San Diego Toreros (13-8, 8-3 WCC) •  Pepperdine Waves (12-8, 9-1 WCC)

Saturday, November 9, 2024  |  12:00 PM   

Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100) • San Diego, California

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SAN DIEGO – San Diego volleyball (13-8, 8-3 WCC) continues West Coast Conference play this weekend, hosting Pepperdine (12-8, 9-1 WCC) at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

The matchup against the Waves will begin on Saturday at 12 p.m.

Saturday's contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Braden Surprenant on the call, and live statistics will be available on USDToreros.com.

LAST TIME OUT
• Freshman outside hitter Isabel Clark led all players with 15 kills last Saturday afternoon as San Diego pushed LMU to a decisive fifth set, but the Toreros could not overcome a potent offensive effort from the Lions, falling by a 3-2 margin at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS PEPPERDINE
• The Toreros are 36-45 against the Waves all-time, with the two programs' last meeting coming in November of 2023, when USD fell 3-0 to Pepperdine in San Diego.

• San Diego's last victory over the Waves came in November of 2022, when then-No.2-ranked USD beat Pepperdine 3-1 in Malibu to clinch its 12th West Coast Conference Championship in program history.

HAYLEE REACHES 500 CAREER KILLS
• Senior middle blocker Haylee Stoner reached the 500 career kills milestone last Saturday versus LMU.

• She currently leads the WCC and ranks 30th in the NCAA with her .386 hitting percentage.

• Stoner earned her career-best single-game hitting percentage (.778) on October 3rd versus Oregon State and has recorded five games this season hitting .600 or higher.

YOU CAN COUNT ON KYLIE
• Freshman setter Kylie Munday earned the 12th double-double of her young collegiate career last Saturday versus LMU with 39 assists and 11 digs.

• Munday is just one double-double away from matching Gabby Blossom's 2022 mark of 13 double-doubles.

• She currently ranks 3rd in assists/set (9.19) and 10th in digs/set (2.77) in the WCC.

MADI MAKES IT HAPPEN
• Redshirt senior libero Madi Allen currently ranks first in the WCC with 4.20 digs/set.

• Her 15 digs versus LMU last Saturday marked her 12th game this season recording 15 or more digs.

• Through her two seasons with BYU and her three seasons with USD, Allen has accumulated 1,386 total digs during her collegiate volleyball career.

TORERO TOUGH
• In addition to ranking first in opponent hitting percentage in the WCC, The Toreros currently rank 42nd in the NCAA in average opponent hitting percentage (.173).