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Pepperdine Athletics
Aggies’ attack takes down Waves women’s volleyball in loss
Despite a third-set comeback
win, Pepperdine was
felled by the attack efforts
of Texas A&M on Saturday,
Sept. 7, in Firestone
Fieldhouse to close out the
final day of the Pepperdine
Tournament.
After trailing by two
with 25-17 and 25-19 set
losses, the Waves countered
with a 25-19 third set
win, but Pepperdine (3-3)
was unable to rally in the
fourth as the Aggies’ (4-2)
offensive efforts proved
too strong for a final 25-15
set score.
Shannon Scully and Rachel
Ahrens each marked
double-figure kills with 18
and 13, respectively.
The match and first set
started with a close backand-forth
output by both
sides, but Texas A&M had
the early edge off a 3-1
open and advanced it to
14-9 later in the set. Despite
six kills from Shannon
Scully in the set, the
Aggies were able to close
it down with a 25-17 set
win.
The Aggies came out
equally as strong in the
second set, amassing a
4-0 lead to open things up.
After establishing a 17-8
lead throughout the set,
the Waves started to battle
back, and kills from Kayleigh
Hames and Scully
and a block from Scully
and Tarah Wylie brought
the home team within six
at the 23-17 mark. TAMU
was able to pick up the
second set 25-19 win,
however.
Pepperdine more than
rallied in the third — the
Waves commanded the
set, taking the lead after a
7-7 tie fueled on a block
from Alli O’Harra and
Ahrens and three consecutive
kills by Wylie for the
18-10 advantage. The Aggies
pieced some points together
near the end of the
set, but Pepperdine came
right back, and back-toback
kills by Scully put
the Waves in a position to
close. Rachel Ahrens and
O’Harra would do just that
for the home team, as the
pair put a couple of kills
on the floor to close the set
with a 25-19 win and send
things to a fourth.
In the fourth set, despite
a 5-5 tie to open, the Aggies
came out swinging to take
over the lead and put the
Waves behind 18-10. Kills
from Hames and O’Harra
late in the set helped the
cause, but couldn’t help
Pepperdine rally enough,
as the opposition closed
the match with a 25-15 set
win for the four-set overall
victory.
MEN’S WATER POLO
Waves start season at
Triton Invitational
Pepperdine began its
season at the Triton Invitational,
hosted by UC San
Diego, on Saturday, Sept.
7. The Waves picked up a
12-7 win against Pomona-
Pitzer to start the tournament,
but fell 11-5 to UC
Santa Barbara in the second
game of the day.
Sophomore Balazs Kosa
led the way for the Waves
with a hat trick in the game
against Pomona.
The year’s first game got
off to a slow start, with each
team putting just a goal on
the board in the first quarter.
Kosa got the Waves’
first goal of the season to
secure a 1-1 tie at the end
of the first.
Kosa scored the Waves’
lone goal in the second
quarter as well, as the
teams went into halftime
locked at two goals apiece.
In the second half, the
Waves’ offense really got
going. Marko Asic and
Kaden Kaneko each scored
their first goals of the season,
and Kosa finished off
his hat trick in the third,
giving the Waves a 5-3 lead
heading into the final eight
minutes of play.
Pepperdine took off in
the fourth quarter, getting
seven goals from six players.
Curtis Jarvis led the
way with two goals late in
the final quarter. Kaneko
and Asic scored their second
goal each, while Sean
Ferrari, Michael Dakis and
Sean Thomas tallied a goal
apiece to secure the 12-7
win for the Waves.
In the second game of
the day, the Waves took on
the Gauchos of UC Santa
Barbara. The first quarter
was all UC Santa Barbara,
as they scored three unanswered
goals to start the
game before Mate Toth got
the Waves on the board.
After one quarter of play,
the Gauchos lead 4-1.
Asic started the second
quarter off hot for the
Waves, getting them within
two at the start of the quarter.
Coleman Carpenter got
the Waves to within one
before UCSB answered.
Austin Smit again got the
Waves to within one goal
near the end of the quarter.
The Gauchos scored two
unanswered goals to end
the half with a 7-4 lead.
In the third quarter, the
Gauchos kept the Waves
from scoring, and scored
twice more to take a 9-4
lead into the final quarter
of play. George Mooney
scored the Waves’ only
goal in the final period of
play.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Cal Poly takes down
Pepperdine
Pepperdine’s first road
match of the season ended
in defeat.
Despite more than doubling
Cal Poly in shot attempts,
the host Mustangs
claimed a 2-1 victory Friday,
Sept. 6.
The Mustangs (1-3-1)
scored the game’s first two
goals before sophomore
forward Leyla McFarland
put the Waves on the board
in the 57th minute. But despite
advantages of 20-9 in
shots and 11-6 in shots on
goal, the Waves couldn’t
find the equalizer.
The Waves had their
opportunities. Freshman
midfielder Shelby Little
had a chance from close in
the 28th minute but had it
saved. Junior forward Joelle
Anderson put four of
her seven shots on goal. In
the 86th minute, the Waves
sent in a free kick and it
came out of a crowd and off
the crossbar.
Information from Pepperdine
University and
www.pepperdinewaves.
com. Compiled by Assistant
Editor Michal Dwojak,
m.dwojak@22ndcentury
media.com.
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