SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant No.-9 Pepperdine men’s tennis is off to a great start in the 2006 season after defeating the nation’s No. 1 team, Virginia, by a score of 4-3 on Tuesday. For the first half of the match, Pepperdine dominated the doubles. Senior Scott Doerner and transfer sophomore Andre Begemann from Germany upset the No. 19 nationally ranked doubles team and … [Read more...] about Waves wipe out Virginia
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Pepperdine gets on track
SHUHEI MATSUOSports Assistant For the first time in its history, Pepperdine added women’s track to its athletics program as a Division I sport beginning this year. However, like any sport just starting out, there will be a few hurdles in the first season. Led by the cross country team’s head coach, Dick Kampmann, a number of runners from women’s cross country and two … [Read more...] about Pepperdine gets on track
Pep defeats Play Mode in last exhibition game
JANE LEESports Assistant Leading by as many as 19 points in the second half of its final exhibition game, the Pepperdine women’s basketball team easily grabbed a 79-65 victory over Play Mode, a semi-pro team, on Saturday at Firestone Fieldhouse. “I thought we did well,” Head Coach Julie Rousseau said. “We have a lot of areas to improve, but I didn’t think it was a bad … [Read more...] about Pep defeats Play Mode in last exhibition game
Cross country teams finish season at Stanford
MARC CHOQUETTEStaff Writer With the passing of the cold, crisp fall air goes the passing of the 2005 Pepperdine cross country season. Well, scratch the cold part. Even though it may not seem like it for the 48 percent of Pepperdine students from out of state, Thanksgiving is almost here and guess what that means. That’s right, the NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships, this … [Read more...] about Cross country teams finish season at Stanford
Team looks young, talented
GARRETT WAITSports Editor I get the same question at this time every year: How does Pepperdine’s men’s basketball team look this season? The source is always different, be it friends, family, random Internet acquaintances, it doesn’t matter. They all want to know what Paul Westphal’s boys are capable of in the upcoming season. Now, this puts some unwanted pressure on me to … [Read more...] about Team looks young, talented