SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Fresh off an exciting five-set win over PCH Cup rival LMU this week, the Pepperdine women's volleyball team returned to the court on Saturday for a matchup against another tough West Coast Conference foe, sweeping past San Diego 26-24, 25-16, 25-21 in Jenny Craig Pavilion to remain undefeated in league action. 
 
The Waves advanced the season's record to 13-6 overall and an untarnished 9-0 in conference play, while the Toreros dropped to 11-8 and 7-2.  Pepperdine extended the current winning streak to 12-consecutive matches and the Waves have not dropped a match since September 8.
 
Grace Chillingworth garnered a double-double for the second-consecutive match and fourth time this season after amassing 18 kills and 11 digs.  She's hit for double-figure kills in the last six-consecutive matches, including exactly 18 smashes in the last three matches.  Isabel Zelaya also garnered a double-double for the second-straight match, having totaled 30 assists and 11 digs.  It's her fifth match of the season with a double-double.
 
Birdie Hendrickson also picked up double-digit kills with 10, while Riley Patterson led the team with 16 digs, reaching the double-figure dig mark for the 15^th time this season and the fifth-straight match.
 
BIG WAVES
Grace Chillingworth (Tustin, Calif./Foothill HS): 18 kills, 11 digs
Birdie Hendrickson (Rogersville, Mo./Logan-Rogersville HS/Florida): 10 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 30 assists, 11 digs
Riley Patterson (Sonora, Calif./Sonora HS/Pacific): 16 digs, 7 assists
Meg Brown (Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS): 6 kills, 3 digs, 4 blocks (1 solo)
Kenadie Patterson (Oakdale, Calif./Gregori HS): 5 kills, .625 hitting %, 2 blocks
Emily Hellmuth (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park HS): 4 blocks, 4 kills
Laine Briggs (Costa Mesa, Calif./Newport Harbor HS): 7 digs, 1 ace
Emma Ammerman (Parker, Colo./Chaparral HS): 2 aces
 
WAVES VS. TOREROS
Pepperdine led the attack efforts with 44 kills on a .221 success rate, while keeping San Diego to 34 kills on a .108 clip.  Each side of the net amassed 8.0 blocks and four aces, but the Waves led 59 to 50 in digs.  Most notably, Pepperdine kept USD to a -.088 hitting percentage in the second set.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          17        6          42        .262
2          8          6          29        .069
3          19        5          51        .275
TTL      44        17        122      .221
 
SAN DIEGO ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          14        6          36        .222
2          8          11        34        -.088
3          12        4          50        .160
TTL      34        21        120      .108
 
NOTABLES

• The last time Pepperdine swept San Diego was on the Waves' Senior Day in Malibu in 2019, when the Toreros were ranked #11.  Before that, the last time was both home and away in 2011.
• Pepperdine is on a 12-match winning streak.
• Nine of the last 12 wins have been in straight sets, featuring five-straight from September 28 to October 12.
• The team had a 17-set winning streak this season from September 23 to October 21 and has currently won the last five sets played. 
• Pepperdine has only lost three sets through West Coast Conference play so far, having started the conference slate 9-0.
• The last time the Waves had an eight-match streak or higher was in 2011 when the program started off WCC play with 13-straight wins.
• The last time Pepperdine lost a match was on September 8.
• Isabel Zelaya ranks second in career assists in the Pepperdine women's volleyball all-time record books.  After tonight, she has amassed 4,638 assists.  The program record is held by Becca Roehl with 5,020 assists from 1994-97.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
The first set was tight from start to finish with a see-saw battle through a 12-12 tied score before the opposition gathered a two-point advantage.  Kills from Grace Chillingworth and Emily Hellmuth, along with an ace from Laine Briggs helped push the Waves ahead and more smashes from Chillingworth and Meg Brown gave the squad a 6-0 run to pull forward 18-14.  Pepperdine kept the small advantage through 21-18 before San Diego answered to tie things up at 22's, eventually take a one-point lead 23-22.  The Toreros would reach the first set point opportunity at 24-23, but a kill from Chillingworth tied things back up.  Another smash from Chillingworth put the Waves in a position to close and a setting error from across the net would give the squad a 26-24 set win for the first real advantage of the day.
 
The Waves were in the driver's seat the entirety of the second set, keeping the opposition to a -.088 hitting percentage throughout.  After a 6-6 tie to open, a slew of Toreros' errors, along with a pair of kills from Birdie Hendrickson and a block collaboration from Henrickson and Kenadie Patterson earned the team a four-point lead at the 12-8 mark.  Meg Brown, Hendrickson and K. Patterson continued with the onslaught of successful attacks and Emma Ammerman joined the cause with a pair of aces to put the squad ahead 23-14.  USD was able to secure a few points before the set ended, but Pepperdine had the edge and won the set 25-16 to pull ahead 2-0 overall.
 
It was a different story in the third set as the home team worked ahead to a 12-6 advantage, but the Waves would not be quick to roll over.  After trailing 17-11, a smash from Chillingworth and a pair of kills from Hendrickson started to help Pepperdine close the gap.  Another pair of smashes from the same Waves, as well as back-to-back kills from K. Patterson, erased the deficit and tied the score at 20-apiece.  Chillingworth then laid two more successful attacks down to put the squad up by two before USD answered with one of their own, 22-21.  That would be the last time the Toreros' would be allowed to score, however, as a kill from Chillingworth and a pair of attack errors from across the net ended the set 25-21 and earned Pepperdine the sweep.
 
NEXT UP
Next week, Pepperdine will have only one match on the docket, hosting Saint Mary's on October 26 in Malibu.
 
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