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SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant The nation’s No.-5 Pepperdine women’s golf team began its 2006 campaign at this week’s Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Despite the poor scores on the first and the second days at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif., the Waves concluded the season opener with T-7. Although the par-71 course was merely 5,932 yards, all teams struggled … [Read more...] about No.-5 Pep finishes seventh  in tourney

GARRETT WAITSports Editor Pepperdine’s men’s lacrosse club won its first game of the season Saturday afternoon at Alumni Park when the Waves trounced the Knights of Cal Lutheran University. However, San Diego State Uiversity’s club team came to Alumni Park Sunday and handed Pepperdine its third loss of the season. Pepperdine’s 18-3 victory over Cal Lutheran was a thing of … [Read more...] about Pepperdine gets first win of season against Cal Lutheran

SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant Despite the impressive first round score 7-under at the Hawaii-Hilo Intercollegiate, Pepperdine men’s golf team struggled in the second and the final rounds and finished the 16-team tournament T-9 on Friday. Third-ranked Georgia Tech posted a final-round 6-under 278 to finish with a 27-under 825 and claimed a 14-shot victory over No.-2 Oklahoma … [Read more...] about Coe finishes ninth at Hawaii tournament

GARRETT WAITSports Editor The No.-2 ranked Pepperdine men’s volleyball team’s 18-match home winning streak came to an abrupt end Friday night at the hands of the University of Hawaii Warriors. The Waves’ split the two-match series against Hawaii, but in the second match, Pepperdine was outmanned, leading to the team’s first home defeat since 2004. In Thursday’s tilt, Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Warriors snap home win streak

SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant The Pepperdine men’s tennis team has been unstoppable, even against UCLA, which had not lost to the Waves in more than five years. After finishing its nine-straight home matches with nine victories, No.-4 Pepperdine traveled to Los Angeles to have its season’s first away game against No.-8 UCLA on Friday. As more than 250 spectators watched one of … [Read more...] about Pepperdine wins showdown