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SHUHEI MATSUOSports Editor The fifth-ranked Pepperdine men’s water polo team suffered a winless weekend in Northern California against two upper-ranked teams. Second-ranked University of California-Berkeley sank the Waves in its home waters 6-4 during Friday night’s game, while fourth-ranked Stanford Univeristy also defeated Pepperdine 11-7 on Sunday to snap its three-game … [Read more...] about Polo heads south in NorCal

DAVID NAKAGAMIAssistant Sports Editor Dropping three of their last four games, all against in-conference foes, the Waves retaliated with two wins this week. Pepperdine traveled to Gersten Pavilion Saturday to play their rival Lions of Loyola Marymount. In a tightly-contested match, the Waves ousted LMU 3-0 by scores of 33-31, 30-28, and 31-29. In a rare non-conference matchup, … [Read more...] about Resurgent Waves shut out LMU, UCSB

GREG BARNETTSports Assistant The women’s swimming and diving team managed to host the seventh annual Malibu Invitational last Saturday. The team was looking to keep up its winning ways in the second event of the year after capturing the PCSC Invitational in early October. The women performed well and three Pepperdine swimmers earned high point honors against a field of seven … [Read more...] about Records jump out of water,  team posts 22 career bests

DAVID NAKAGAMIAssistant Sports Editor In the midst of a busy fall sports schedule, the athletes are not the only ones feeling the crunch. Pepperdine’s  mascot Willie the Wave has been busy making his presence felt at Waves home games. The friendly and bubbly face of Pepperdine sports found time between contests to sit down in an exclusive interview to talk about his role, his … [Read more...] about Maniacal Mascot Unmasked