MALIBU, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team highlighted the final regular season match of the 2022 campaign on Tuesday afternoon with a straight-sweep over Portland in Firestone Fieldhouse.
The Waves (19-10, 10-8 WCC) dominated the service line after three separate players tabbed three aces throughout the match, as
Isabel Zelaya,
Emma Ammerman and
Kayleigh Hames all tied their previous career highs.
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BIG WAVES
Grace Chillingworth (Tustin, Calif./Foothill HS): 11 kills, .346 hitting %, 9 digs, 3 blocks, 1 ace
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 27 assists, 8 digs, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 2 kills
Meg Brown (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS): 8 kills, .400 hitting %, 6 digs, 5 blocks
Emma Ammerman (Parker, Colo./Chaparral HS): 8 kills, 3 aces, 4 digs
Emily Hellmuth (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park HS): 12 kills
Riley Patterson (Sonora, Calif./Sonora HS/Pacific): 14 digs, 7 assists
Kayleigh Hames (Maryville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville): 3 aces, 4 digs
Trinity Stanger (Los Angeles, Calif./Viewpoint HS): 7 digs
WAVES VS. PILOTS
Along with a strong service output, posting 10 aces to Portland's two, the Waves dominated the attack. The squad marked 43 kills on a .291 clip, as opposed to the opposition's 25 kills on a .089 success rate. Pepperdine also had the edge defensively, tabbing 56 digs to Portland's 39 and a 7.0 to 4.0 ratio in blocks.
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 16 3 31 .419
2 11 3 31 .258
3 16 7 41 .220
TTL 43 13 103 .291
PORTLAND ATTACK BY SET
Set K E TA Pct
1 3 5 27 -.074
2 10 7 33 .091
3 12 4 41 .195
TTL 25 16 101 .089
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Pepperdine raced out a 5-0 lead to begin the match aided by three consecutive aces by
Emma Ammerman. With the score 9-6 in favor of Pepperdine, the Waves kept the Pilots at length throughout the remainder of the set with the help of a 12-2 scoring run to bring the margin to 13 at 21-8 before another Portland timeout. Following the timeout, Chillingworth had a pair of kills and an ace before Hellmuth finished the set off with a smash.
Portland came out swinging in the second set, however, taking an early 3-1 lead on the strength of multiple kills and a Wave service error. Kills by
Isabel Zelaya and
Meg Brown tied the set up at four and five, respectively, before a Pilot attack error gave the Waves a lead at 6-5 – a lead they would not relinquish the remainder of the set. Hames tabbed a pair of aces to give the Waves their largest lead of the set at the time at 14-7. The biggest lead of the set was 10 when an attack error by Portland gave Pepperdine a 20-10 lead. Portland would not go away, though, as they rallied with four consecutive points to force the first Pepperdine timeout of the match leading 20-14. Portland could get no closer than five, though, as the Waves secured the last four points with the help of a Zelaya set point ace to take a 2-0 lead.
The teams traded points in the early going of the third, but a 5-0 Portland run put Pepperdine in a 10-5 hole. Pepperdine responded with a 3-0 run of its own which forced a Pilot timeout as Pepperdine trailed 11-10. Hellmuth tied the set up at 13 apiece before Pepperdine took the lead for good at 14-13 thanks to a Chillingworth kill. Following a Zelaya kill, Portland called another timeout with the Waves in front 19-15. The opposition would have one last run, cutting the lead to 22-20 after a service ace. Following the timeout, the Waves fought off another Pilots' rally to take the set 25-22 and the match 3-0 on a Chillingworth kill.
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