MALIBU, Calif. – Middle blocker Doug Dahm had a career night at the net, but UC Irvine was swept by No. 5 Pepperdine (21-25, 17-25, 25-27) at Firestone Fieldhouse Wednesday.

Dahm recorded eight total blocks on one solo and a career-high seven assisted to go with three kills.

Pepperdine (5-2) took advantage of six aces, while committing just seven errors. The Anteaters (3-8) had just one ace and 13 errors.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Freshman Hilir Henno led UCI with 13 kills, hitting .450 (13-4-20). He added three digs and five blocks
>Outside hitter Francesco Sani recorded 10 kills and a team-high four digs
>Setter Dylan Zhai matched Sani with four digs and had 28 set assists
>Middle blocker Connor Campbell hit a season-high .833 (5-0-6)
>Jaylen Jasper topped Pepperdine with 11 kills and eight blocks
>The Waves hit .260 for the match, while UCI hit .193 (37-21-83)

FIRST SET
>A kill by Hilir Henno and a triple block by Henno, Connor Campbell and Francesco Sani moved UCI out to an early 3-1 lead
>The Waves would score three in a row and catch UCI at 7-7
>UCI would score the next two on a kill by Sani and a block by Doug Dahm and Dylan Zhai, 9-7
>UCI came alive, scoring five straight points, which included two block assists by Dahm, 18-15
>Down 20-17, the Waves responded with seven points in a row, five on UCI errors, 24-20
>After a Henno kill, Pepperdine clinched the set with a kill, 25-20

SECOND SET
>UCI led 4-2 before a 5-0 Pepperdine run moved the Waves in front 7-4
>A 9-1 run, which included seven UCI errors gave Pepperdine the 17-7 advantage
>Kills by Henno and Sani was followed by a block by Henno and Dahm to start a 6-1 spurt by the Anteaters to close within 14-19
>Pepperdine would out-score UCI 6-3 to win the set, 25-17

THIRD SET
>With the set tied at 5-5, Pepperdine had a pair of kills and a block to force an Anteater timeout, 8-5
>Another block by Dahm along with Zhai knotted the score at 8 all
>The Waves would score the next two to regain control
>A kill by Henno paired with a Pepperdine attack that went long tied the set at 13-13
>Back-to-back blocks by the Anteaters gave UCI a 17-15 lead
>Pepperdine once again answered with the next two
>A sky hook kill and ace by Sani brought UCI to set point 24-22, but the Anteaters couldn't put it away watching Pepperdine score the next three to lead 25-24
>Following a kill by Cole Gillis, Pepperdine had the final two points, 27-25

NOTES
>The Anteaters are still in search of their first win on the road (0-6)
>UCI had 11 blocks, the third most this season

UP NEXT
The teams will travel back to Irvine and will play at the Bren Events Center on Friday (Feb. 11) at 7:00 p.m.