SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant The Waves are struggling. The Pepperdine men’s golf team finished poorly last week in Arizona. And again, the Waves played disappointingly this week in Texas, finishing the 18-team tournament in 17th place. Despite a solid start of the 2006 campaign, No.-20 Pepperdine is having difficulty maintaining momentum. After finishing the first two … [Read more...] about Pep finishes 15th in Arizona
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Pepperdine soars to 24th victory
GARRETT WAITSports Editor The Pepperdine men’s tennis team stretched their record to 24-1 on the season after defeating Harvard University, Santa Clara University and University of Hawaii in Malibu over the past week. Against Harvard on Saturday, the Waves started quickly, winning the doubles point and running away with three singles matches to secure the victory before Harvard … [Read more...] about Pepperdine soars to 24th victory
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