Jordan BettingerStaff Writer Sudden-death overtime is often the most pressure-packed situation an athlete can face in any sport. The women’s soccer team found this out on Sunday afternoon in their first West Coast Conference match of the season. The 7th-ranked Waves edged out the Lions of Loyola Marymount, 3-2. The Lions, who entered the game with a 4-6-3 record on the season, … [Read more...] about Waves defeat LMU
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Pepperdine starts tournament play
JANE LEESports Assistant The Pepperdine women’s tennis team competed in both the pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds of the Riviera/Intercollegiate All-American Championships from Friday through Tuesday. In the pre-qualifying rounds Saturday at UCLA, senior Natalie Braverman and sophomore Sylvia Kosakowski were the only Waves to make it to the second round of singles play. … [Read more...] about Pepperdine starts tournament play
Pepperdine opens WCC with win
GARRETT WAITSports Editor Friday night at Firestone Fieldhouse (Graham Shea/Photo Editor) Pepperdine’s women’s volleyball team opened the West Coast Conference season on a high note after snapping No.-12 University of San Diego’s 14-match WCC winning streak Friday night at Firestone Fieldhouse. However, the Waves were unable to start the conference season 2-0 as they fell to … [Read more...] about Pepperdine opens WCC with win
My affair with baseball is over
BEN YOUNGStaff Writer I love the fall. There’s football to watch, hockey to enjoy and basketball season is right around the corner. Oh yeah, and baseball is still on, like it has been for the last, oh say, seven or eight months. But it is playoff season, you say. Well, I don’t care. I pretty much lost interest around the middle of July. The season, simply put, is just too … [Read more...] about My affair with baseball is over
Waves struggle in Riverside
MARC CHOQUETTEStaff Writer In a rough weekend for the cross country teams at the Orange Groves race course in Riverside, a few individual performances stood out. Junior Kyla Maher finished highest for the women’s squad, finishing 39th with a time of 19:17 on a five-kilometer course. Junior Tarrah Crowley also placed high, finishing five spots and a few seconds behind Maher. … [Read more...] about Waves struggle in Riverside
