The Waves outplayed Portland in their last home game/games of the season Saturday. At the action-packed game in the Firestone Fieldhouse, Pepperdine won with the scores 25-18, 25-14 and 25-13 in three straight sets.
Senior Stevi Robinson resisted powerful attacks from the opponents side, making it difficult for them to score. She made three service aces against Portland, averaging 17 digs in the game. Freshman Michaela Christiansen made two impressive attacks at the end of the second set making the score 25-14.
Freshman Katie Messing resisted five out of seven kills in the second set.
In the third set, senior Lilla Frederick managed to take the lead and performed several brilliant attacks. She led the game with nine kills total. Christiansen’s serve gave the Waves an advantage of 10 points that led the team closer to the victory.
The team shows significant improvement with each game in the Flyer Classic tournaments by winning 13th games out of sixteen. No. 18 Pepperdine is playing against Santa Clara on Today, as one of the six concluding games before the NCAA tournament.