MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team will host the final two home matches of the 2019 regular season this week, welcoming Saint Mary's on Thursday and Pacific on Saturday for Senior Day in Firestone Fieldhouse.
 
MATCH #25 — Thursday (November 14) at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif.: Pepperdine vs. Saint Mary's at 7 p.m.
 
MATCH #26 — Saturday (November 16) at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif.: Pepperdine vs. Pacific at 12 p.m. | SENIOR DAY.
 
WILLIE'S CHALLENGE CHANCES — There will be a giveaway promotion where upon entry student fans can get entered into a drawing for a piece of Pepperdine volleyball gear, courtesy of the Waves, during every challenge period called.  Any student fan wearing a Pepperdine shirt will get an extra two ticket entries.  Tickets will be drawn throughout the match.
 
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.
 
LIVE — 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.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA — Follow @WavesVolleyball on Twitter for updates and check out PepperdineWaves.com and Facebook (/WavesVolleyball) for releases and more information.
 
SENIOR DAY — Seniors Hannah Frohling, Tarah Wylie and Hana Lishman will be honored prior to the match on Saturday.
 
AAA: AHRENS ASICS ACES — Rachel Ahrens currently has 42 aces tabbed this season, which ranks 4th in the Pepperdine women's volleyball record books for most aces in a single season.  With five matches left on the docket, Ahrens looks to set toward the record with is held at 48 aces by Katie Wilkins in 2003 after 111 sets played.  Wilkins also ranks 2nd in the record book with 47 aces in 2002 in 113 sets played and Rachel Grochmal ranks 3rd with 43 aces tabbed in 83 sets played in 2007.
 
SQUAD GOALS — The Waves have gone 14-10 overall this season and 10-3 in the West Coast Conference this season thus far, earning the team the #3 spot in the league standings.
 
As a team, the Waves average 13.40 kills/set on a .248 success rate, while also amassing 12.32 assists/set, 1.72 aces/set, 14.05 digs/set and 2.12 blocks/set throughout the match.  Pepperdine typically allows opponents 12.06 kills/set on a .214 clip, along with 11.45 assists/set, 0.98 aces/set, 13.81 digs/set and 2.14 blocks/set against. 
 
Shannon Scully, Hannah Frohling and Rachel Ahrens all lead in the offensive effort, with 3.14, 2.93 and 2.72 kills/set respectively.  Scully leads the squad with 298 total smashes on 845 attempts, while adding 3.03 digs/set, 0.46 blocks/set and 0.26 aces/set as well.  Frohling has added 196 total kills, along with 1.61 digs/set, 0.43 blocks/set and an impressive 0.36 aces/set after plastering 24 aces down on opponents throughout the year thus far.  Ahrens leads the squad at the service line, with 0.45 total aces/set after putting up 42 aces this season thus far.  She also adds 0.64 blocks/set, 0.57 digs/set and has marked 256 total kills this season.
 
Tarah Wylie and Alli O'Harra lead the squad at the net, posting 1.09 and 0.80 blocks/set respectively.  Wylie leads with 104 total blocks, including 13 solo rejections.  She also is good for 2.45 kills/set on a .344 clip, 0.32 aces/set with 30 total aces and 0.47 digs/set for the Waves.  O'Harra has put up 74 total blocks with five solo denials, while adding 1.51 kills/set on a .259 hitting percentage and 0.35 digs/set thus far.
 
Isabel Zelaya and Tayah Mahi have shared some of the playmaking duties, with Zelaya seeing the most time.  In 74 sets played, she has posted 9.62 assists/set with 712 total assists.  She also puts in 1.93 digs/set, 0.43 blocks/set and 0.34 kills/set for the Waves.  Mahi has posted 8.68 assist/set with 321 toal assists this season so far.  She also adds 0.34 kills/set, 1.68 digs/set and 0.30 blocks/set for her team.
 
Hana Lishman and Madison 'Maddog' Shields have been the big diggers in the back row, averaging 3.42 and 1.90 digs/set respectively.  Lishman has put in 325 total digs this season, while also helping the effort with 0.23 aces/set and 0.72 assists/set.  Shields is the first off the bench to help in defensive support and has marked 175 total digs this season.
 
LAST WEEK, TODAY — Last week, Pepperdine dominated PCH Cup rival LMU at home, sweeping the Lions in straight sets for the victory with 25-7, 25-13 and 25-18 final set scores. In the second set, the Waves seven-points allowed was the least amount of points allowed to an opponent in a single set (excluding fifth sets) since 2002, when the Waves downed Loyola College 30-4 on a neutral court.
 
The team's 14-aces also ranks tied for second in the Pepperdine women's volleyball record books for most aces in a single-match during the rally-scoring era.  Wylie's six aces, her second time putting six down this season, is tied for third in the all-time record books for most aces in a single match.
 
As a squad, the Waves produced 40 kills on a .337 clip, along with the 14 aces, 53 digs and 4.0 team blocks.  Pepperdine allowed the opposition only 21 kills on a .069 success rate, as well as 35 digs and 6.0 team blocks, keeping the Lions to only two kills on a -.147 hitting percentage in the first set alone.
 
Tarah Wylie led the Waves with a team-best six aces, while Rachel Ahrens also impressed with five aces of her own.  Wylie also led the squad with eight kills on a .462 success rate, while each Hannah Frohling and Alli O'Harra had seven kills.  O'Harra also impressed with a .700 hitting percentage, along with two blocks.  Isabel Zelaya led the squad with 32 assists, while amassing four kills, four digs and two blocks and Ahrens added six kills along with Shannon Scully.  Hana Lishman held down the back row with a team-best 12 digs.
 
THE COMPETITION — Pepperdine leads Pacific all-time with an 18-15 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.  Earlier this season, the Waves downed the Tigers 3-1 on the road.
 
The Waves have an impressive 49-16 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 had won five-straight including a pair of sweeps last season.  This season, however, the Gaels had the edge when the Waves faced the team on the road and SMC won 3-1.