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Box Score 2 MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team faced a pair of tough teams to open the 22
nd-annual Asics Classic, falling 3-1 to #16 Utah and 3-2 to Cal Poly on Friday, the tournament's opening day in Firestone Fieldhouse.
Against Utah (8-0), three players hit for double-figures, led by
Shannon Scully with 13 kills. After the Waves (3-5) won the first set 25-20, the Utes countered with 25-22, 25-23 and 25-13 final set scores for the victory.
In the five-set thriller against Cal Poly (4-4), the opposition won the first set 25-22, while Pepperdine took a 25-18 second set. The two teams then traded sets against with a Mustangs 25-17 third set and a Waves' 25-21 fourth set to force the fifth. Despite a 10-10 tie late in the fifth, Cal Poly was able to secure the 15-11 win for the 3-2 overall victory.
In the final match, four Waves hit for double-figures, led with Scully yet again with a 16 kill-16 dig double-double.
Isabel Zelaya also added a double-double with 48 assists and 10 digs in the match.
Alli O'Harra posted a career-best 12 kills as well.
GAME 1 | PEPPERDINE VS. UTAH
BIG WAVES
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 13 kills, 1 ace, 9 digs, 5 blocks
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 12 kills, .320 hitting %, 1 ace, 2 blocks (1 solo)
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 10 kills, .217 hitting %, 2 blocks
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 7 kills, .417 hitting %, 5 blocks
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 28 assists, 2 aces, 6 digs
Tayah Mahi (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls HS): 9 assists, 5 digs
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 9 digs
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 7 digs, 1 ace
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 2 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 1 block
WAVES VS. UTES
Although Pepperdine led the match with six aces and 42 digs to Utah's two aces and 41 digs, the Waves struggle in other areas led Utah to the 3-1 victory. The opposition posted 52 kills on a .270 hitting percentage, while adding 16.0 team blocks and 48 assists, while Pepperdine was able to secure a .165 clip on 47 swings with 8.0 team blocks and 42 assists.
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 14 1 25 .520
2 8 10 30 -.067
3 15 6 38 .231
4 10 9 33 .030
TTL 47 26 127 .165
UTAH ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 11 6 28 .179
2 11 8 30 .100
3 17 4 38 .342
4 13 1 26 .462
TTL 52 19 122 .270
GAME 2 | PEPPERDINE VS. CAL POLY
BIG WAVES
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 13 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 2 blocks (1 solo)
Kayleigh Hames (Maryville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville): 7 kills, 6 digs, 26 service receptions with no errors
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 16 kills, 1 ace, 16 digs, 1 block
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 12 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 2 blocks
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 9 digs, 2 aces, 3 assists
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 48 assists, 10 digs, 4 blocks (1 solo), 1 kill
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 12 kills, .318 hitting %, 3 digs, 5 blocks
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 6 digs
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 5 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 2 digs
WAVES VS. MUSTANGS
The Waves led the match with 66 kills and seven aces, but posted a .172 hitting percentage to the Mustangs .293 success rate with 61 kills on two aces. Cal Poly led the court with 16.0 blocks to Pepperdine's 9.0, while also adding 67 digs to the Waves' 61.
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 14 10 45 .089
2 18 7 39 .282
3 13 5 37 .216
4 16 4 32 .375
5 5 8 33 -.091
TTL 66 34 186 .172
CAL POLY ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 14 4 35 .286
2 8 4 28 .143
3 17 1 25 .640
4 16 4 32 .375
5 6 4 30 .067
TTL 61 17 150 .293
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves came rolling out of the starting gate fired up and swinging hard, taking an early 7-5 lead with multiple kills from
Shannon Scully and cruising towards an 11-7 advantage after an ace from
Rachel Ahrens and kills from
Tarah Wylie,
Alli O'Harra and Scully. Big blocks by Scully and O'Harra later in the set had Pepperdine keeping composure and working towards an eight-point lead at the 20-12 mark. Although the opposition was able to climb to 20-points in the set, kills from Wylie and multiple attack errors from across the net helped the cause for a 25-20 first set Waves' win.
It was in the second set that Utah found their form, however, and with errors from Pepperdine were able to climb to a 16-11 advantage in the middle of the set. Although the Waves were able to bring the score within two-points at the 18-16 mark, and then within one at the 21-20 mark, the opposition closed the door with some choice attack efforts and finished the set with a 25-22 set win to tie the overall.
The momentum continued for the Utes in the third set, as the opposition opened with a 14-10 lead. The Waves stayed close behind, however, working point-for-point en route to a 23-22 tied score late in the action, but kills from across the net once again put the Waves under with a 25-23 set score.
In the final set, the Utes jumped out to a 6-1 lead early, and kept cruising to a 13-3 advantage. Pepperdine was unable to rally enough to close the gap, and the opposition eventually took home the 3-1 win after securing the final set 25-13.
In the final match of the day, the opposition got the early jump on the match, pulling ahead by three, before the Waves were able to counter and go up 10-8 with kills from Scully and a pair of aces from Ahrens. Despite the edge, the Mustangs were able to counter the Waves' attack and put select attack attempts tomorrow for the 25-22 set win.
Pepperdine found the momentum in the second set, and after a 10-10 tied score, kills from Ahrens and Scully brought the Waves up 15-12. With Wylie at the service line, Pepperdine went on a 5-2 run courtesy of back-to-back blocks by O'Harra with Scully and
Isabel Zelaya, to set the energy on high. Although the Mustangs were able to string a few points together at the end, Hames and Ahrens put down some kills late in the set and the Waves finished with a 25-18 set win to tie the match.
Cal Poly came out of the starting gate firing in the third set, however, working with a .640 hitting percentage in the set en route to the 25-17 win to pull ahead 2-1.
In the fourth set, the Waves were unstoppable busting out with kills from Ahrens and
Hannah Frohling and a block from O'Harra and Frohling towards an 11-3 lead. More kills from Wylie and Scully late in the action kept the Waves moving forward for an 18-11 advantage. Cal Poly put some kills together to close the gap to a 21-21 tie late in the action, but an error from across the net put the ball in the Waves court. Final kills from Wylie and a big block from Wylie and Frohling finished things up with a 25-21 set score.
The Mustangs came out firing yet again in the fifth and final set, amassing a 5-1 lead and working towards a 7-2 lead, but the Waves countered with a block from Zelaya and Wylie, an ace from Frohlng and more kills from Wylie to bring the score within one at 7-6. Pepperdine continued with the momentum and tied things up at 10's, but kills from across the net, an ace and a few costly errors were eventually the downfall for Pepperdine as Cal Poly closed the set 15-11 and took the overall win.
NEXT UP
Tomorrow, the Waves will close out the Asics Classic with a lone match against #6 Pitt at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 14. In addition, Pepperdine will host #6 Pitt vs. #16 Utah at 10 a.m. and #16 Utah vs. Cal Poly at 5 p.m.
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