This is #4 Jon Stanley, Outside Hitter/Libero for BYU
This is Pepperdine's game day post for the week for their first game against BYU (This blog) and their later game against Stanford (A blog for a later date)
Dear Readers~
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 a #7 BYU traveled out to Malibu, California to play against #5 Pepperdine in a game of men's volleyball. The game was at 7 pm Pacific Time on that Wednesday, so both teams were ready to play. With BYU losing to UC Santa Barbara on February first and second, they wanted revenge by beating Pepperdine instead of getting a third loss in a row. With Pepperdine coming off of a win against CSUN (California State University, Northridge), Pepperdine wanted 2 wins in a row.
The first set ended in favor of Pepperdine at 25-17. the second set wasn't much better for BYU with Pepperdine winning that set 25-19. BYU knew that if Pepperdine won this third set that would be it and game over for them. with both teams playing hard, the third set ended 25-18 in favor of Pepperdine and taking down BYU in three straight sets. That gave Pepperdine it's second straight win and BYU it's third straight loss.
The leader in kills goes to BYU's Gabi Garcia Fernande, with 13, while David Wieczorek led Pepperdine with 12 kills of his own. The leader for aces was Pepperdine. Two different Pepperdine players had 5 aces each and they were Micael Wexter and David Wieczorek while BYU had three players get 1 ace each and they were Gabi Garcia Fernande, Felipe de Brito Ferr, and Miki Jauhiainen. The leader in blocks goes to Pepperdine with two players having 3 blocks each and they were Max Chamberlain and David Wieczorek while Felipe de Brito Ferr led BYU with 4 blocks of his own. The leader in assists goes to Pepperdine's Robert Mullahey, with 32, while Will Stanley led BYU with 26 assists of his own. The leader for digs was Pepperdine's Kaleb Denmark, with 7, while Kana'i Akana led BYU with 4 digs of his own.
Don't forget to watch out for BYU's next game as they travel back to California to take on UCLA in some more men's indoor volleyball while Pepperdine stays in Malibu to take on Stanford. The BYU @ UCLA game is on Saturday, February 9th at 7 pm Pacific Time in Los Angeles while the Stanford @ Pepperdine game is on Friday, February 8th at 6 pm Pacific Time in Malibu.
Just a fun fact about the visiting BYU Cougars is that Rio 2016 Olympian Casey Patterson went there. I mentioned Casey a lot during the AVP and P1440 2018 season and also he was mentioned in my summary of his games in the Hague with Chase Budinger. Casey has been in many videos with the Mckibbin Brothers. My favorite is the vlog that the Mckibbins did at the 2018 AVP Championships in Chicago. That video is titled "Sibling Rivalries make better athletes AVP Chicago" so check that out in the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOEsh4ntQnI He's all over the video so there's not really a certain spot. Make sure you follow him on Instagram: @caseypatt
This is Casey Patterson with Riley Mckibbin at the 2018 Chicago Open, where they both tied with a 13th place (Riley played with his younger brother Maddison Mckibbin while Casey played with Stafford Slick)
Just a fun fact about the home team, the Pepperdine Wave, is AVP player Corinne Quiggle attended Pepperdine and played beach volleyball for them. Corinne and her 2018 partner, Kim Smith, are known for their unbelievable comeback from competing in the AVP 2018 Manhattan Beach qualifiers to finishing with a 5th place at that event. As I was putting this together, I looked and Corinne has no videos with the Mckibbin brothers, so there are no videos of her with them I can show but if you want to check out her website, that'll be linked down below instead: https://www.corinnequiggle.com/ Make sure you follow her on Instagram: @corinnequiggle
This is some of Corinne's website (Visit link above to learn more about her and her beach volleyball journey on her website)
That concludes my blog about the game between #7 BYU and #5 Pepperdine in Malibu. Feel free to check out some of my previous blogs like Stanford @ Hawaii or Long Beach State @ UCLA for indoor men's volleyball, my blogs on the P1440 Huntington Beach and Las Vegas Opens for some beach volleyball, or my made up story if you just want a good read. Make sure to keep an eye out for the first AVP event of the 2019 season in early May or the first game of the 2019 NCAA women's beach season in late February. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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