Box Score MALIBU, Calif. — A five-set battle was in store for the Pepperdine women's volleyball team in Jenny Craig Pavilion on Tuesday night, ending with a San Diego win and the Waves first West Coast Conference loss this season.  . 

Pepperdine had the early lead with a 25-21 first set over San Diego (10-4, 3-0 WCC), but the Toreros countered with 25-19 and 26-24 second and third set wins.  After battling for a 27-25 fourth set win, each team went into the fifth ready to swing, but after a 13-13 tie, the Toreros edged out the Waves 15-13 to take the victory.

The loss was the sixth five-set loss of the season for the Waves (6-8, 2-1 WCC), and first loss in West Coast Conference play. 

Shannon Scully posted her 22^nd career double-double with 18 kills and a career-high 23 digs, while Tarah Wylie matched her career-best kill effort with 17.  Isabel Zelaya also was good for a double-double with 49 assists and 10 digs, while Hana Lishman and Madison Shields also added double-figure digs.

BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 18 kills, .295 hitting %, 23 digs, 1 ace, 2 blocks
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 17 kills, .353 hitting %, 5 blocks, 2 aces
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 9 kills, 18 digs, 3 blocks, 2 aces
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 12 kills, 4 blocks
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 16 digs, 4 assists
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 49 assists, 10 digs, 3 blocks
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 3 kills, 5 blocks
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 12 digs
 
*Technical difficulties in San Diego.  Stats may change when file is corrected.
 
WAVES VS. TOREROS
Pepperdine led the match with 13.0 team blocks, compared to the opposition's 10.0, and 82 digs to 77.  San Diego led on the offensive side, however, as the Toreros posted six aces to the Waves' five and 64 kills on a .232 success rate to Pepperdine's 61 smashes on a .169 clip.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          10        6          32        .125
2          9          4          38        .132
3          19        8          47        .234
4          17        6          37        .297
5          6          7          24        -.042
TTL      61        31        178      .169
 
SANTA DIEGO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          10        5          38        .132
2          18        3          47        .319
3          16        5          45        .244
4          14        3          39        .282
5          6          4          21        .095
TTL      64        20        190      .232
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
After trailing 3-0 to open the match, the Waves came back and pulled ahead by four-points at the 9-5 mark.  Kills from Rachel Ahrens and Hannah Frohling helped the Waves stay ahead throughout, including 16-12 and 22-16 leads late in the action.  Although the opposition started to string a few points together late in the set, pulling within two at the 23-21 mark, the Waves buckled down and a kill from Frohling, followed by a Tarah Wylie, Isabel Zelaya block collaboration ended things 25-21 in the Waves favor.
 
San Diego opened the second set on a 6-0 lead, but the Waves were able to counter and close the gap to one point 9-8.  It was an opening lead that Pepperdine would be unable to overcome, however, as the Toreros kept ahead of the set and eventually won 25-19.
 
The third set looked similar to the second, with USD taking a quick lead and holding throughout a majority.  Kills form Frohling and Wylie late in the action helped tie the set at 20-20, and each side worked point-for-point en route to a 24-24 tie.  A block from across the net and a final USD kill put the opposition up 26-24 and 2-1 in the match.
 
The fourth set looked to be in the Toreros' favor to open with an 8-5 lead, but the Waves had other things in mind and closed the gap to 10-apiece.  More big kills from Wylie and Shannon Scully kept the Waves in favor until the 17-17 mark, when strong service outputs gave USD a 20-18 lead.  The set saw tied scores from 20-20 all the way to 25-25 before a pair of kills from Scully and Wylie and a solo block from Scully closed things down 27-25 and forced a fifth set.
 
In the fifth, San Diego came out swinging to start with a 3-0 lead and continued en route to a 9-4 lead with a strong attack output.  Back-to-back blocks from Ahrens and Alli O'Harra started to close the gap, and a kill and ace from Scully finished the job with an 11-11 tied score heading into the final set.  After a 13-13 tie, a USD timeout helped the home team figure out what they needed.  The Toreros came out of the break with a kill and a block to close the five-set match with a win.
 
NEXT UP
Later this week, Pepperdine hosts Portland and Gonzaga in Firestone Fieldhouse on Thursday and Saturday.
 
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