Pepperdine Sweeps WCC Weekly Accolades

MALIBU, Calif. — Grace Chillingworth and Riley Patterson of the Pepperdine women's volleyball team, swept the West Coast Conference offensive and defensive player of the week honors this week after leading the Waves to three wins in the 24^th-annual Pepperdine Asics Classic. It is the first honor of its kind for each of their careers at Pepperdine.

Pepperdine had upset #9 Baylor in four sets, while also defeating UC Santa Barbara in four and San Diego State in three in Firestone Fieldhouse last weekend. The Waves have had a 5-1 open to the 2022 campaign.

Chillingworth was clutch for the Waves throughout the weekend, earning MVP of the Pepperdine Asics Classic. Throughout her 11 sets of action, she posted 37 kills on 94 swings for a .255 success rate, averaging 3.36 kills/set. She also commanded the service line with six aces, averaging 0.55 aces/set and two aces in each match. She also added 2.73 digs/set and 0.73 blocks/set on the defensive side, amassing 30 digs and 8.0 blocks. In total, she marked a team-best 47.0 points, averaging an impressive 4.27 points/set.

Chillingworth started the weekend with her second-career double-double against the #9 Bears, posting a solid 17 kills on a .438 clip with 12 digs, while adding two aces and 2.0 blocks for 20.0 total points. She followed that up with another big performance against the Gauchos, posting nine kills, 11 digs, three blocks and two aces for 12.5 points. That wouldn't be all for the sophomore either, as she tied the team-high 11 kills against SDSU on the final day of competition, posting a .276 success rate on the attack and adding seven digs, three blocks and another pair of aces for 14.5 total points.

Riley Patterson anchored the back row for Pepperdine, amassing 4.45 digs/set and 1.36 assists/set. She posted 49 digs and 15 assists throughout the effort, while adding an ace and kill as well in her 11 sets of action.

Patterson started things off with 3.25 digs/set and 2.00 assists/set in the Waves upset over the Bears, totaling a team-best 13 digs as well as eight assists. In the four-setter against the Gauchos, she marked her second 20-plus dig effort of the season with 23 digs, a career-high for her at Pepperdine. She averaged an impressive 5.75 digs/set in the match and also posted an assist. In the final sweep over SDSU, she marked another 13 digs to average 4.33 digs/set and produced six assists for 2.00 assists/set. Patterson also found a way to nab a kill against the Aztecs on a well-placed dig-and-over, and also finished with an ace, averaging 0.33 per set in both those categories.

UP NEXT
The Waves will head to Seattle, Wash., for the Alaska Airlines Invitational next Thursday and Friday hosted by the University of Washington. First serve between the Waves and Cal Poly is Thursday evening at 5:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Grace Chillingworth

Riley Patterson

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