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UCLA Hammers Pepperdine in Three Games
January 19, 2005 | Men's Volleyball
Jan. 19, 2005
The top-ranked UCLA men's volleyball team won its sixth straight match, defeating No.2 Pepperdine in three games Wednesday in Pauley Pavilion.
The Bruins won 30-18, 30-21, 30-27 in 78 minutes before 701 rowdy spectators. The victory raised the Bruins' overall record to 6-0, 2-0 in league play. The Waves are 2-1 overall and in conference play.
In Game 1, after surrendering the first serve to Pepperdine, UCLA reeled off six straight points with setter Gaby Acevedo at the serving line. The Waves cut the lead to four at 12-8 on a kill by junior Andy Hein and a UCLA hitting error. Senior Allan Vince then served five straight points to give UCLA a 17-8 lead. Later in the game, Vince served four more points as UCLA padded its lead to 12 points.
UCLA held leads of 6-2 and 8-4 in Game 2 before Pepperdine mounted a comeback and tied the game at 9-9 following a timeout by the hosts. With John Parfitt serving, the Waves moved out to an 11-9 lead before UCLA Coach Al Scates substituted in junior Damien Scott. On the next play, Scott slammed a kill to cut the Waves' lead to 11-10. Vince came to the service line. The senior from Pasadena served a pair of points to give the Bruins the lead at 12-11. Pepperdine called timeout. Vince served another point to make it 13-11. The Waves tied the game again at 15-15, but kills by senior Paul Johnson and sophomore Steve Klosterman gave the Bruins a 17-15 advantage. The Bruins held a 19-17 lead when senior Kris Kraushaar came to the line after a kill by Vince. Kraushaar, the Bruins' top server, served three points including an ace to give the Bruins a five-point cushion at 22-17.
Neither team held more than a three-point advantage in Game 3 as there were 16 ties and 15 lead changes. A kill by Klosterman tied the game for the last time at 26-26 before a pair of Pepperdine hitting errors gave the Bruins a 28-26 lead. After Parfitt's kill cut the lead to 28-27, the Bruins got kills from Vince and Klosterman to ice the match.
Johnson and Klosterman led the Bruins with 13 kills each. Johnson led all the starters with a .500 hitting percentage and Klosterman hit .400.Vince added eight kills (.357) and served two of the Bruins' three aces. Scott slammed six kills (.750) in eight swings off the bench. Acevedo recorded 46 set assists and freshman libero Tony Ker added 10 digs. Rooney led Pepperdine with 15 kills but was held to a hitting percentage of .222 -- well below his season average.
The Bruins host cross-town rival USC on Fri., Jan. 21 in the 28th Annual Kilgour Cup. First serve is set for 7 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion.
