PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
5/9/2008

Sports

Men's V-Ball Falls short in NCAA championship

The men's volleyball team took game one from Penn State, but fell short in their quest for a sixth NCAA volleyball championship on May 3.
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My final predictions

Shu's Views: Weekly column by Assistant Online Editor Shuhei Matsuo. He predicts golf's future in his last column for the Graphic.

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Men's Volleyball: Trojans stun Pep in five games

With the No.-5 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team leading 2-0, it looked as if they were going to sweep visiting USC, but the Trojans stormed back to win the final three games and the match, 3-2 (31-33, 25-30, 30-27, 31-29, 17-15).

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Scholarship established in Daphanie Kennedy’s name

Four years ago, Jim and Judy Zierick sat next to Pepperdine women’s basketball Head Coach Julie Rousseau at a dinner event. The Malibu residents, large supporters of Waves athletics, asked the coach what they could do to help the women’s basketball program.

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Women's Lacrosse: Team wins third straight game

After a slow start of the season, the women's lacrosse team is is back on track with four wins in the past month and a half.

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10 minutes with... Taylore Karle

Freshman golfer drives team to new heights

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Track: Waves break eight school records

Senior Chris Ogle took first place in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase and freshman members of the Pepperdine men’s and women’s track and field teams set a total of eight school records Saturday at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Pomona, Calif. This meet concluded the season for most of the two squads but a few will move on.

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Former soccer player turns to track

When Courtney Young stepped onto the campus of Pepperdine University in the fall of 2004, her sole purpose was to play soccer. Fast forward four years and this former soccer standout now finds herself running long distance on the Pepperdine women’s track team.

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Buckner finally forgiven by Red Sox Nation

A column by Derek Sedam/Staff Writer

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Baseball: Waves blow lead against Cal Poly

The No.-9 Pepperdine baseball team could not bounce back from a six-run seventh inning by Cal Poly and dropped a 10-5 contest to the Mustangs on Tuesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.

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Men's Golf: Widmar, Putnam finish 11th while team limps to 10th place

The No.-37 Pepperdine men’s golf team continued its struggles this week with a 10th-place finish at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas. The Waves couldn’t get anything going during the tournament and stayed in the middle of the pack the entire way.

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Women's Golf: Karle leads Waves again, team prepares for conference play

The No.-17 Pepperdine women’s golf team, led by freshman Taylore Karle, took 11th place at the PING/Arizona State Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., over the weekend. This was the Waves’ final tournament before the West Coast Conference Championship.

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Men's Tennis: Streak continues; waves win tenth straight

The No.-13 Pepperdine men’s tennis team extended its winning streak to 10 matches with a 5-2 home win over No.-53 Fresno State on Sunday afternoon.

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Volleyball player suspended

Pepperdine men’s volleyball sophomore libero Sean Grubbs has been suspended by the Student Disciplinary Committee for next year. Grubbs allegedly has been involved in two alcohol incidents on and off campus.

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Stroke of luck: golfer Shane Mason

An athlete profile by Alec Eagon.

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Driven to run: Coach Robert Radnoti

An athlete profile by Danielle Combs.

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Freshman tennis star fitting in as smooth as his forehand

An athlete profile by Tony Simeone.

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David Odorizzi: Rugby player

An athlete profile by Zane Miller.

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