Sunday, September 10
Honolulu, Hawai'i
8:45 PM/2:45 PM HT
Liberty University
7-2,0-0CUSA
1
vs
3
Pepperdine
2-6,0-0WCC
1
2
3
4
F
Liberty
22
18
26
12
1
Pepperdine
25
25
24
25
3
Pepperdine Holds Off Liberty 3-1
9/10/2023 11:36:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
HONOLULU, Hawai'i - Liberty battled back to force a fourth set, but Pepperdine took set four and the match, 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 24-26, 25-12) on Sunday at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
The Waves (2-6) snapped a three-match winless streak, earning its first win since a 3-0 sweep at San Diego State on Sept. 1. The Lady Flames (7-2) sustained their second straight loss after starting the season at 7-0. Both Liberty and Pepperdine went 1-2 at this weekend's Outrigger Volleyball Challenge, with the Lady Flames posting the first win over a Top 25 team in program history on Thursday, a 3-2 win over the host No. 23 Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine.
Notable Numbers
Liberty will travel to College Station, Texas, for a pair of matches hosted by Texas A&M. The Lady Flames take on Houston at 6 p.m. Eastern on Thursday before taking on Texas A&M, Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
The Waves (2-6) snapped a three-match winless streak, earning its first win since a 3-0 sweep at San Diego State on Sept. 1. The Lady Flames (7-2) sustained their second straight loss after starting the season at 7-0. Both Liberty and Pepperdine went 1-2 at this weekend's Outrigger Volleyball Challenge, with the Lady Flames posting the first win over a Top 25 team in program history on Thursday, a 3-2 win over the host No. 23 Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine.
Notable Numbers
- For the match, Pepperdine outhit Liberty .292-.123. It marked Liberty's lowest hitting percentage so far this season. The Waves led in kills (57-45), aces (7-5) and digs (61-48) while Liberty held a 9-7.5 advantage in blocks.
- Pepperdine's Grace Chillingworth scored a match-high 18 kills to go along with 13 digs and four blocks, while Birdie Hendrickson registered a double-double with 14 kills and 14 digs. Vanessa Polk hit .625 with 11 kills while Riley Patterson collected a match-high 19 digs. Isabel Zelaya led all players with 43 assists while Meg Brown posted a match-best seven blocks to go along with three aces.
- Three Lady Flames (Kamryn Bacus, Julia Mangum, Madison Blane) scored nine kills apiece, while Bacus shared match-high honors with three aces and Blane registered six blocks. Erica Lowery collected 14 digs, while Delaney Dilfer totaled 27 assists and nine digs. Lily Wagner recorded seven kills and a career-high nine digs.
- Pepperdine took the first two sets and used a 5-0 rally to come back from a 23-19 set-three deficit, earning a match-point try. However, Liberty extended the match with a 3-0 run. Sydney Whitfield tied it with a kill, then Pepperdine hit it out before Liberty clinched the set 26-24 with a block by Kate Phillips and Blane.
- The Waves took control early in the fourth set, racing to a 25-12 win.
- Tonight was Liberty's first-ever meeting with Pepperdine. Liberty is now 0-6 all-time against WCC teams.
- Pepperdine is one of four teams which Liberty has played so far this season who competed in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship.
- Bacus had scored 10 or more kills in each of her last 12 matches before finishing with nine tonight.
- Liberty is 5-3 in two-point sets and 2-2 in extended sets so far this season.
Liberty will travel to College Station, Texas, for a pair of matches hosted by Texas A&M. The Lady Flames take on Houston at 6 p.m. Eastern on Thursday before taking on Texas A&M, Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
Team Stats
Lib
PEP
Kills
45
57
Errors
27
19
Attempts
146
130
Hitting %
.123
.292
Points
59.0
71.5
Assists
43
52
Aces
5
7
Blocks
9
7.5
Game Leaders
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
6
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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