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By Lauren Gustus and Michael HurlbutSports Editor and Assistant Sports Editor Day One, Wednesday, March 13 12:27 p.m.: It’s barely lunchtime but Lauren and I feel like it’s 3 a.m. and we’ve been up for three days.  I didn’t even make it out of Rho parking lot without breaking into the bag of snacks that my girlfriend bought me. Two cans of Pringles, a couple bags of beef jerky … [Read more...] about Two days, fourteen hours and innumerable pit stops make this trip one for the ages

Michael Hurlbut Intramural basketball has reached new lows at Pepperdine. OK, well maybe not the program as a whole, but my C-League team is definitely shoving it in that direction. We have redefined awful and are now moving toward disastrous. We fought for 40 minutes Monday night only to fall victim to a late scoring run by our opponents, leaving us dumbfounded as to what … [Read more...] about The View: Heckling girls in IMR basketball

By Lindsey BeseckerAssistant Sports Editor Upsets are the common theme of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. The Pepperdine women’s basketball team, seeded eighth in the tournament, suffered its worst loss of the season at the hands of the No. 9 seed Villanova, 67-46. The lady Waves, who finished at 23-8, played their final game in front of 11,200 spectators, three times … [Read more...] about Quick dance for lady Waves

By Lindsey BeseckerAssistant Sports Editor It was 3 a.m. on Friday and I was headed to the airport to fly to Norman, Okla. I was expecting a long weekend of basketball and people I didn’t know. However, when I flew back to Los Angeles on Monday night after many delays, I discovered that I was returning home with more than I had expected. When I arrived in Oklahoma, I saw what I … [Read more...] about Where exactly is Norman, Okla?

By Lindsey BeseckerAssistant Sports Editor The Pepperdine women’s tennis team improved its record to 4-10 with a 6-1 victory over Princeton Saturday. “(The win) helped our confidence a lot,” freshman Ceyda Keyman said. “We have a very tough game on Friday. A win is always something that can boost confidence.” With the win, Pepperdine  snapped its six-match losing streak. “We’re … [Read more...] about Waves snap losing streak