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
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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
Resurgent Waves shut out LMU, UCSB
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
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