UConn still atop women’s basketball SAN ANTIONIO – The Final Four has been determined for NCAA women’s basketball and UConn, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Duke are set for San Antonio. UConn, the No. 1 seed in the Mideast, defeated Old Dominion 85-64 Monday. UConn’s Sue Bird scored a career-high 26 points, while Asjha Jones collected seven rebounds. No. 1 Duke defeated No. 3 South … [Read more...] about National Scene
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Waves tame Badgers
By Lindsey BeseckerAssistant Sports Editor t’s often hardest to get the ball rolling when it’s standing still. But the Pepperdine women’s tennis team got the push they needed on Tuesday, extending its momentum to Wednesday. The lady Waves pulled off an upset of No. 13-ranked Northwestern on Tuesday, and promptly beat Wisconsin the following day. The Waves are hoping to keep … [Read more...] about Waves tame Badgers
The View: Heckling girls in IMR basketball
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
Quick dance for lady Waves
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
Where exactly is Norman, Okla?
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?