JANE LEEAssistant Sports Editor Last week Head Coach Gualberto Escudero boldly announced that if his No.-8 women’s tennis team knocked off the No.-1 team in the country, he would get a tattoo on his arm. A few days before the much-anticipated match between Pepperdine and Stanford, Escudero began a search for tattoo parlors in Marina del Ray. He was even ready to go back to a … [Read more...] about Waves fall short against Stanford
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Alum Morgan moves on to Yahoo! Sports
JEN ISOStaff Writer One of Pepperdine’s journalism graduates, Dave Morgan, has decided to leave his job at the Los Angeles Times to work as an executive editor at Yahoo! Sports. Morgan said that after 20 years of deputy sports editing with the Times, he was ready to move on. Although it was hard leaving his co-workers, with whom he had formed strong relationships, Morgan knew … [Read more...] about Alum Morgan moves on to Yahoo! Sports
Waves sweep away Wildcats
JANE LEEAssistant Sports Editor Just days after picking up a big win over No.-4 Cal State Fullerton, the No.-19 Pepperdine baseball team (19-11) picked up its first sweep of the season, grabbing three wins over Northwestern this weekend at Eddy D. Field Stadium. The Waves then followed up the series with a 2-1 win over USC on Wednesday at the Trojans’ Dedeaux Field. The first … [Read more...] about Waves sweep away Wildcats
‘Next’ at the NCAAs
GARRETT WAITSports Editor Sometimes in this crazy world, logic has to take a back seat to free thought. Clearly, this year’s NCAA tournament is one of those times. It would have been logical for UConn to beat George Mason and for Villanova to knock down enough threes to thwart Florida, but nay. Instead, we have a two-seed, a three-seed, a four-seed and an 11-seed vying for the … [Read more...] about ‘Next’ at the NCAAs
Pepperdine finishes 15th in Tucson
SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant Despite a couple of impressive finishes in the past two tournaments, the Pepperdine men’s golf team found itself at the bottom of the leaderboard in this week’s National Invitational Tournament. The Waves concluded the 15-team event with the 15th place after shooting a 20-over 884 at the par-72, 7140-yard OMNI Tucson National Golf course in … [Read more...] about Pepperdine finishes 15th in Tucson