MACK CARROLL/Assistant Photo Editor GREG BARNETTSports Editor The No.-16 Pepperdine men’s tennis team lost its first match of the season to No.-9 UCLA, 5-2, at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon. The match was postponed until Tuesday due to heavy rain over the weekend. “It’s always disappointing when you lose,” Head Coach Adam Steinberg said. “But we competed … [Read more...] about Waves lose season opener to Bruins
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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
Anteaters halt win streak
DAVID TESIC/Assistant Photo Editor GREG BARNETTSports Editor The No.-2 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team played host to defending national champion University of California-Irvine Wednesday night in front of a big crowd at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves got into a 2-0 hole before winning game three, but eventually lost the match in four games, 3-1. The loss was the first of … [Read more...] about Anteaters halt win streak
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A ‘Cheer’ful Wave CHRIS SEGALDirector of Strategic Planning There is one NCAA Division 1 team performing without a head coach that still has the ability to get fans in Firestone Fieldhouse pumped and excited. Despite the stresses of a grueling schedule, the lack of any scholarships, or even being allowed to register early with the other teams, this team prides itself on … [Read more...] about DAVID TESIC/Assistant Photo Editor
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