Final Stats

Box Score

PROVO, Utah - On a cold and rainy Thursday night in Utah, the Pepperdine women's soccer team suffered a 3-0 loss to No. 13 BYU in a West Coast Conference match.

The loss drops the Waves to 8-7-2 overall and 3-4 in WCC play. BYU improves to 13-2-2, 5-1-1 WCC.

The Cougars got on the board in the 32nd minute thanks to Elena Medeiros' first goal of the game. BYU outshot the Waves 16-2 in the half.

Meghan Schoen (Sherwood, Ore./Sherwood HS) did put a ball on target early in the opening period, sending a shot on goal in the 14th minute that was saved by Rachel Boaz.

Coming out of the break, BYU would jump on top 2-0 thanks to a Brittain Dearden goal. Dearden took a rebound off a Pepperdine defender and sent it home for her first score of the year.

Medeiros made it 3-0 with her second score of the game, putting home her seventh goal of the year on a through ball in the box.

The Waves did put four balls on target in the second half, but couldn't squeeze anything past Boaz to mount a comeback.

Hailey Harbison (Rancho Penasquitos, Calif./Westview HS) and Schoen had a chance for the Waves in the 53rd minute. Harbison followed a Schoen shot that was saved with a strike of her own, but Boaz was again there for the stop. Harbison led the team with four shots in the game.

Maddie Lyons had seven shots for the Cougars.

Pepperdine will be back in action on Saturday night, when the Waves take on San Diego on the road at 6 p.m. Fans can watch that game live on TheW.tv.