Box Score PRINCETON, N.J. – The #10 Pepperdine men's volleyball team fell in a tight battle to #16 Princeton at Dillon Gymnasium on Friday night, dropping 25-19, 25-23 and 25-23. 
 
The loss was the Waves (6-2) second of the season.  There were 33 tied scores throughout the match with the Tigers (6-3), along with 14 lead changes throughout. 
 
Cole Ketrzynski led the team with 12 kills, posting his sixth of the season in the double-figure range. 
 
BIG WAVES
Cole Ketrzynski (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): 12 kills, .400 hitting %, 4 digs, 3 blocks
Cole Rasic (Huntington Beach, Calif.): 7 kills, .500 hitting %, 4 digs, 1 ace
Martin De Chavarria (Palma de Mallorca, Spain): 3 blocks, 5 kills
Andersen Fuller (Manlius, N.Y.): 5 kills, 1 ace
Vladimir Kubr (Torrance, Calif.): 18 assists
Ryan Graves (Irvine, Calif.): 13 assists
 
WAVES VS. TIGERS
Each side of the net posted 40 kills and while the Waves were good for a .325 hitting percentage, the opposition posted a .435 output.  The opposition led with 9.5 blocks to Pepperdine's 3.5.  Though each side amassed five service aces, Pepperdine's 17 service errors to Princeton's nine would play a part.
 
PEPPERDINE ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          12        5          28        .250
2          12        2          27        .370
3          16        6          28        .357
TTL      40        13        83        .325
 
PRINCETON ATTACK BY SET
Set       K          E          TA        Pct
1          9          3          17        .353
2          18       4          29        .483
3          13        3          23        .435
TTL      40        10        69        .435
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The match began close, with a triple block from Akin Akinwumi, Martin de Chavarria and Cole Ketrzynski going up for a block collaboration to help the Waves to a 14-14 tied score.  The opposition started to pull away shortly after and though kills from Ryan Barnett and Akinwumi helped the cause, Princeton won the set 25-19. 
 
The second set was tight with the Waves trailing by three at the 10-7 mark to come back and tie dthe score at 15's with a block from de Chavarria and Ketrzynski and smashes from the latter.  Cole Rasic followed up with an ace to give the Waves a one-point lead, but the opposition kept things toe-to-toe towards a 21-all tie.  Kills from de Chavarria helped the cause, but the Tigers finished out the set with a 25-23 win to pull ahead 2-0.
 
Pepperdine busted out to an 11-6 lead with kills from Ryan Graves, Ketrzynski and Rasic to give the Waves an early edge.  The home court advantage would aide Princeton, however, as the Tigers countered to tie the score at 13-13.  The two teams then worked through even 15-15 and 20-20 tied en route to 23's down the stretch, though a service error from the Waves and a final smash from across the net would end the match 3-0 in the Tigers favor.
 
UP NEXT
Tomorrow, the Waves will take on FDU at 2 p.m. PT in Hackensack, N.J. 
 
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