SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Pepperdine women's volleyball team faced off with #6 Oregon to close out the San Diego Invitational on Saturday afternoon, though the Ducks would ride an early edge through to the finish line, amassing 25-21, 25-16 and 25-17 set wins towards the victory over the Waves.
 
Junior Grace Chillingworth hit for double-figures for her third match in as many games after blasting 16 kills on a .371 clip.  The feat makes it her 36^th career in double digits.  Graduate Riley Patterson also picked up 10 digs, which is good for her 29^th match in double-digit digs.
 
BIG WAVES
Grace Chillingworth (Tustin, Calif./Foothill HS): 16 kills, .371 hitting %, 8 digs, 3 aces
Birdie Hendrickson (Rogersville, Mo./Logan-Rogersville HS/Florida): 6 kills, 4 digs, 1 ace
Isabel Zelaya (Tomball, Texas/Concordia Lutheran HS): 27 assists, 4 digs
Emily Hellmuth (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park HS): 5 kills
Riley Patterson (Sonora, Calif./Sonora HS/Pacific): 10 digs
Trinity Stanger (Los Angeles, Calif./Viewpoint HS): 7 digs
 
WAVES VS. DUCKS
Oregon's attack was the star of the show, as the team posted 42 kills on a .316 output, compared to Pepperdine's 33 kills on a .125 output.  However, the Ducks defensive game also played a part and 9.0 blocks, seven aces and 48 digs had the edge on the Waves 1.0 block, five aces and 38 digs.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12        10        45        .044
2          9          6          28        .107
3          12        3          38        .237
TTL      33        19        112      .125
 
OREGON ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          10        7          41        .073
2          14        1          21        .619
3          18        2          35        .457
TTL      42        11        98        .316
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves had the first advantages of the match and kills from Emily Hellmuth and Grace Chillingworth put the squad up by two, 4-2.  More smashes from Vanessa Polk and Birdie Hendrickson, as well as an ace from Chillingworth extended the lead to 11-8.  Each side exchanged blows from that point forward, though Oregon started to close the gap, tying things up at 17-apiece.  After pulling ahead by one, 22-21, the Ducks used the momentum to go on a 4-0 run to end the set with the first win of the day, 25-21.
 
The opposition came out big in the next set, working for a six-point advantage.  A big attack, featuring 10 kills on 13 errorless swings at the 16-10 mark for a .769 success rate half-way through the set fueled the Ducks.  After tacking on three more points, The Ducks would prove to be too far ahead for the set, eventually finishing with a 25-16 set win.
 
Oregon carried their advantage into the third set, take a 12-5 lead early in the action with another strong attack output.  The Waves put some kills down, with big efforts from Chillingworth and Polk, but the opposition's lead would be too much for the squad as the Ducks won the set 25-17 to complete the sweep.
 
UP NEXT
On September 7-10, the Waves will be heading to Honolulu for the OUTRIGGER Volleyball Challenge.  Pepperdine will face UCLA, Hawai'I and Liberty throughout the tournament.
 
FOLLOW
Follow the Waves on Facebook and Twitter, @WavesVolleyball, and follow the team on Instagram, @peppvolley.  Get all the most recent schedules, results and more on www.PepperdineWaves.com.