Photo by Matt Benton Following a rough three-game stretch to open the final month of the 2014-15 season for the Pepperdine men’s basketball team, the Waves returned back home looking to finish the season with a bang. It was rather fitting, as the Waves looked for some fireworks as they faced Santa Clara on Chinese New Year in the first game of their three-game … [Read more...] about Waves Post First Winning Season Since 2005
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Luck Awaits in Vegas
Photo by Matt Benton After recording their 16th overall and 9th win in conference play of the 2014-15 season, the Pepperdine men’s basketball team clinched their first winning season since 2005 and was assured of a buy-in to the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas. The Waves, who were chosen to finish in a tie for seventh place in the WCC preseason coaches’ … [Read more...] about Luck Awaits in Vegas
Mosbaugh Takes Victory Lap
Photo by Matt Benton The Waves finished the long six-month season in a seventh place out of 12 teams at the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference hosted at Pepperdine on Feb. 20-21. Many competitors put up personal bests, with junior Jessica Mosbaugh winning the 200 breast stroke for the second season in a row. Mosbaugh contributed 85 points to the Waves’ cumulative … [Read more...] about Mosbaugh Takes Victory Lap
Rakshay Thakkar: The Boy from Bollywood
Photo by Carissa Mosley All the way from Pune, India, senior Rakshay Thakkar stands as one of the pillars of experience beneath the Waves’ young men’s tennis team. He is indispensible within the squad, starting all the games in the season thus far. Thakkar is 5 feet 9 inches and although that doesn’t seem like much for a tennis player, the international student from India … [Read more...] about Rakshay Thakkar: The Boy from Bollywood
Champions League Rolling in Hot
Photo Courtesy of David Ramos/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to soccer, it doesn’t get any better than the UEFA Champions League. The Round of 16 continues to heat up with the last four games of the first leg ready to kick off this upcoming week. On Tuesday, Manchester City will host Barcelona and at the same time, Juventus will take on Borussia Dortmund. A day later, on … [Read more...] about Champions League Rolling in Hot