MALIBU, Calif. (November 2, 2024) – Washington State Volleyball fell to Pepperdine 3-0 Saturday afternoon.
The Cougars (12-8, 7-4 WCC) tallied five blocks as a team, including four block assists from Lucie Blažková and three from Katy Ryan.
Ryan finished with nine kills and four digs to go along with her blocks, while Blažková added four kills.
Sage Brustad tallied six kills and a block, and Taryn Vrieling had five kills.
Italia Bernal put up 21 assists, three aces, four digs, a block and a kill.
Breccan Scheck totaled three kills, three digs, a block, an assist and an ace.
Emma Barbero racked up 11 digs, and had three assists and an ace.
After Pepperdine took an early lead in set one, Bernal served up three-straight aces to ties things up at 10-all before kills from Ryan, Vrieling and Blažková gave WSU a 15-14 lead. The Cougs stretched their lead to as many as four, 24-21, with kills from Brustad and Ryan, but Pepperdine rallied late to win the set 27-25.
After the Waves won set two, WSU kept set three close as early kills from Scheck, Ryan, Brustad, Blažková and Bernal kept the Cougs within one, 12-11, midway through. Pepperdine went on an 8-2 run from there, though, taking a 20-13 lead. Kills down the stretch from Brustad, Blažková and Ryan put WSU within striking distance, but it would be too late as Pepperdine won the set 25-17, and the match.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Katy Ryan
• Finished with 10.5 points…
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