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2021 WVB Seniors and Coaches
Martin A. Folb
0
LMU LMU 5-8, 5-8
3
Winner Pepperdine PEP 12-2, 12-1
LMU LMU
5-8, 5-8
0
Final
3
Pepperdine PEP
12-2, 12-1
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
LMU LMU 22 19 24 (0)
Pepperdine PEP 25 25 26 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | by Athletic Communications

#22 Pepperdine Sweeps PCH Cup Rival LMU on Senior Day

MALIBU, Calif. — Seniors Alli O'Harra and Shannon Scully put up big effort matches for the #22 Pepperdine women's volleyball team on Senior Day, propelling the Waves to a straight-sweep over PCH Cup rival LMU on Thursday afternoon for the final match in Firestone Fieldhouse this season.  The Waves finished the match with 25-22, 25-19 and 26-24 set scores and O'Harra, Scully and Taylor Akason, were honored prior to the match. 
 
Scully marked her 36th career double-double with 14 kills on a .542 clip and 11 digs, while adding a pair of aces and two blocks. O'Harra tabbed five kills on eight errorless swings for a .625 success rate, while adding a pair of blocks and an ace.  Rachel Ahrens led the floor with 18 kills and Isabel Zelaya dished out 38 assists towards her team's .317 collective success rate in the match.
 
Pepperdine has now won five-straight matches and advanced the season's record to 12-2 overall and 12-1 in the league. 
 
BIG WAVES
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 18 kills, .289 hitting %, 5 digs, 1 ace
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 14 kills, .542 hitting %, 11 digs, 2 blocks, 2 aces
Alli O'Harra (Boise, Idaho/Centennial HS): 5 kills, .625 hittign %, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 38 assist, 6 digs, 1 block solo, .317 team hitting %
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 13 digs, 4 assists
Meg Brown (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS): 7 kills, 2 blocks
Emma Ammerman (Parker, Colo./Chaparral HS): 4 kills, 2 blocks
 
HIGHLIGHTS


WAVES VS. LIONS
Each side of the net produced four aces, but that's where the match's similarities stop.  The Waves marked 48 smashes on a .317 collective, while giving up only 37 kills on a .210 clip to the Lions.  Pepperdine also amassed 45 digs and 5.0 blocks, while LMU was good for 31 digs and 4.0 team blocks throughout.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          17        6          37        .297
2          12        6          31        .194
3          19        4          33        .455
TTL      38        16        101      .317
 
LMU ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          13        4          32        .281
2          9          7          36        .056
3          15        5          32        .312
TTL      37        16        100      .210
 
INTERVIEWS


PLAY-BY-PLAY
LMU came out swinging in the first set, amassing a 7-1 run to open the match.  The Waves were close behind, however, tying the score at 11-11 before working point-for-point to an 18-18 tie.  Back-to-back kills from seniors Alli O'Harra and Shannon Scully, followed by an ace from Rachel Ahrens put the Waves ahead and late kills from Scully and Meg Brown closed the set with a 25-22 Waves' win.
 
Pepperdine used that late momentum form the first set and quickly came out to lead 8-1 with a O'Harra, Emma Ammerman block collaborations and several smashes from Ahrens.  It would be a lead the Waves would keep throughout and late-set kills from O'Harra kept the home squad ahead towards a 16-10 advantage.  A block from Scully and Meg Brown helped the cause and a pair of consecutive kills from Ahrens gave the Waves a 25-19 set win to pull ahead 2-0 heading into the third.
 
In the third and final set, the Lions were clawing tooth and nail to stay in the match, but the Waves continued to push the opposition.  Pepperdine and LMU went point-for-point to a 20-20 tied score late in the action.  The Lions went up by two and then eventually led 23-21, but a kill from Ammerman and an attack error from across the net tied things up.  Scully then put a smash down to give the Waves an opportunity to close the match, but LMU fought off the chance and tied the score at 24-24.  Scully found the floor yet again to give Pepperdine a chance to win the match and this time, she and Brown did the honors with a Malibu Roofing Company block to end the PCH Cup battle with a 26-24 final set and the 3-0 sweep.
 
FOREVER WAVES | SENIOR TRIBUTE
TAYLOR AKASON
First, from Kansas City, Missouri, opposite Taylor Akason has been a key component for the Waves since 2016.  In four seasons, she played in 21 matches, collecting 13 kills and seven blocks.  She is a four-time Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete and WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll 'silver' honoree.  Akason graduated with honors last May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. 
 
ALLI O'HARRA
From Boise, Idaho, middle blocker Alli O'Harra has been a mainstay for the program for four years.  Since 2017, she has played in 101 matches and 363 total sets for the Waves, averaging 1.41 kills and 0.98 blocks/set.  She's totaled 512 kills on 1,304 total swings and added 354 total blocks with 33 solo rejections.  She currently ranks 10th in the Pepperdine women's volleyball program record books for total blocks and 6th for block assists with 321 so far.  O'Harra was a WCC All-Academic second teamer in 2019 and honorable mention recipient in 2018.  She earned a spot on the WCC All-Freshman Team in 2017 and has been a four-year Pepperdine scholar-athlete and WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll 'bronze' honoree.  She will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine.  After Pepperdine, she will be spending her fifth year, obtaining a Master of Science in Kinesiology with a biophysical emphasis while playing volleyball at Boise State.
 
SHANNON SCULLY
Outside hitter from Huntington Beach, Calif., Shannon Scully has been an instrumental part to the Waves' program since 2018, playing in 73 matches and 275 sets.  She averaged 3.28 kills, 3.04 digs, 0.24 aces and 0.42 blocks per set in those three years, tabbing 901 kills on 2,519 swings and adding 67 aces, 836 digs and 115 blocks.  Overall, Scully marked 1,030 points for 3.75 points/set and ranks 9th in the record books in digs/set.  She earned a spot on the AVCA All-Pacific South Region honorable mention squad in 2019 and was All-WCC first team in 2019 and honorable mention in 2018. She has garnered three WCC weekly honors throughout her career and tabbed  Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete and WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll 'bronze' honors in all three seasons.  Scully will graduate in May with a Bachelor degree in Communications.  After Pepperdine, she will obtain her Master of Arts degree and play a fifth year before looking to play professionally.
 
NEXT UP
Tomorrow, the Waves take on PCH Cup rival LMU once again, though this time the squad will hit the road for the short trek down the road to play in Gersten Pavilion at 6 p.m.  The match will be live streamed and have live stats available on www.PepperdineWaves.com.
 
SENIOR PRESENTATION


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