Graduate outside hitter Jaylen Jasper gets a kill against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 1, at Firestone Fieldhouse. Jasper finished the game with 17 kills on 42 attempts, good for a .472 percentage. Photos by Emma Ibarra
Led by the teams’ emotion and graduate outside hitter Jaylen Jasper, the No. 5 Pepperdine Waves swept the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in three straight competitive sets Feb. 1, at Firestone Fieldhouse.
Over the past few years, UCSB had the Waves Men’s Volleyball team on lockdown. After kicking the Waves out of the playoffs in 2021, the Gauchos upset Pepperdine twice in 2022.