CHRIS KOCHMANStaff Writer Michelle Fadley stumbles out of bed at 6 a.m. to prepare for swimming practice. Like most students she was up late the night before studying for an exam. She eats breakfast, collects her books and swimming gear, then heads out to the pool. Before she steps out the door of her on-campus apartment she hears a faint cry. It’s her 2 year-old daughter, … [Read more...] about A ‘Wave’ of Change: College journey becomes family
Sports
Waves drop fifth straight to rival Lions at Fieldhouse
TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The Pepperdine women’s basketball team was dealt its 10th defeat in its past 11 games Saturday night, falling 70-57 to conference foe Loyola Marymount at Firestone Fieldhouse. “Not a great effort in terms of intensity,” Head Coach Julie Rousseau said after the game. “I thought LMU just brought more intensity … we didn’t play as well together as we … [Read more...] about Waves drop fifth straight to rival Lions at Fieldhouse
Waves struggle on road trip without Carroll, lose third straight match to Long Beach State
GREG BARNETTSports Editor The No.-5 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team dropped its third consecutive match Wednesday night with a loss at No.-3 Long Beach State University, 30-21, 32-30, 30-21. With the loss, Pepperdine falls to 4-3 overall and 4-3 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. Long Beach State stays unbeaten on the season, 7-0 overall and 5-0 in MPSF action. “I … [Read more...] about Waves struggle on road trip without Carroll, lose third straight match to Long Beach State
Interim coach seeks positives
GREG BARNETTSports Editor Just six days after becoming interim head coach following Vance Walberg’s departure, Eric Bridgeland sat down with the Graphic to dicuss his first weekend leading the Pepperdine men’s basketball team. Bridgeland and the Waves continue conference play this weekend when they play host to rival Loyola Marymount on Saturday night at Firestone … [Read more...] about Interim coach seeks positives
Pep players nice, most pros not
SHUHEI MATSUOAssistant Online Editor Did you guys see Tiger Woods’ press conference on SportsCenter yesterday? If you did, did you see me in the back corner? Yep, I was there. How? Well, I was at the Buick Invitational until Wednesday as a reporter from Golf Digest, a company that I interned for this past summer. I was down in San Diego earlier this week because my editor from … [Read more...] about Pep players nice, most pros not
