Photo courtesy of Sports Waves No. 25 Pepperdine women’s soccer upset No. 5 BYU 1-0 in a shutout at Tari Frahm Rokus Field on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Pepperdine moves to 8-3-3 on the season and 3-0-1 in conference play, and takes sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference. Junior Bri Visalli capitalized on a penalty shot in the 75th minute … [Read more...] about No. 25 Women’s Soccer Upsets No. 5 BYU, 1-0
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Tennis Courts Get a Facelift
Photos by Brandt MisikPepperdine recently updated and resurfaced their tennis courts, in addition to the other long-term improvements to buildings such as Payson Library and the School of Law. This past summer, the tennis courts underwent the process of painting and resurfacing in what is hopefully the first in a series of improvements to the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center, said … [Read more...] about Tennis Courts Get a Facelift
Pepperdine Women’s Soccer Starts Strong
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine Athletics Waves soccer is off to a strong start after losing only one game in their first week of competition, leading to appearances in three national rankings and one WCC player of the week honor. The team entered the season unranked, defeating then No. 20 University of Arizona 3-1 in their opening game. Freshman Nicole Leggio scored two … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Women’s Soccer Starts Strong
Pepperdine Athletics Tries to Weed Out Academic Fraud
Art by Peau PorotesanoNorth Carolina. Syracuse. Georgia. What do these universities all have in common, besides historically dominant athletics programs? Academic fraud charges. Over the past few years, academic fraud has become a major issue in the NCAA. Academic fraud occurs when coaches, professors or other faculty members try to cheat their way around the NCAA's academic … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Athletics Tries to Weed Out Academic Fraud
Senior Katie Engel Gets Ready to Take On the World From All Engels
Photo by Danielle RomeoBeing an NCAA Division I athlete is definitely not easy. They’ve got to keep up their grades and still handle 5 a.m. practices. Now imagine how awesome it must feel to be arguably the perfect role model for almost any athlete in college, on not only an academic level, but a competitive one as well. That is more or less the story of senior Katie … [Read more...] about Senior Katie Engel Gets Ready to Take On the World From All Engels