By Lauren Gustus Sports Editor ESPN.com is running a weekly poll until the round of 64 is selected that gauges which teams should be considered for “Cinderella” status come March Madness. Although...

 By Steve Pinkerton Staff Writer To prepare for what will likely be a difficult meet against Stanford, the Waves return this week to what Pepperdine coach Gualberto Escudero called “the basics,”...

Michael Hurlbut This is always one of my favorite weeks when it comes to WCC basketball. No it’s not because we get to play one of the weakest teams in the conference. It’s not even because the away...

 By Lindsey Besecker Assistant Sports Editor At the opening of the 2002 season, the Pepperdine women’s tennis team holds a No. 20 national ranking by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and a 1-1 record....

 By Lauren Gustus Sports Editor After the dust settled, Gonzaga had dropped four spots in the USA Today/ESPN poll to No. 18. Pepperdine, however,  received just one point in the poll, which when compared...

 By Jill Oberly Staff Writer What’s the key to the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team’s recent success in defeating So Cal rivals Long Beach State and UC San Diego? A fiery offense. “Our offense...

SPORT Men’s Volleyball YEAR Freshman HEIGHT/WEIGHT 6’9”/200 lbs. WHAT HE DID This upstart freshman has stepped into the starting outside hitter position left by All-American Scott Wong and has accepted...

 Michael Hurlbut My cousin called me on Friday afternoon to tell me to turn on the TV to watch the news at 5. Apparently he and his UCLA classmates had been camping out for the last two days in hopes...

 By Massiel Ladron De Guevara Staff Writer A wave of high hopes has swept over the Pepperdine swim team as they prepare for Saturday’s meet against SDSU. “I think the meet against SDSU will be a hard...

By Sarah CarrilloStaff Writer Pepperdine junior Christiana Loew became a part of Olympic history last Friday when she ran the Olympic torch in Oakland, Calif. “The planning was seamless and everything...