SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Freshman setter Isabel Zelaya spread the offense around to a collective .324 hitting percentage, leading the Pepperdine women's volleyball team to a sweep over Santa Clara on the road, and a sixth-consecutive win in the West Coast Conference with 25-20, 25-23 and 25-23 final set scores.

Zelaya also added 17 digs in the Waves (17-10, 13-3 WCC) win over the Broncos (18-11, 8-8 WCC), while Shannon Scully and Hannah Frohling led the team with 17 and 11 smashes.  Tarah Wylie also posted a team-best four aces to aid the effort.

BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 17 kills, .484 hitting %, 9 digs
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 11 kills, .241 hitting %
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 8 kills, .500 hitting %, 4 aces, 2 blocks
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 38 assists, 17 digs, 1 block
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 6 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 9 digs, 1 ace, 4 assists
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS):  4 kills, .500 hitting %
 
WAVES VS. BRONCOS
Pepperdine led the effort with 46 smashes on a .324 collective success rate, while allowing 43 killson a .317 output for a close differential.  Although the Broncos led the match with 7.0 blocks to the Waves 3.0, Pepperdine's five aces, 49 digs and 47 assists, also outweighed that of Santa Clara's three aces, 43 digs and 40 assists.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14        2          24        .500
2          17        5          43        .279
3          14        2          24        .500
TTL      46        12        105      .324
 
SANTA CLARA ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14        4          27        .370
2          16        1          41        .366
3          13        5          36        .222
TTL      43        10        104      .317
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Hana Lishman led off the Waves offensive to open the match, posting an ace while also pushing Pepperdine to a 6-0 run to set an early lead.  After holding the advantage towards a 10-5 lead, the Waves allowed the opposition back in to tie things up with a 5-0 run.  After a back-and-forth battle ensued, including a 13-13 tie, kills from Shannon Scully, Rachel Ahrens and Hannah Frohling put the Waves back on top.  More smashes throughout the set pushed Pepperdine to a 25-20 set win.
 
In the second, the Waves once again pulled ahead early, 6-4, but the Broncos were close behind, again tying thing up at 10's.  Pepperdine surged ahead to a 16-12 lead with more kills from Tarah Wylie and Scully.  After both teams reached the 22-point range, a kill from Scully kept the Waves positive.  Although SCU tied the set at 23-23, a kill from Frohling and attack error from across the net shut the set down in the Waves' favor with a 25-23 set score.
 
Pepperdine had momentum in the third set, but Santa Clara had an early drive towards the lead.  The Broncos went up 12-8 early on, and continued to a 14-9 lead before the Waves would start to close the gap.  A block collaboration from Wylie and Ahrens and back-to-back kills from Frohling and Ahrens earned a 14-14 tie, and another pair of kills from Ahrens and Frohling, followed up by a block from Wylie and Isabel Zelaya for the 17-16 lead. 
 
The set remained close throughout, but a kill from Wylie to start things off kept the Waves ahead by at least one point through the rest of the set.  In the final moments, a kill from Frohling and Wylie put the Waves in a position to close, and the middle would continue with yet another smash to close the set 25-23 and complete the Waves' sweep.
 
NEXT UP
On Saturday, the Waves make the short trip to San Francisco to take on the Dons at noon. 
 
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