Women's Volleyball Sweeps Postseason Favorite San Diego

Saturday, October 10

San Diego, Calif.

12:00 pm PT

Pepperdine University

13-4,5-1WCC

San Diego

7-8,2-3WCC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Pepperdine	25	25	25	3
San Diego	15	22	23	0

Photo by: Morgan Davenport

Women's Volleyball Sweeps Postseason Favorite San Diego

10/10/2026 4:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Greg Bintz

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Pepperdine women's volleyball (13-4, 5-1 WCC) stayed red-hot with a 3-0 sweep of the San Diego Toreros (7-8, 2-3 WCC) on Saturday afternoon at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

It is the second consecutive win for Pepperdine and the first back-to-back shutout victories recorded since November 8 (at Washington State) and November 15 (vs. Santa Clara) last season.

Mariia Nikol Dvornikova posted an identical stat line to her Thursday one at Denver, racking up a team-leading 14 kills on 29 attacks. Chloe Pravednikov added 11, Ella Piskorz tallied nine, and Tristen Raymond had 37 assists to pair with 10 digs.

"We were very efficient on both ends of the ball today with a very high offensive output hitting over .300," said Head Coach Scott Wong after the victory. "On the flip side, it was very difficult to score on us, which started with our serve and some tough defense."

WAVES WIN WAVES WIN WAVES WIN #MakeWaves | @ESPNPlus https://t.co/0zDpAXdMoV
— Pepperdine Women's Volleyball (@PepperdineWVB) October 10, 2026

It was a back-and-forth battle to start the first set, as San Diego pulled ahead to an 8-5 lead. The Waves answered with a 5-0 run to take a 10-8 lead after kills from Piskorz, Pravednikov, and Lorenzen. With the momentum in Pepperdine's favor, the Waves kept expanding the lead and were soon up 23-12 as Laine Briggs capped a sensational 13-3 run with a service ace. Dvornikova put the exclamation point on the opening set win with a kill as Pepperdine handled San Diego decisively, 25-15.

It was a much tighter contest in the second set as the Toreros blazed out to a 6-1 advantage. Pepperdine came right back with four consecutive points behind a pair of Eliya Dev service aces before Ryann Knuth's kill briefly broke the 6-6 tie. Neither team led by more than two until Nemo Beach's kill had San Diego out in front 20-17. The Waves came crashing back, ending the set on an 8-2 run thanks to a couple Pravednikov kills and a service ace from Iva Popovic. Lorenzen and Maggie Beauer put the finishing touches on with a combo block on Beach, and Pepperdine was in line with a broom as the Waves seeked another sweep.

The third set was looking more of the same as the Toreros took a 13-9 lead following Kylie Munday's service ace. Pepperdine had one more rally left in them, storming back to capture a 17-16 after another Popovic service ace, as the graduate racked up five on the Waves' 10 in that department. Pepperdine pinned San Diego's back to the wall as the Waves forced a handful of Torero attack errors, leading 24-20. USD found one last breath of life and got kills from BayLea Sparks and Lauren Lynch (who also notched a service ace), but it was too little, too late as Pravednikov belted a kill to finish the sweep of Toreros.

GAME NOTES

Pepperdine's .304 team hitting percentage is the fourth-highest in a match this season.
The Toreros held a slight edge in digs, 40-38.
Dvornikova, in a tie for just the 36th-most sets played this season (58), she ranks 21st in the WCC with 121 kills.

Pepperdine has a massive match at LMU next Saturday, October 17. The Lions are a buzzsaw, currently in first place in the West Coast Conference with a perfect 6-0 WCC record after their win today at Denver. The Lions have won eight consecutive overall. The match, slated for a noon pacific start, will air live on ESPN+. Live stats are available here and fans interested in making the cross-town trek can purchase tickets at this link.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Pepperdine women's volleyball has reached 26 NCAA Tournaments since 1981 as one of the most successful collegiate programs on the West Coast. The 12-time WCC Champions Waves have consistently produced top talent with 21 All-American selections with honorees in six straight decades. With multiple Olympians going through the program, Kim Hill brought home the program's first gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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