MALIBU, California – The #9 Pepperdine men's volleyball team saw its first action ahead of the 2020 season and posted a four-set exhibition victory over Canadian school Guelph on Monday evening in Firestone Fieldhouse.
The Waves defeated the Gryphons 20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-22, and then tacked on an extra fifth-set victory, 15-13.
BIG WAVES
- Freshman opposite Scott Solan (Las Vegas, Nev./West Career & Technical Academy) came off the bench to lead the Waves with 12 kills, while also adding five digs.
- Junior outside hitter Alex Gettinger (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette HS) had nine kills, four aces, four digs and three blocks.
- Senior Rob Mullahey (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) and freshman Joe Karlous (Costa Mesa, Calif./Newport Harbor HS) shared time at setter. Mullahey had 21 assists and six digs and Karlous had 17 assists.
- Redshirt freshman libero Diego Perez (Irvine, Calif./Corona del Mar HS/Orange Coast CC) had a match-high 15 digs.
- Junior middle blocker Austin Wilmot (Valley Village, Calif./Crespi Carmelite HS/UC Irvine) had a match-high five blocks.
MATCH STATS
- PEPP hitting: .188 overall (.129 set one, .417 set two, -.048 set three, .111 set four, .429 set five)
- UofG hitting: .185 overall (.344 set one, .097 set two, .080 set three, .152 set four, .286 set five)
- Service Aces: PEPP 7, UofG 2
- Digs: PEPP 50, UofG 40
- Blocks: PEPP 10.5, UofG 6.0
- Guelph was led by Zarko Ubiparip's 14 kills.
UP NEXT
Pepperdine has two more exhibitions the next two days, facing Princeton on Tuesday (Dec. 31) at 4 p.m. and Brandon on Wednesday (Jan. 1) at 1 p.m.
