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JANE LEESports Editor The No.-19 Pepperdine baseball team kicked off the 2007 regular season the only way it knows how — at least for the past six years. Led by a strong pitching effort from junior Barry Enright and an impressive debut by sophomore designated hitter Eric Thames, the Waves picked up their seventh-straight season-opening win on Friday by defeating the University … [Read more...] about Waves drop UNLV series, tie Long Beach

DAVID NAKAGAMISports Assistant After escaping a January in which they won only two games, the Waves are looking to make a change this month. However, Pepperdine started February on the wrong foot, losing at home to Gonzaga by 25 points and Portland by 11. Pepperdine entered the Saturday afternoon contest against Gonzaga looking to rebound from their loss against Santa Clara. … [Read more...] about Waves on three-game skid

NICOLE ALBERTSONStaff Writer As six members of the Pepperdine women’s tennis team battle opponents on separate courts of the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center, Head Coach Gualberto Escudero watches each player intently and offers advice from his decades of coaching experience. Escudero, also a Pepperdine alumnus, is celebrating his 30th season at Pepperdine University as a head … [Read more...] about 30 years of coaching, love & glory

JANE LEESports Editor The theme of the 2007 Pepperdine baseball season is probably one fans have heard once or twice in the sports world. It’s that highly overused but all-important cliché — the one that makes you think coaches and athletes should go back to school to learn new, insightful phrases. You hear it over and over again, but you’re going to hear it once more. We just … [Read more...] about Wave hello to a new season

JANE LEESports Editor According to Nuke LaLoosh in the popular 1988 baseball movie “Bull Durham,” “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” And sometimes you get both. Just ask the Pepperdine baseball team. Anyone who’s seen the movie would know that it’s hard to take an oddball like Nuke seriously, but his statement definitely has truth to it, as evidenced … [Read more...] about Rainfall dampens field, not fun at annual alumni baseball game