Oct. 14, 2000
Box Score
SPOKANE, Wash. - Pepperdine University, ranked fifth in the country, remained unbeaten in West Coast Conference volleyball play after five matches with a 15-11, 15-7, 15-5 win over Gonzaga University Saturday at the Martin Centre.
Pepperdine (15-3, 5-0) won for the sixth time in its last seven outings since dropping back-to-back matches to second-ranked University of Hawaii. Gonzaga (4-15, 0-6) dropped its 10th straight outing.
The Waves used a balance attack, hitting .355 and dominating the net with 15 blocks. Stacy Rouwenhorst paced the Waves with 12 kills, and Melissa Snow added 10 for the only Waves in double-digit kills as head coach Nina Matthies played just six players. Jennifer Fompa had a match-high 10 digs and 8 blocks.
Gonzaga, which fell to 23rd ranked Loyola Marymount University Friday night, got 14 kills from senior Heather Osberg and 11 from Abby Cullen. But the Bulldogs hit just .127 for the match with 29 errors for the night. Pepperdine had just 11 attack errors.
After falling behind 10-2 in game one, the Bulldogs rallied to close to within 13-11 on Britt Whiting's kill that culminated a 6-0 Gonzaga spurt. But Snow had a kill for a 14-11 Pepperdine lead and following a pair of sideouts Rouwenhorst put game one away.
The Bulldogs got to within 10-7 in game two, but the Waves scored four of their final five points in the game as a result of Bulldog attack errors.
The visitors wasted little time in game three, racing to a 12-2 lead after Emilie Heggli's service ace gave Gonzaga an early 1-0 advantage.
The Bulldogs play twice in the upcoming week, head to nearby Cheney on Tuesday to face Eastern Washington University, then returning home next Saturday for a West Coast Conference match against the University of Portland.
Pepperdine d. Gonzaga 15-11, 15-7, 15-5
Kills - Stacy Rouwenhorst (P) 12, Heather Osberg (G) 14. Assists - Melissa Plass (P) 41, Emilie Heggli (G) 36. Aces - Jennifer Fompa, Kate Taylor, Snow, Plass (P) 1 each, Heggli (G) 2. Digs - Fompa (P) 10, Jamie VanMeetren, Britt Whiting (G) 8 each. Blocks - Fompa (P) 8, Osberg (G) 2. Att - 330.
