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Jacob Steele vs. Princeton
Martin A. Folb
Jacob Steele
0
Princeton PRIN 0-3
3
Winner Pepperdine PEP 3-0
Princeton PRIN
0-3
0
Final
3
Pepperdine PEP
3-0
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Princeton PRIN 21 20 20 (0)
Pepperdine PEP 25 25 25 (3)

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

Men's Volleyball Stays Hot in Sweep of Princeton

MALIBU, California – The #4 Pepperdine men's volleyball team continued its blistering offensive start to the 2022 season and dispatched Princeton in three sets, 25-21, 25-20, 25-20, on Monday night in Firestone Fieldhouse.
 
The Waves (3-0) hit .493 for the match and held the Tigers (0-3) to a .290 success rate.
 
BIG WAVES
  • Graduate outside hitter Spencer Wickens (Irondequoit, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit HS) had match highs of 11 kills and six digs along with two service aces.
  • Graduate middle blocker Austin Wilmot (Valley Village, Calif./Crespi Carmelite HS/UC Irvine) hit a career-best .833 with 10 kills on 12 errorless swings. He also had a match-best four block assists.
  • Sophomore opposite Jacob Steele (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./El Toro HS) also hit for a career high at .714 with 10 kills on 14 errorless attempts. He added three digs.
  • Sophomore setter Bryce Dvorak (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar HS) handed out 35 assists and matched Wickens with six digs and two service aces.
PLAY BY PLAY
 
The Waves scored the first four points of the match, two of them on Wickens kills, and maintained a healthy lead for nearly the entire set. At 19-14, the Tigers ran off four straight to pull within one point. The Waves got some space after a Wilmot kill and a Wickens service ace made it 22-19. A kill by graduate opposite Jaylen Jasper (Annapolis, Md./Stanford) and a Princeton attack error increased the lead to 24-20. Sophomore middle blocker Andersen Fuller (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius HS) ended the first set with a kill.
 
A Fuller kill got Pepperdine off to an 8-4 lead in the second set. Princeton closed the gap to 9-8, but a 4-1 run that included a Dvorak service ace put Pepperdine ahead at 13-9. An ace by graduate outside hitter Alex Gettinger (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette HS) increased the advantage to 17-12. The Waves went up by six at 21-15 on a block by Jasper and Wilmot. For the second straight set, Fuller ended things with a kill.
 
The Waves scored the first three points of the third set and went up 6-2 after a Wilmot ace. Princeton came back, however, going ahead 10-9 and then 12-10. Pepperdine responded immediately with four straight points, two of them on Steele kills, to take back the lead for good. The lead stayed within two or three points until a block by Steele and Wilmot made it 22-18. A kill by Steele put the Waves up 24-19, and just as he did the last two times, Fuller ended the set, and this time the match, with a kill.
 
MATCH STATS 
  • PEPP hitting: .493 overall (.429 set one, .489 set two, .556 set three)
  • PRIN hitting: .290 overall (.364 set one, .217 set two, .292 set three)
  • Service Aces: PEPP 6, PRIN 5
  • Digs: PEPP 21, PRIN 17
  • Blocks: PEPP 4.5, PRIN 2.5
  • Princeton was led by Nyherowo Omene's 10 kills.
NOTABLE 
  • Pepperdine's hitting in three matches this season have been .549, .443 and .493, good for a team total of .490.
  • The Waves improved to 8-0 all-time against the Tigers. Their last meeting was at the 2019 NCAA Championships.
UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine next hosts UC Santa Barbara on Friday (Jan. 21) at 7 p.m. It's alumni weekend for the program and the 30th anniversary of the 1992 national champions will be celebrated. The match will be streamed online via WaveCasts. Ticket information and COVID-19 entry policies for Firestone Fieldhouse can be found here.
 
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