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By Angela SumnerStaff Writer Last weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C, was not all fun and games for Pepperdine’s men’s golf team as it lost in the last round of the Hooters Match Play Championship to No. 16-ranked Purdue University, 4-1. Match play, different from the usual stoke play tournament, is when the player is not playing the entire field.  Instead, players go one-on-one … [Read more...] about Men swing away at ‘Hooters’

With a 2-1 victory over San Francisco, the Waves (16-1-2) clinch the program’s first ever West Coast Conference title. By Jeremy TammaroSports Assistant The Pepperdine women’s soccer team is downright disgusting, but in a very good way. They strut through the West Coast Conference like a team of born winners, losing only one game all season. They beat the then No. 2 Portland … [Read more...] about R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Athletic director and coaches say schoolwork is the first priority for student athletes. By Kyle Jorrey--Sports Editor &Joann Groff--Assistant Sports Editor  NOTE: This is part two of a two-part series examining the life of a student athlete at Pepperdine University. If you talk to the athletic department or to the coaches themselves about the plight of the student athlete … [Read more...] about Treated like all the rest

By Joann GroffAssistant Sports Editor Despite the rain and wind at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, the women’s swimming and diving team claimed an overwhelming 220-63 victory over Loyola Marymount last Saturday. “They did great this Saturday,” Head Coach Nick Rodionoff said. “The whole concept is to improve a little every week and they definitely did that. That was all we … [Read more...] about LMU catches Waves at high