SAN MATEO, Calif. – Pepperdine swept the second set of the West Coast Conference volleyball weekly honors for the 2022 season with Grace Chillingworth and Riley Patterson from the Waves winning WCC Offensive Player of the Week and WCC Defensive Player of the Week honors, respectively.
 
WCC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – GRACE CHILLINGWORTH, SO., OH – PEPPERDINE
Chillingworth was clutch for the Waves win during the 24th-annual Pepperdine Asics Classic, guiding her squad to three-straight wins, including a four-set upset of No.9 Baylor, four-set win over UC Santa Barbara and a sweep against San Diego State. Throughout her 11 sets of action, she posted 37 kills on 94 swings for a .255 success rate, averaging 3.36 kills/set. She also commanded the service line with six aces, averaging 0.55 aces/set and two aces in each match. In total, she marked a team-best 47.0 points, averaging an impressive 4.27 points/set. Chillingworth started the weekend with her second career double-double against the Bears, posting a solid 17 kills on a .438 clip with 12 digs, while adding two aces and 2.0 blocks for 20.0 total points. She followed that up with another big performance against the Gauchos, posting nine kills, 11 digs, three blocks and two aces for 12.5 points. She tied the team-high 11 kills against SDSU on the final day of competition, posting a .276 success rate on the attack and adding seven digs, three blocks and another pair of aces for 14.5 total points.
 
Also Nominated: Claire Crijns, San Francisco; Alexa Edwards, Pacific; Heather Gneiting, BYU; Hawley Harrer, Saint Mary's; Jayde Harris, Portland; Katie Lukes, San Diego; Jacquelyn Moore, LMU

WCC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – RILEY PATTERSON, SR., L – PEPPERDINE
Patterson anchored the back row for Pepperdine, helping lead the Waves to three wins en route to a 24th-annual Pepperdine Asics Classic title. Her 4.45 digs/set and 1.36 assists/set propelled her squad to a four-set upset win over No. 9 Baylor, as well as another four-set win over UC Santa Barbara and a sweep against San Diego State. She posted 49 digs and 15 assists throughout the effort, while adding an ace and kill as well in her 11 sets of action. Patterson started things off with 3.25 digs/set and 2.00 assists/set against Baylor, totaling a team-best 13 digs as well as eight assists. In the four-setter against the Gauchos, she marked her second 20-plus dig effort of the season with 23 digs, a career high. She averaged an impressive 5.75 digs/set in the match and also posted an assist. In the final sweep over SDSU, she marked another 13 digs to average 4.33 digs/set and produced six assists for 2.00 assists/set. Patterson also found a way to nab a kill against the Aztecs on a well placed dig-and-over, and also finished with an ace, averaging 0.33 per set in both those categories.

Also Nominated: Leyla Blackwell, San Diego; Sam Hastings, LMU; Erin Livingston, BYU; Jadyn Tubbs, Pacific; Abby Wadas, San Francisco; Grace Zilbert, Portland

2022 WCC Volleyball Offensive Players of the Week 
August 29: Grace Frohling, San Diego
September 5: Grace Chillingworth, Pepperdine
 
2022 WCC Volleyball Defensive Players of the Week 
August 29:  Leyla Blackwell, San Diego
September 5: Riley Patterson, Pepperdine