Oregon State
12-6,6-2WCC
Pepperdine
12-7,6-2WCC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon St. | 24 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 2 |
| Pepperdine | 26 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Beavs Fall in Five to Pepperdine
October 23, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
MALIBU, Calif. – In their return to the road, the Oregon State volleyball team dropped a heartbreaker to Pepperdine on Thursday, falling in five sets.Â
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The Beavers (12-6, 6-2 WCC) battled from a four-point deficit in the fourth set to force the winner-take-all fifth against the Waves. Oregon State finished on the wrong end of a 24-26, 25-23, 23-25, 28-26, 10-15 scoreline.
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Oregon State and Pepperdine traded 18 leads and found themselves tied on 44 instances throughout the match that saw three sets go beyond the 25-point threshold.
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Annika Hester and Lauren Rumel evenly split 28 kills to pace OSU in kills while two others – Alana Marrs (13) and Maëli Cormier (12) – put up double-digits in the category as well. Jackie Matias dished a season-best 34 assists while Emma Lilo followed with 19 to keep the offense going. Four Beavs dug out at least 11, with Tia Shum leading the way with 17. Marrs – the reigning WCC Freshman of the Week – led the defense with six blocks while Nathalie Scholz tallied five.
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Pepperdine struck first in the opening set but had to hold off numerous Beaver runs on the way to a 26-24 win in set one. Oregon State was down by as many as six early (10-4) before ultimately evening it at 24 late. The Waves used a pair of kills at the end to seal the opener. Shum tallied seven digs in the set to keep the Beavers in it.
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Oregon State evened it with a wire-to-wire win in set two and were led by a total team effort. While Alondra Paz's set-leading four digs helped force the Waves to just a .091 clip, five Hester kills paired with seven Matias helpers, the Beavs finished off the hosts with a 25-23 set two win. Despite the two-point set win, the Beavers used a 5-0 run at 18-15 to build the necessary separation on the way to securing the frame.
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After a set-high 15 ties (and last at 22 apiece), Pepperdine pounced on the third's late momentum for the 2-1 set lead with the 25-23 win. The Waves held Oregon State to a .150 hitting rate with eight Beaver attack miscues while using a .371 one for themselves with just a pair of errors.
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Trailing by as many as five at 23-18, the Beavers put on a gritty performance in set four to keep the match going. Facing another hole at 25-26, Marrs flipped the momentum with consecutive kills to give OSU its first set point of the frame before a Waves miscue forced the final set. Lilo and Shum each put up eight digs to lead the defense while Hester used four kills to pace the attack.
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Despite splitting the fifth's 14 points, the hosts took control and finished it off with a 5-0 run to seal it at 15-10. The Beavers were held to a .053 clip in the set and committed four attack errors.
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The Beavers will stay in southern California and venture to Los Angeles to play LMU on Saturday. First serve against the Lions is set for 1 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+.
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