WILLIAM ADAMSSports Assitant The Pepperdine men’s tennis team showed its dominance this weekend at the 51st Southern California Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament. The event quickly transformed from a contest to a demonstration of pure talent and effort as the Waves crushed one opponent after another. On Saturday, Pepperdine duo sophomore James Lemke and junior Omar Altmann … [Read more...] about Team swipes singles, doubles titles
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Fresh-faced Waves deliver fast win
DAVID NAKAGAMIAssistant Sports Editor The men’s basketball team started the season on the right foot, defeating Westmont in an exhibition game to plant seeds of hope for the upcoming campaign. After being bounced in the first game of the WCC Tournament the previous season, the Waves enter this season ranked sixth out of eight teams in the WCC preseason poll. While it took … [Read more...] about Fresh-faced Waves deliver fast win
Pep perfect in preseason play
SPENCER OSWALD/Assistant Photo Editor TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The Pepperdine women’s basketball team defeated Cal State Los Angeles 90-41 Sunday afternoon at Firestone Fieldhouse — the Waves’ second exhibition victory in a row and final tune-up before regular season play begins Friday. Senior guard Daphanie Kennedy was the team’s top scorer, contributing 22 points and … [Read more...] about Pep perfect in preseason play
Records jump out of water, team posts 22 career bests
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
Polo heads south in NorCal
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