MALIBU, Calif. — After an exciting 25-22 first set win to open the match against #2-ranked West Coast Conference opponent San Diego, the Pepperdine women's volleyball team was downed, 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 to finish on Senior Day. 
 
Seniors Isabel Zelaya, Kayleigh Hames and Riley Patterson were honored prior to first serve and each performed highly for the Waves throughout.  Zelaya led the squad with 41 assists, while Hames marked 10 digs and two aces.  Patterson tabbed double-figure digs for the 25^th time since she's joined the Waves, having marked over 20 digs for the eighth time – and finished the match with 22 digs.
 
The Waves have one match left on the docket for the regular season, a 1 p.m. matchup against Portland on Tuesday, November 22.  The NCAA Selection Show will air live on ESPNU on Sunday, November 28 at 4:30 p.m. PT.
 
BIG WAVES
Meg Brown (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS): 15 kills, .583 hitting %, 3 aces
Grace Chillingworth (Tustin, Calif./Foothill HS): 15 kills, 6 digs
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 41 assists, 5 digs
Emily Hellmuth (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park HS): 14 kills
Riley Patterson (Sonora, Calif./Sonora HS/Pacific): 22 digs, 4 assists
Kayleigh Hames (Maryville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville): 10 digs, 2 aces
Vanessa Polk (Saint Louis, Mo./John Burroughs HS): 5 kills, 3 blocks
Emma Ammerman (Parker, Colo./Chaparral HS): 6 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs, 1 ace
 
WAVES VS. TOREROS
Each side of the net finished the match with 57 kills, though San Diego posted a .307 success rate as opposed to the Waves' .180 hitting percentage.  The Waves led 56 to 49 in digs and were close behind with six aces to the Toreros seven, but USD commanded the block with 17.0 team blocks, compared to the home team's 3.0.
 


PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          18        7          45        .244
2          12        5          27        .259
3          12        9          39        .077
4          15        9          39        .154
TTL      57        30        150      .180
 
SAN DIEGO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          13        4          40        .225
2          16        3          30        .433
3          13        4          30        .300
4          15        3          40        .300
TTL      57        14        140      .307
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
After going point-for-point to open the match, a pair of kills from Emily Hellmuth and an ace from Meg Brown gave Pepperdine the first lead of the set 6-4.  More kills from Vanessa Polk and Grace Chillingworth and some errors from the net helped the Waves to an 11-6 advantage.  Though the opposition was able to counter and tie things up at the 12-12 mark, pulling ahead at one point 15-13, Pepperdine buckled down and four-consecutive smashes from Brown, Chillingworth twice and Hellmuth extended the squad's lead once again to four-points, 19-15.  The Toreros closed the gap again shortly after, 21-21, but a Hellmuth smash and a Polk, Emma Ammerman block collaboration gave the Waves a one-point advantage 23-22.  A final kill from Polk and ace from Kayleigh Hames shut the set down 25-22 in the Waves favor.
 
San Diego took no chances to start the second set, however, building a 10-3 lead to kick things off.  It would be a lead the home squad would be unable to overcome, though a late set surge with a 4-0 run had the Waves closing the gap before the Toreros closed the door with a 25-19 set win to tie the match.
 
USD came out strong in the third set as well, building a 7-3 lead early, but back-to-back blocks from Polk with either Chillingworth or Ammerman had the Waves tie the score at 8's and pull ahead by one.  After hitting super-sized French fries on the board, 11-11, kills from Isabel Zelaya and Brown, followed by an ace from the latter earned the squad a three-point lead, 15-12.  The Toreros were able to close the gap and pull ahead shortly after though, eventually taking the set 25-20 to take the advantage in the match. 
 
Pepperdine wasn't ready to roll over in the fourth set, however, taking a quick two-point lead at the 6-4 mark with smashes from Brown and Hellmuth.  San Diego stayed close yet again, with either side of the net pulling ahead by one or two through 12-12, 18-18 and 20-20 tied scores before the Toreros went on a final six-point run to win the set 25-20 and the match in four.
 
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