MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team has a stacked schedule this week, hosting both #22 San Diego and #12 BYU on Thursday and Saturday in Firestone Fieldhouse.
 
Thursday's match against USD will air live on ESPNU.
 
MATCH #20 — Thursday (October 24) at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif.: Pepperdine vs. #22 San Diego at 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU
 
MATCH #21 — Saturday (October 26) at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif.: Pepperdine vs #12 BYU at 12 p.m. | WCC Network
 
PROMOTIONS —
Thursday vs. San Diego | Pink match & Postgame Autographs | Wear your pink and stop by the PCAC table in the lobby before, during or after the match. 
 
Saturday vs. BYU | Halloween Game | Wear a costume!
 
LIVE — Thursday's match against USD will air live on ESPNU, while Saturday's matchup against BYU will go live on the WCC Network.  Live stream and live stats will be available for all matches, with most West Coast Conference matches going live on the WCC Network.  Links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
 
TICKETS — Each match costs $10 for adults and $8 for alumni, children, seniors and non-Pepperdine students.  Tickets are free for Pepperdine students, faculty and staff with a valid Pepperdine ID.  Purchase tickets in advance at 866-WAVE-TIX or at the ticket office on game day.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA — Follow @WavesVolleyball on Twitter for updates and check out PepperdineWaves.com and Facebook (/WavesVolleyball) for releases and more information.
 
SQUAD GOALS — The Waves have gone 10-9 overall this season thus far, while posting a 6-2 record in West Coast Conference action to tie for third place in the league alongside PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount.  As a team, Pepperdine has averaged 13.41 kills/set on a .238 success rate, while adding 12.27 assists/set, 1.58 aces/set, 14.11 digs/set and 2.08 blocks/set this season. 
 
Shannon Scully, Hannah Frohling and Rachel Ahrens lead the Waves with 3.19, 2.96 and 2.78 kills/set respectively.  Scully adds 3.13 digs/set and 0.47 blocks/set, while Frohling and Ahrens also post 0.34 aces/st apiece.  Frohling also adds 1.94 digs/set and 0.44 blocks/set, while Ahrens is good for 057 digs/set and 0.65 blocks/set.
 
Tarah Wylie and Alli O'Harra lead in the duties at the net, marking 1.05 and 0.79 blocks/set respectively.  Wylie also marks 2.47 kills/set on a .339 success rate, along with 0.27 aces/set and 0.47 digs/set.  O'Harra adds 1.50 kills/set as well.
 
Hana Lishman and Madison Shields are the primary back row support for Pepperdine, with 3.56 and 1.87 digs/set respectively.  Lishman leads with 278 total digs and adds 0.23 aces/set and 0.77 assists/set, while Shields has posted 140 digs this season.  Isabel Zelaya and Tayah Mahi share the playmaking role, posting 9.53 and 8.58 assists/set respectively.  Zelaya leads the team with 562 total assists and adds 1.92 digs/set, 0.42 blocks/set and 0.29 kills/set.  Mahi is good for 1.58 digs/set and 0.21 blocks/set.
 
LAST WEEK, TODAY — Pepperdine split last week on the road, first defeating Pacific in four sets before falling at Saint Mary's in four.  Against the Tigers, the Waves fell behind with a 25-15 first set loss, but battled back to win the following three sets 25-17, 25-13 and 25-17 for the road win.  The Waves posted 47 kills on a .248 hitting percentage, adding six aces, 56 digs and 12.0 team blocks in the effort, and allowing the opposition 46 kills on a .129 output with three aces, 56 digs and 7.0 blocks.  Rachel Ahrens, Tarah Wylie and Hannah Frohling led in the smashing duties with 14, 11 and 10 kills respectively.  Ahrens also posted a .321 success rate on the attack and added four blocks including on solo rejection.  Wylie led the floor with a .391 hitting output, as well as eight blocks including a solo denial.  Frohling added a double-double with 10 digs.  Hana Lishman led the squad with 20 digs, while Shannon Scully added 11 digs, three blocks, two aces and six kills in the effort.  Isabel Zelaya led the squad with 37 assists.
 
Against SMC, the Waves fell behind with a 25-18 first set loss, but rallied for a 25-18 second set win.  The opposition then picked up 25-22 third and fourth set wins to secure the victory over the Waves.  Pepperdine led with 55 kills to the opposition's 52, but SMC's .256 hitting percentage was marginally better than the Waves' .252.  The Gaels also led with five aces and 11.0 blocks, while Pepperdine amassed two aces and 9.5 blocks.  The Waves did lead with 47 digs to the Gael's 43. Ahrens once again led with 16 kills on a .500 success rate, while adding a team-high two aces and five blocks.  Alli O'Harra also added five blocks and Frohling added 14 kills on a .321 output with seven digs.  Wylie and Scully each posted 10 digs, with Wylie putting up a .304 clip and four blocks and Scully adding seven digs and three blocks.  Lishman produced 10 digs as well.
 
THE COMPETITION — Pepperdine holds a 41-32 record against San Diego all-time, going back to the first time Pepperdine and San Diego went head-to-head in 1979, when the Waves swept past the Toreros.  The Waves kept sweeping through USD for the next 13-straight matches and won 19-straight before the Toreros would pick up their first win in five sets in 1993.  The Waves went on another 11-match winning streak from 1998-2003, while USD recorded a nine-match streak of their own from 2012-16.  Last year, the Waves lost once on the road and won in five sets at home.  This season, USD has gone 15-4 overall with an undefeated 8-0 start to conference action with a 13-match winning streak.  The Waves and Toreros played early in October, with USD taking the tough five-set win.  Last week, San Diego downed then-ranked #9 BYU in five sets in Provo to make the team's way into the AVCA Coaches Poll at #22.
 
BYU is the only WCC school that has a winning record against Pepperdine with a 26-7 lead since 1976.  In the first meeting, however, the Waves won 2-0, before the Cougars won the following four matches.  The last time the Waves took wins over BYU was from 200-2011 when the team collected four 3-1 victories in 2000, 2005, and 2011 twice.  BYU is currently on a 14-match winning streak over Pepperdine including two 3-0 wins last season.  This season, the Cougars are currently ranked #12 in the AVCA Coaches Poll with a 16-3 overall record and a 7-1 WCC record.