Waves Play Three Duals this Week; Senior Day on Saturday

MALIBU, Calif. – The #18 Pepperdine beach volleyball team continues on with regular season action this week, making the short trip to Long Beach on Thursday for a tri-meet against #12 Long Beach State and Cal State LA before returning to Malibu to host CSUN for Senior Day on Saturday.

DUAL 20: Thursday (April 6) at the LBSU Sand Courts in Long Beach, Calif.: #18 Pepperdine (13-6) at #12 Long Beach State (17-11) at 10 a.m.

DUAL 21: Thursday (April 6) at the LBSU Sand Courts in Long Beach, Calif.: #18 Pepperdine (13-6) vs. Cal State LA (0-5) at 12 p.m.

DUAL 22: Saturday (April 8) at the Pepperdine Beach Volleyball Courts in Malibu, Calif.: #18 Pepperdine (13-6) vs. CSUN (13-12) at 10 a.m. | SENIOR DAY

SENIOR DAY: The Waves' sole senior Alexus McLeod will be honored after the dual against CSUN on Saturday.

COVERAGE: All matches will have live scoring available. Those links, along with available results, updates and information can be found on Twitter @WavesBeachVB or on the website at www.pepperdinewaves.com.

LOOKING AHEAD: After this week, the Waves will head to San Luis Obispo for the Center of Excellence Challenge, facing #4 UCLA and tournament-host Cal Poly on Friday before facing off against #3 Florida State on Saturday.

WAVES WEATHER: Thursday in Long Beach calls for a high of 73º with mainly sunny skies and north winds blowing from 10 to 15 miles per hour. Saturday in Malibu will feature a high of 66º with partly cloudy skies and winds blowing southeast from 10 to 15 miles per hour.

LAST WEEK IN FLORIDA: The Waves went 2-2 last week in Jacksonville, falling to top-ranked TCU and North Florida before upsetting #17 Stetson and downing Florida Gulf Coast. The Waves fell in straight sets to the Horned Frogs, but put up a solid fight against the tournament hosting Ospreys, though the team would fall 5-0 again in the second match.

Pepperdine rallied in the second day, putting down FGCU 4-1 to open the day and then taking down the #17 Hatters 3-2 in the second match of the day. Kate Clermont and McKenna Thomas went undefeated in their debut as a pair in the top slot, while Madison Oriskovich and Kristine Briede and Gabriella Perez and Gracey Campbell also posted a pair of wins in the No. 5 and 4 position respectively.

WAVE REPORT: Pepperdine has gone 13-6 overall this season, including a 6-2 record at home, 0-2 output on the road and a 7-2 record on neutral sand. The Waves have collected a 62-33 pairs record, good for a .653 winning percentage.

Alexus McLeod and McKenna Thomas have spent the most time in the No. 1 position, collecting a 10-7 record together, though Thomas and Kate Clermont saw action together last weekend, going 2-0 in Florida. Clermont and Savannah Standage have the most impressive pairs record for the Waves this season thus far, having gone 14-3 together in the No. 2 position.

Several pairs have played in the No. 3 position, with Gracie Pedersen and Jasmin Suarez having spent the most time together in the position with a 5-7 record. Gracey Campbell and Gabriella Perez have gone 13-6 in the No. 4 position for the Waves, while Madison Oriskovich and Kristine Briede have posted a 12-4 record in the No. 5 slot.

OPPONENTS: Long Beach State has gone 17-11 overall this season and faced the Waves earlier in the season in Malibu, falling 3-2. Last week, Beach defeated #16 Florida International and Vanguard, but fell to #10 Stanford twice. Pepperdine has a 24-4 all-time record against Long Beach State, dating back to 2012 when the teams first faced in Long Beach and the Waves won 3-2. The Waves won eight-straight before Beach took a win in 2013. From 2016-19, Pepperdine won another nine-consecutive matches before LBSU won again in 2020. Last year, the Waves and Beach split, as each team won their own home duals.

Cal State LA has gone 0-6 so far this season, falling to CSUN, Concordia and Vanguard. Most recently, the Golden Eagles downed junior college opponents Riverside City College and Golden West College, though those duals did not count towards the overall season record. The Waves have gone 2-0 against the Golden Eagles all-time, sweeping both in either 2017 or 2019.

CSUN has gone 13-12 overall this season, most recently sweeping San Francisco once and Saint Katherine twice, before dropping to CUI 3-2. Pepperdine holds a 4-0 record against CSUN all-time, dating back to 2014 when the Waves swept the Matadors at home. The last times the two teams faced was last season when Pepperdine swept CSUN in Malibu.

FOLLOW: Follow @WavesBeachVB on Facebook and Twitter for updates and check on PepperdineWaves.com for full results, recaps and more. Follow @peppbeachvolley on Instagram for an inside look at the Waves' team culture and check out @PepperdineWaves for the scoop on all the Waves' programs throughout the year.

Waves Play Three Duals this Week; Senior Day on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Kristine Briede

Gracey Campbell

Kate Clermont

Alexus McLeod

Madison Oriskovich

Gracie Pedersen

Gabbie Perez

Savannah Standage

Jasmin Suarez

McKenna Thomas

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