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Record services lead waves to men's volleyball via UCSB • The Malibu Times

Pepperdine, UC Santa Barbara, helped to defeat Matt Mazur on February 15th. Photo with the kind permission of Pepperdine Athletics

Pepperdine's victory collapses with the celebration of the 2005 national championship team

Three Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball player set career height in a home win on the same evening Pepperdine2005 National Championship-Peclear squad.

Compared to Matt Mazur, a newcomer to a redshirt, a career high of 15 kills had a career high at a hit percentage of 0.478. Redshirt Sophomore Middle Blocker James Eadie had a career best six blocks, and Setter Gabe Dyer, a doctoral student, combined his career height in Blöcken with four when the waves defeated UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 3-0 on the farm near Pepperdine . Fieldhouse on February 15th.

The bunch of 2005 championship waves was recognized in the game. The alumni from previous Waves teams lined the Court throughout the competition.

Pepperdine's victory included set wins from 25-16, 25-19 and 25-23.

The victory gave the waves a 7: 3 record, which was on the way to their home game against the FDU on Friday at 6 p.m. It was also the fourth victory of the month. The squad had a 3-0 triumph on Lewis University on February 1 and fell 3-1 in Cal State Northhridge seven days later. The following day, the waves dropped 3: 0 the Dominican University of New York. Pepperdine traveled to Santa Barbara on February 14th and hit UCSB 3-0 and beat her the next day in Malibu.

Mazur also had two blocks and two service mass in the second victory over UCSB, while Eadie had six kills with a hit percentage of 0.500 and two Digs. Dyer recorded 34 assists and three kills. In addition, Redshirt Sophomore Middle Blocker Ethan Watson had six kills and three blocks and redshirt -Junior -Outside Hitter Ryan Barnett recorded six kills and four blocks.

Mazur led the waves with three kills in the first set when the team had a percentage of 0.455 goals. They kept the Gauchos on a hit content of 0.029 percent. Pepperdine had nine blocks, including four from Eadie. UC Santa Barbara had nine attack errors, while the waves only had two.

Pepperdine swung 16 kills and a hit percentage of 0.462 in the second set. Mazur recorded eight kills, a block and a service. Junior Jacob Reilly added for excavations and five auxiliary receptions.

Mazur met four kills in the last sentence, which was a close competition, but the Gauchos had several attack and service errors. Barnett had three kills, and Reilly was faultless to receive services. Dyer posted two DIGS and two blocks.

The Waves will organize the Grand Canyon University, a top 15 team on March 7, on February 27 and 28. Pepperdine plays the secondary UC Irvine in Irvine.