frohlinh
3
Winner San Diego USD 13-3, 7-0
2
Pepperdine PEP 13-3, 5-2
Winner
San Diego USD
13-3, 7-0
3
Final
2
Pepperdine PEP
13-3, 5-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
San Diego USD 25 19 25 25 15 (3)
Pepperdine PEP 21 25 21 27 13 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

No. 22 USD Beats No. 24 Pepperdine for Seventh Straight Win

Grace Frohling and Katie Lukes set career highs with 21 and 20 kills apiece

MALIBU, Calif. — No. 22 San Diego volleyball (13-3, 7-0 WCC) earned its seventh consecutive victory on Thursday night, battling No. 24 Pepperdine (13-3, 5-2 WCC) through five sets for a 3-2 decision at the Firestone Fieldhouse.

Junior Grace Frohling and senior Katie Lukes both set career highs in kills, with Frohling putting up 21 and Lukes recording 20. Senior libero Annie Benbow had 22 digs and a kill of her own, and redshirt sophomore setter Isadora Terçariol added 42 assists. Reigning West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week Leyla Blackwell led the way for USD defensively with eight blocks (two solo).

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST SET - (SAN DIEGO, 25-21)
  • The Toreros traded points with the Waves until midway through the first set, when Blackwell tied it at 13 with a kill.
  • Frohling gave USD its first lead of the set with an ace to make it 17-16.
  • Blackwell added a clutch block in the set's late stages to expand the Toreros' lead to 21-19.
  • Frohling finished things off with her fourth kill of the night to earn San Diego a 25-21 victory in the set and a 1-0 lead in the match.

SECOND SET - (PEPPERDINE, 25-19)
  • USD led by as many as three points early on but the Waves rallied back to tie it at 10 before they pulled ahead.
  • A Frohling kill pulled the Toreros back to within one and make the score 16-15, but Pepperdine rattled off five straight points to establish a 20-15 lead.
  • A pair of service aces from sophomore setter Alex Hoglund made it 23-19 late and forced a Waves timeout, but Pepperdine rallied back to finish it and take the set by a 25-19 margin, evening the match at one set apiece.
THIRD SET - (SAN DIEGO, 25-21)
  • Lukes notched her 10th kill of the match early on, helping USD get out to a 7-3 lead.
  • After falling behind, another kill from Lukes and a pair of attack errors from Pepperdine brought the Toreros back out in front by a 15-14 margin before the Waves took a timeout.
  • USD ran its lead out to seven points, a stretch that was punctuated by Frohling's second service ace of the match to make it 23-16 in favor of San Diego.
  • The Toreros secured the set when freshman outside hitter Annika Hester notched a clutch kill, punctuating a big rally with a point to earn her team a 25-21 win in the set, and a 2-1 advantage in the match.
FOURTH SET - (PEPPERDINE, 27-25)
  • Lukes tied the set at 14 with a booming kill, then Frohling notched a clutch block to make it 19-16 USD.
  • Pepperdine tied the set at 23, 24, and 25, and the Toreros couldn't get the final point as they dropped a 27-25 decision in the set to tie the match at two sets apiece.

FIFTH SET - (SAN DIEGO, 15-13)
  • Lukes tied the set at six with a clutch kill, then Hester kept it tied at seven with one of her own.
  • Lukes then launched another emphatic kill to make it 13 to 11 in favor of USD before Pepperdine tied it at 13.
  • Lukes added one more kill to make it 14-13 before Frohling ended it with a kill to earn USD a 15-13 win in the set, and a 3-2 win in the match.

TORERO TIDBITS
With the win (the Toreros' seventh in a row), USD's record moves to 13-3, and 7-0 in WCC play.

UP NEXT
The Toreros will remain on the road this Saturday, traveling to Los Angeles, California to take on LMU. First serve at the Gersten Pavilion is set for 1 p.m.
 
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