Box Score Oct. 15, 2017

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MALIBU, Calif. -- Senior midfielder Bri Visalli scored a hat trick and an assist, and the No. 17 Pepperdine women's soccer team stayed unbeaten in West Coast Conference play with a 4-0 win over Gonzaga on Sunday.

Pepperdine also extended its shutout streak to five straight games and its unbeaten streak to eight straight games, moving to 10-2-2 overall and 4-0-0 WCC in the process. Gonzaga falls to 10-4-1, 2-3-0 with the loss.

Brie Welch (Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS) got the scoring started for the Waves in the 7th minute, scoring off of a rebound on a Visalli (San Jose, Calif./Valley Christian HS) shot. Then the Pepperdine captain took over from there, scoring one more in the first half, and then two in the second to put the game away.

Visalli's three scores give her 10 goals for the season and 21 for her career, moving her into a tie for eighth place on the Pepperdine career list.

The Waves' defense was stout as always, giving up just seven shots on the day to Gonzaga and Brielle Preece (Livermore, Calif./Granada HS) made three saves in goal for her ninth shutout of the season. Pepperdine has not given up a goal in its last 524 minutes of play and owns a 0.35 goals against average which is one of the 10 best defensive marks in the country. The Waves have outscored opponents 11-0 since the start of WCC play.

GOALS

7' -- Pepperdine, Brie Welch (2nd of the season), assisted by Bri Visalli -- Visalli fired off a shot from near the top of the box that deflected off the crossbar and fell to Welch who poked it home.

19' -- Pepperdine, Bri Visalli (8th of the season), assisted by Meagan Harbison and Alex Marmureanu -- Harbison sent a ball ahead to Marmureanu who ran it down in the right side of the box and then centered a pass to Visalli who slotted it into the left side of the goal.

57' -- Pepperdine, Bri Visalli (9th of the season) PK, no assist -- Visalli worked her way deep into the box and then was taken down as she cut back towards the center. She would take and make the penalty kick.

66' -- Pepperdine, Bri Visalli (10th of the season), assisted by Joelle Anderson -- Anderson played a long ball forward for Visalli who tracked it down and beat the keeper of the left for her third goal.

STATS

• Shots -- Pepperdine 21, Gonzaga 7
• Shots on Goal -- Pepperdine 13, Gonzaga 3
• Saves -- Brielle Preece (PEPP) 3, Isabel Jones (GON) 6, Sarah Swanson (GON) 3
• Corners -- Pepperdine 2, Gonzaga 2

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Pepperdine hits the road next week, heading to BYU on Thursday and San Diego on Saturday for two more WCC contests. The Waves then play the last three games of the regular season at home.