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GARRETT WAITSports Editor Pepperdine women’s soccer  Head Coach Tim Ward is one of the youngest head coaches at the university. His eight-year tenure has taken the Waves from a team struggling to reach .500 to a program that competes for the West Coast Conference title and in the national tournament year in and year out. He’s also a husband and father of two as well as a … [Read more...] about Women’s soccer coach strums to a different tune

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

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

GARRETT WAITSports Editor Pepperdine’s Vice Chancellor of Athletics, Sam Lagana, is a busy man these days. As head of the Waves Club, he coordinates a group of loyal Pepperdine alumni and donors when new projects to help the athletic program arise. He is also involved in the Palisades-Malibu YMCA, which recently acquired a plot of land for YMCA use. What is the YMCA project in … [Read more...] about Waves Club leader gives back to the community

SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant Nothing could stop the Waves this past week. After capturing a historic victory over Baylor last Monday, the No.-2 Pepperdine men’s tennis team dominated Saturday’s matches against Pacific and Princeton, and yesterday’s match against Washington. Pepperdine picked up a big victory when it overwhelmed the No.-28 Huskies 7-0 yesterday. Just like the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine humbles weekend foes on courts