Growing up I wanted to be great.Academics sports the arts it didn't really matter. I just had a passion to excel.Turns out baseball was my fate.I spent many a sleepless night dreaming of winning championships hoisting trophies and spraying $800 champagne around the clubhouse like it was going out of style. I was lucky to be in baseball.A fourteen-year career three tattered … [Read more...] about The Legend of Marv Dunphy
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Dunphy notches 500th win
For a moment Friday men's volleyball coach Marv Dunphy was honored with a cake reading "Happy 500." The simple celebration marked win No. 500— according to unofficial statistics a tally only four other men's volleyball coaches have matched in the NCAA.Coming in the midst of what would be a four-game victory over No. 5 Northridge winning a game for the 500th time marked a … [Read more...] about Dunphy notches 500th win
Sidelined Superstars
One minute an athlete is on the verge of stardom and the next is barely able to roll out of bed. Teams can go from championship contenders to cellar-dwellers seemingly overnight. Everything can change in an instant and that's all thanks to one of the most influential variables in all of sports— the injury.Whether it's a career-ending torn ligament a slight high-ankle … [Read more...] about Sidelined Superstars
Dunphy closes in on 500
It might have seemed a normal and easy win for the No. 1 Pepperdine men's volleyball team last night against Grand Canyon University a school debuting its second season of men's volleyball but there was something very special about this home match.Not only was it the seventh consecutive win of the season but it was also the 499th career victory for Head Coach Marv Dunphy.Dunphy … [Read more...] about Dunphy closes in on 500
Tennis team set for Southeast swing
The Pepperdine men's tennis team will play all the way across the country this weekend and hope to improve upon what has become their biggest hurdle of the season— doubles play. The No. 16-ranked Waves will play at No. 28 Alabama on Friday afternoon and No. 19 Florida State on Saturday looking to add two wins to their 4-3 record.The Alabama Crimson Tide showed strength in … [Read more...] about Tennis team set for Southeast swing