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14 and Won

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Photos Courtesy of Celia SmithThe perfect season is over, but the light still shines bright. The No.1-seeded Pepperdine beach volleyball team dropped its first match of the 2016 season on Wednesday to No. 5-ranked UCLA at the Sunset Canyon Volleyball Courts, but swept three games over the weekend against CSU Bakersfield, Loyola Marymount and Arizona at the Zuma Classic. Against … [Read more...] about 14 and Won

March Madness Concludes with a Bang

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Art by Peau PorotesanoAll of the following events are true:Little Rock upset Purdue in two overtimes. Iowa beat Temple in one. UNI beat Texas with a half-court buzzer beater. USC’s defense fell asleep on an inbounds play against Providence. An Ivy League team won against a Power-5 school in the first round (again). A 15-seed beat a 2-seed for the seventh time in history. … [Read more...] about March Madness Concludes with a Bang

Catching Up With Aaron Barnett

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Photos by Celia SmithTypically, when one imagines a star athlete, images of hyper-aggressive, weirdly confident players come to mind. I mean, why not have an ego when you know you're freakishly talented? Still, we all love to see a humble, down-to-earth star, like Steph Curry. Now, one can go too far with modestness, but there's a solid balance. Junior catcher Aaron Barnett has … [Read more...] about Catching Up With Aaron Barnett

No.6 Pepperdine defeats USC in straight-set sweep

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Photos courtesy of pepperdinesports.comThe 6th-ranked Pepperdine men’s volleyball team swept USC in three straight sets at Firestone Fieldhouse in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matchup on Saturday night. The Waves, who improve their record to 12 and 7 overall, 11 and 7 in the MPSF, put up a solid team hitting percentage of .381 while keeping the Trojans to a .356 … [Read more...] about No.6 Pepperdine defeats USC in straight-set sweep