#20 Women's Volleyball Downed in Four by #21 San Diego

Saturday, March 27

San Diego, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

14-3,14-2WCC

San Diego

12-4,12-4WCC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Pepperdine	25	18	15	17	1
San Diego	23	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Ed Chan/VolleyballMag.com

#20 Women's Volleyball Downed in Four by #21 San Diego

3/27/2021 4:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: by Athletic Communications

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Despite a 38^th-career double-double from Shannon Scully and three players hitting for double-figure kills, the #20 Pepperdine women's volleyball team was downed in four by #21 San Diego in the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.

The Waves suffered the second West Coast Conference loss of the season and dropped to 14-3 overall and 14-2 in the league with the 25-23, 18-25, 15-25, 17-25 defeat. Pepperdine has two more regular season matches on the docket this season, facing Santa Clara on the road on April 2 and 3 to close things out before a hopeful postseason run.

BIG WAVES
Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS): 18 kills, 3 aces
Shannon Scully (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS/Utah): 11 kills, 3 aces, 15 digs
Meg Brown (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS): 12 kills, .360 hitting %, 2 blocks
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 38 assists, 7 digs, 3 blocks (1 solo)
Madison Shields (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS): 19 digs
Kayla Joyce (Chico, Calif./Pleasant Valley HS/FRC/CSU Chico): 11 digs

WAVES VS. TOREROS
USD led in all areas of the match throughout, posting 53 kills on a .289 success rate with nine aces on the offensive side, surpassing Pepperdine's 46 kills on a .152 output with seven aces. Defensively, the Waves 6.0 team blocks and 60 digs was outweighed by the Toreros 7.0 team blocks and 66 digs.

PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          16        6          35        .286
2          9          6          45        .067
3          11        5          28        .214
4          10        7          37        .081
TTL      46        24        145      .152

SAN DIEGO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12        3          30        .300
2          17        7          49        .204
3          11        1          23        .435
4          13        3          33        .303
TTL      53        14        135      .289

PLAY-BY-PLAY
The first set went point-for-point through an 8-8 tied score before the opposition collected a 12-9 advantage.   The Waves were quick to counter, however, and eventually took a 17-14 lead with multiple kills from Rachel Ahrens and Meg Brown. After exchanging a few points, the Toreros tied things up at 22's and took a 23-22 lead after finding the floor off the attack. A kill from Shannon Scully tied the score and put Ahrens at the service line though, and it was an advantage the Waves would be sure to utilize. Ahrens quickly placed a pair of aces on the floor to take the set 25-23 and put her team ahead 1-0.

Pepperdine and San Diego came out going point-for-point once again in the second set, though the Toreros pulled away earlier for a 12-9 lead. A kill from Brown in the middle, followed by a Brown, Isabel Zelaya block collaboration pushed the Waves closer, but the home squad put a few more points on the board for a 15-11 lead to force a Pepperdine timeout. Though the Waves put a few more points on the board, the squad was unable to overcome the deficit and USD came away with a 25-18 win to even the overall.

The Toreros came out of the break and continued with the momentum from the previous set, amassing a 12-6 lead early on. It was a lead Pepperdine would be unable to overcome and with a strong Toreros attacking presence, the Waves were downed 25-15 in the set.

USD came out to an 8-2 lead to open the fourth set. Though the Waves were able to place a few attacks to counter to a four-point deficit at the 16-12 mark late in the set, the Toreros had the energy and finished the match off with a 25-17 final set win.

NEXT UP
Next week, Pepperdine will make up a pair of postponed matches with Santa Clara on April 2 and 3 on the road.   The match will be live streamed and have live stats available on www.PepperdineWaves.com.

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