Box Score MALIBU, Calif. — Three players in double-figure kills and an impressive showing at the service line helped the Pepperdine women's volleyball team to a four-set victory over San Francisco in Firestone Fieldhouse on Thursday night, opening West Coast Conference action on a high note.

Hannah Frohling, Shannon Scully and Tarah Wylie all impressed with big attack efforts, while Frohling added a career-high four aces – breaking her previous record of three aces in a single match, which she had hit seven times before.  
Wylie had not a single error with 10 smashes on 14 swings for a .714 success rate, hitting just shy of her career-best and a place in the single-match all-time record books.  Hana Lishman also made an impact with three aces for the Waves.

After the win over USF (5-8, 0-1 WCC), Pepperdine (5-7, 1-0 WCC) will continue WCC action on Saturday at home against Santa Clara (10-4, 0-1 WCC).
 
BIG WAVES
Hannah Frohling (Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS): 19 kills, .410 hitting %, 4 aces, 6 digs, 3 blocks
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 12 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 2 assists
Tarah Wylie (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral HS): 10 kills, .714 hitting % 4 blocks (1 solo), 1 ace
Hana Lishman (Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou School): 17 digs, 3 aces, 3 assists
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 43 assists, 8 digs, 1 solo block, 1 kill
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 4 kills, 2 aces, 3 digs, 1 block
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 3 kills, 1 block
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 6 digs
Rosie Ballo (Dana Point, Calif./Dana Hills HS): 3 kills, 2 blocks
 
WAVES VS. DONS
Pepperdine led in all areas of the match, impressing with an 11-3 service ace differential, as well as 8.0 team blocks and 52 kills on a .283 success rate compared to 6.0 team blocks and 47 kills on a .213 clip from across the net.  The Dons did lead with 50 digs to the Waves 48, but 50 assists to the opposition's 45 helped the cause.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          11        3          29        .276
2          14        7          46        .152
3          12        3          29        .310
4          15        3          23        .522
TTL      52        16        127      .283
 
SAN FRANCISCO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12        5          32        .219
2          15        4          39        .282
3          8          6          29        .069
4          12        5          27        .259
TTL      47        20        127      .213
 


PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves came out ready to roll in the first set, quickly picking up a 9-2 advantage with an impressive serving output from Hana Lishman with a pair of aces and featuring block collaborations from Rachel Ahrens, Alli O'Harra and Tarah Wylie, Hannah Frohling.  It would be an advantage that Pepperdine would refuse to let up throughout, working towards 18-12 and 21-13 leads late in the action.  Another ace from Lishman late in the set, followed by kills from Frohling resulted in a 25-18 set win to start the day.
 
In the second set, the Dons rallied and countered the Waves' attack en route to a small 10-8 lead to open.  Although the opposition gained an 18-11 lead at one point, Pepperdine picked up the momentum and some more big serves helped the Waves back into the match, tying thins up at 20-apiece.  The excitement was short-lived in the set, though, as the opposition gained a sideout and pieced some kills together for a 25-21 second set win to tie things up.
 
USF carried the energy into the second set and at one point led 14-11.  That was all the reality check Pepperdine would need, however, and after rallying with three-consecutive aces by Frohling to tie the score, Pepperdine continued with kills from Shannon Scully to pull ahead by three.  Wylie and Isabel Zelaya maintained a solid serving presence for the Waves late in the set, putting the opposition on edge and leading the Waves to a 25-17 set win.
 
Pepperdine continued with the momentum in the fourth and final set, starting things off with a block by Wylie and Frohling and smashes from Frohling and Scully for an 11-7 advantage.  A back-to-back kill from Rosie Ballo and block from Ballo, Scully in the middle of the set extended the Waves lead to 15-9 and more kills from Ballo and errors from across the net led the home team to a 20-14 lead.  The Dons collected a few points here and there, but three-straight kills from Wylie in the middle and a final smash from Frohling on the outside resulted in a 25-17 final set win and the four-set overall victory.
 
NEXT UP
The Waves continue to roll through West Coast Conference action with the next matchup on Saturday in Firestone against Santa Clara at noon. 
 
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