JANE LEEAssistant Sports Editor Strong competition keeps pouring in for the No.-28 Pepperdine women’s tennis team, but Head Coach Gualberto Escudero’s Waves just keep on rolling and rolling. The team, undefeated on the season with a record of 4-0, captured victories against Rice University and Long Beach State at the Ralphs-Strauss Tennis Center this past week. The Waves began … [Read more...] about Pepperdine wins twice over weekend
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Pep downs Cal Poly, but not SDSU
GARRETT WAITSports Editor Pepperdine’s swimming and diving team cruised to a victory over Cal Poly, but fell to San Diego State University at the dual meet in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Friday. The Waves’ victory over Cal Poly was their first of the young season. The Waves captured five overall first places in events, including three by junior Ali McLeod, who took top honors … [Read more...] about Pep downs Cal Poly, but not SDSU
(Really) Old meets new in alumni baseball game
JANE LEEAssistant Sports Editor It was a mix of blue jerseys and orange jerseys. It was a match between the old and the young. It was a game that featured college kids and what sometimes appeared to be middle-aged Bad News Bears. The game was a chance for current and former Pepperdine baseball players to tell their stories and share with each other the appreciation of the game … [Read more...] about (Really) Old meets new in alumni baseball game
2006 Pepperdine baseball: Swinging for the fences every game
GARRETT WAITSports Editor The sound of aluminum hitting leather and cork announces the return of Pepperdine baseball to the field. This season, the Waves have seven starting position players returning to their posts after a season in which they came within one game of the Super Regionals. Head Coach Steve Rodriguez’s team is the clear favorite in the West Coast Conference this … [Read more...] about 2006 Pepperdine baseball: Swinging for the fences every game
Pepperdine continues dominance over LMU
GARRETT WAITSports Editor The fans are obnoxious, the players are dirty and they’ve got even less to boast about after our Pepperdine Waves took them down a few pegs Saturday evening. They are the Loyola Marymount Lions, and they’re still our worst rivals in every sense of the word. It wasn’t that we won that made me so proud as a Waves fan; it was how we did it. And yes, you … [Read more...] about Pepperdine continues dominance over LMU