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MALIBU, Calif. " The Pepperdine women's soccer team made it three straight shutouts at home on Sunday, beating Dartmouth 3-0 to move to 3-1-1 on the season.

The Pepperdine defense has not allowed a goal in 296 minutes of play, dating back to August 20 against Virginia Tech. Brielle Preece (Livermore, Calif./Granada HS) notched her third shutout in goal for the Waves, making a pair of excellent saves, and both Brie Welch (Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS) and Calista Reyes (Las Vegas, Nev./Sierra Vista HS) scored the first goals of their collegiate careers in the win. Senior midfielder Bri Visalli (San Jose, Calif./Valley Christian HS) opened the scoring with a penalty shot in the 12th minute after drawing the foul in the box.

Pepperdine wrapped up a three-game homestand on Sunday, outscoring their opponents 8-0 in Malibu so far this season.

GOALS

12' " Pepperdine, Bri Visalli (second of the season), Penalty Kick (no assist) " Visalli drew the penalty deep in the box and then buried the penalty shot for her second goal of the year.

44' " Pepperdine, Brie Welch (first of the season), assisted by Katy Byrne " The Waves stole the ball in the Dartmouth defensive third and Byrne played a nice ball into the right side of the box to Welch, who slotted the shot just inside the left post for the first goal of her collegiate career.

74' " Pepperdine, Calista Reyes (first of the season), assisted by Christina Settles " Settles played the ball over to Reyes who was just inside the left corner of the box, and Reyes blasted home a shot inside the right post for the first score of her career as well.

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"Dartmouth does a great job and they play a little bit of a different system," said Head Coach Tim Ward. "We saw their result against Long Beach State (1-0 loss) and know how tough a place that is to go play, so we knew they were going to be good. We just played really well today. That's one of the most complete performances from start to finish that we've had this year. I thought that everyone who stepped on the field for us today did a great job."

"It couldn't always be Bri Visalli and Devyn Gilfoy scoring, we need other people to step up as well, so it was great to see Brie Welch and Calista Reyes get their first goals," said Ward. "That's what they're here to do and it doesn't surprise me that they got on the scoresheet, but it's really fun to get your first collegiate goal. And they were both things of beauty, so we're really proud of them."

UP NEXT

The Waves hit the road for their next four games, heading to Chicago next week for games against DePaul and Northwestern. Pepperdine then returns to Southern California the following week to face No. 1 UCLA and UC Irvine.