MALIBU, Calif. — After a PCH Cup rivalry win last week, the Pepperdine women's volleyball team remains on the road with a pair of matches coming up at Pacific and Saint Mary's.
 
MATCH #18 — Thursday (October 17) at Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton, Calif.: Pepperdine at Pacific at 7 p.m. | WCC Network
 
MATCH #19 — Saturday (October 19) at McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, Calif.: Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m. | WCC Network
 
LIVE — Live stream and live stats will be available for all matches, with all West Coast Conference matches going live on the WCC Network. Links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
 
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SQUAD GOALS — The Waves have gone 9-8 overall this season, while starting West Coast Conference play with an impressive 5-1 output.  As a team, Pepperdine puts out 13.48 kills/set on a .237 success rate, and adds 12.32 assists/set, 1.65 aces/set, 14.25 digs/set and 2.01 blocks/set. 
 
Shannon Scully, Hannah Frohling and Rachel Ahrens lead in attack effort for the Waves. Scully has a team-best 3.33 kills/set with 233 total kills on 640 swings.  She also averages 3.23 digs/set, 0.44 blocks/set and 0.27 aces/set this season thus far.  Frohling leads the team with 0.38 aces/set, while also averaging 2.95 kills/set, 1.90 digs/set and 0.52 blocks/set.  Ahrens leads in total aces with 24, posting a 0.35 aces/set average, while adding 2.67 kills/set as well as 0.62 digs/set and 0.59 blocks/set.
 
Tarah Wylie and Alli O'Harra lead in blocking duties for the Waves, with Wylie leading the team with 1.00 blocks/set after rejecting 70 attack attempts with six solo rejections.  She also adds 2.46 kills/set on a team-high .338 clip, and puts out 0.29 aces/set and 0.51 digs/set.  O'Harra has put in 1.57 kills/set on a .247 success rate, and has produced 52 blocks with five solos for 0.76 blocks/set.
 
Isabel Zelaya and Tayah Mahi have led in the playmaking duties, with 9.47 and 8.58 assists/set respectively.  Zelaya has also put in 1.94 digs/set and 0.39 blocks/set, while Mahi adds 1.58 digs/set and 0.21 blocks/set.  Hana Lishman and Madison Shields have the primary back row duties. Lishman leads the team with 3.54 digs/set with 248 total digs on the season.  She also has amassed 17 aces for 0.24 aces/set as well. Shields puts in 1.85 digs/set on average and has produced 124 total digs for the Waves this season.
 
LAST WEEK, TODAY — The Waves had one match on the docket last week, a PCH Cup rivalry matchup at Loyola Marymount.  Pepperdine downed LMU in a tough four-set battle, with 25-23, 26-28, 25-22 and 25-23 final set scores for the WCC victory.  As a team, the Waves posted 68 kills on a .266 success rate, while the opposition was good for 63 kills on a .277 clip.  Pepperdine also amassed 62 assists, three aces and 55 digs, while LMU posted 60 assists, two aces and 59 digs.  Each side put in 7.0 team blocks throughout the match.
 
The Waves were led by Rachel Ahrens with 15 kills on an impressive .500 success rate, while Tarah Wylie added 14 smashes on a .458 output and Shannon Scully and Kayleigh Hames also added 13 kills respectively.  Wylie and Scully led the squad with four blocks, while Scully also had a team-high 13 digs and two aces.  Isabel Zelaya and Madison Shields also put up 12 digs apiece and Zelaya led the squad with 55 assists. 
 
THE COMPETITION — Pepperdine leads Pacific all-time with a 17-15 record, playing the Tigers for the fewest times amongst all other league competitors.  The Waves first won four-straight from 1977-79 before the Tigers took the team's first win in 1979 before going on a 10-match winning streak.  Pepperdine went 10-2 against Pacific from 2003-17, losing only twice in both matches in 2014.  Last season, each team took the home matchup with the Waves winning 3-1 in Firestone Fieldhouse and the Tigers winning in five in Stockton.
 
The Waves have an impressive 49-15 all-time record against Saint Mary's, playing the first match in 1987 and winning 3-0 before going on a 14-match winning streak.  SMC took a lone five-set win in 1994, but Pepperdine was quick to recover and go on another streak of 19-consecutive matches.  After some back-and-forth from 2004 to 2016, the Waves have won five-straight including a pair of sweeps last season.
 
POSITION BREAKDOWNS:
CANNONS — Hannah Frohling, Shannon Scully, Rachel Ahrens, Taylor Akason, Savana Greene and Kayliegh Hames.
MALIBU ROOFING COMPANY — Tarah Wylie, Alli O'Harra and Rosie Ballo
PLAYMAKERS — Isabel Zelaya, Tayah Mahi and Lily Dyer.
CAN YOU DIG IT? — Hana Lishman, Madison Shields and Aubrey Roberts.
 
MORE THAN A PEEK INTO THE 2018 SEASON — This week, the Waves took an in-depth look at the trials and tribulations faced during the end of the 2018 season in a three-part docuseries.  Also included in the feature were team philosophies and an inside look at the momentum towards the team's future this season.  All three chapters, as well as the full video, can be found on any of Pepperdine women's volleyball social channels (@WavesVolleyball on Facebook and Twitter) or on the Pepperdine Athletics YouTube channel.