing around in the third set, as the home team jumped out of the starting gate and posted a block from Denmark and Vaz and kills from Wieczorek and Wexter en route to a 9-4 early lead.  Pepperdine would stay at least three points in the lead or more throughout the final moments and kills from Chamberlain, Wieczorek and Wexter put the Waves in a position to close.  With a 23-18 lead, Wieczorek stepped up to the service line and plastered a pair of aces on the floor to earn set win and put his team ahead heading into the fourth set.
 
Pepperdine was intent on closing the match, but CSUN would not give up without a fight.  After a block from Chamberlain and Denmark set an early tone and a propelled the Waves to a 6-3 lead, the Matadors would be unable to overcome the deficit throughout.  The opposition did close the gap to one-point at the 14-13 Waves' lead, but Pepperdine settled down and quick kills from Denmark and a block from Wexter and Vaz put the Waves ahead 18-14.  The Waves kept pounding down and more kills fom Wieczorek and Wexter continued through the set towards a 25-22 set win and the 3-1 overall victory.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves will remain in Malibu, hosting #3 BYU on Wednesday, February 6 at 7 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse.  Follow the Waves on Facebook and Twitter, @PeppVolleyball, and follow the team on Instagram, @PeppMVB.  Get all the most recent schedules, results and more on www.PepperdineWaves.com.