MALIBU, Calif. — Seniors Hannah Frohling, Hana Lishman and Tarah Wylie were honored prior to a 3-1 win over West Coast Conference opponent Pacific in Firestone Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.  The Waves marked 25-15, 20-25, 25-20 and 25-18 set wins for the victory to improve the team's record to 16-10 overall and 12-3 in the WCC this season thus far.

The three seniors were honored with their families prior to the start of the match.

Wylie marked her first career double-double with 10 kills and 10 blocks, while hitting the 1,000-kill career milestone during the match.  Frohling led the Waves' attack force with 17 kills, while adding three blocks, six digs and two aces. Lishman had a team-best 20 digs, along with an ace.  Shannon Scully and Isabel Zelaya also had double-doubles on the day. 

BIG WAVES
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 17 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 3 blocks
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 10 kills, .318 hitting %, 10 digs (1 solo), 2 aces
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 20 digs, 1 ace
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 9 kills, 3 aces, 5 digs, 3 blocks
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 10 kills, 14 dis, 5 blocks
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 40 assists, 13 digs, 1 block
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 5 kills, 4 blocks (1 solo)
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 10 digs
Kayleigh Hames (Maryville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville): 7 digs, 2 assists
 


WAVES VS. TIGERS
Pepperdine put in a solid output for the win on senior day, leading the court in all statistical areas of the game, including 51 smashes on a .238 success rate, while allowing only 42 kills on a .096 clip throughout.  The Waves impressed with 14.0 team blocks, while allowing only 4.0 to the Tigers and also led with 44 assists, eight aces and 76 digs to the opposition's 42 assists, five aces and 73 digs.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12        2          25        .400
2          13        6          43        .163
3          13        3          36        .278
4          13        5          43        .186
TTL      51        16        147      .238
 
PACIFIC ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          8          6          32        .062
2          13        4          42        .214
3          11        8          37        .081
4          10        9          46        .022
TTL      42        27        157      .096
 


PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves busted out of the starting gates with a 5-0 lead to start the match, featuring an ace from Hana Lishman, a block collaboration from Tarah Wylie and Hannah Frohling and kills from Frohling, Rachel Ahrens and Alli O'Harra.  Pacific then gathered a few points, but more smashes from Wylie, Frohling and Shannon Scully helped the cause e route to a 12-5 lead to force a Tigers' timeout.  Out of the break, Wylie came out and plastered and ace on the ground to continue the energy and a block from O'Harra and Scully later in the set pushed the Waves lead to 16-6. UOP went on a five-point run after, but kills from Scully and back-to-back blocks closed from Wylie and Scully closed the set down 25-15.
 
The second story had a different beginning and end, however, and after Pacific broke into 12-8 led, the Waves were unable to close the gap throughout.  The opposition finished the set with a 25-20 set win to tie the score.
 
Pepperdine regained composure in the third set, and after a short see-saw battle to open, a block from Frohling and O'Harra set the tone and kills from Frohling pushed the Waves to a 15-9 advantage.  More Wylie, Ahrens block collaborations continued Pepperdine en route towards a set point, which Ahrens would put away for the 25-20 set win and the match lead heading into the fourth.
 
In the final set, more smashes from Frohling and uet another block from Ahrens and Wylie pushed the home team to an 11-6 lead.  Frohling, Ahrens and Wylie continued with kills and rejections towards a commanding 19-13 lead late in the action.  With the energy in the room clearly in the Waves' favor, the home team used it to their advantage, feeding Wylie and Frohling for more kills and forcing a final error from across the net for the 25-18 set win and 3-1 overall victory.
 
NEXT UP
The Waves have three matches remaining in the regular season, beginning with a road trip up north to take on Santa Clara and San Francisco next Thursday and Saturday.  The following Tuesday, Pepperdine will make the trip to Provo to challenge #11 BYU to close out the regular season.
 
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AAA: AHRENS ASICS ACES
With three more aces tallied in today's match, sophomore Rachel Ahrens is just one ace away from tying the Pepperdine women's volleyball career record books for most aces in a single season during the rally scoring era.  She is two away from overtaking the record with three matches left in the regular season.  The record has stood since 2003 when Katie Wilkins amassed 48 aces in 111 sets played. 
 
Her 0.45 aces/set also ranks 2^nd in the single-season record books for best aces/set output in the rally scoring era, while her 0.37 career aces/set output also leads the Pepperdine career records.  The aces/set career record currently sits at 0.36 from Lauren Agajanian in 1993-94 when she amassed 38 aces in 107 sets played.  *Aces/set records subject to change throughout the final matches of the 2019 season.
 
SENIOR NOTES
Hannah Frohling has played in 112 matches and 416 sets, earning 1,291 kills and 111 aces, while averaging 3.10 kills/set and 0.27 aces/set.  She is a multi-year All-WCC honoree, with a first team nod in 2018 and has earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors three times with first team acclaim in 2017.  She currently ranks 8^th in the Pepperdine all-time record books for total kills and total aces.  The four-time Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete and Pepperdine Dean's List honoree with graduate in April with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine.

In Hana Lishman's time in wearing navy and orange as the starting libero, she has played in 115 total matches and 437 total sets.  She has impressed with 1,645 total digs, ranking 2^nd in the all-time Pepperdine career record books, while her 3.76 digs/set ranks 3^rd.  She also ranks in a multitude of seasonal and single match record lists, including digs and digs/set for every season she has played in the back row.  Lishman will graduate in April with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

Tarah Wylie began her tenure with the Waves by earning WCC Freshman of the Year honors in 2015.  Her 444 total sets played leads the Pepperdine record books all-time career records.  After 118 matches played, the middle continued on to amass 450 total Malibu Roofing Company rejections, ranking 3^rd in the all-time Pepperdine record books.  She has recorded 44 solo blocks and has averaged 1.01 block/set throughout her career.  Wylie has also tabbed 1,004 total kills and averaged 2.26 kills/set and a .318 hitting percentage.  The two-time All-WCC honoree and four-time Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete will graduate in December with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Administration.

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