Friday, August 17
Lawrence, Kan.
5:00 p.m. PT
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Waves Open Season at Big XII Schools
8/14/2018 11:15:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MALIBU, California — The #18 Pepperdine women's soccer team heads to Big XII country to start the 2018 season as the two-time defending West Coast Conference champions will visit Kansas and Texas Tech this weekend.
MATCH #1 — Friday (August 17) at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas: Pepperdine (0-0) at Kansas (0-0) at 5 p.m. PT/7 p.m. CT.
MATCH #2 — Sunday (August 19) at the John Walker Soccer Complex in Lubbock, Texas: Pepperdine at Texas Tech (0-0, hosts New Mexico on Friday) at 5 p.m. PT/7 p.m. CT.
ONLINE — The Kansas game will be shown on ESPN+ and the Texas Tech game will be available on TexasTech.tv. Links to both the broadcasts and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENTS — Pepperdine is 2-1-1 all-time against Kansas. The Waves won in their only previous trip to Lawrence, 3-1, in 2006. The two schools tied 1-1 in the last meeting in 2016 in Malibu ... Pepperdine is 1-0-0 all-time against Texas Tech after a 3-0 home victory last season. Devyn Gilfoy and Danielle Thomas had the first two goals.
NOTABLE — The Waves are 16-5-4 all-time in season openers. They had been unbeaten in eight straight before a neutral-site loss to Texas A&M last year. In true road games, the Waves are 3-1-2 in season openers ... This is only the second time in program history that the Waves have begun a season with two true road games (1996, won at San Jose State and lost at Santa Clara) ... Pepperdine's non-conference opponents won 60% of their games last season (106-66-27).
SOCIAL MEDIA — Follow Pepperdine soccer online at @WavesSoccer on Twitter, at /WavesSoccer on Facebook and at pepperdinesoccer on Instagram. Pepperdine's coaches are on Twitter at @HeadCoachWard, @Max_Rooke and @ari_gmartinez.
TICKETS — Single-game tickets at Tari Frahm Rokus Field cost $10 each for adults and $8 each for children under 12, seniors 65+ and alumni/Crest members. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $5 each.
NEXT — The Waves come back to Malibu for a three-game homestand, beginning their home schedule with matches against Brown and #12 USC next Friday and Sunday (Aug. 24-26).
MATCH #1 — Friday (August 17) at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas: Pepperdine (0-0) at Kansas (0-0) at 5 p.m. PT/7 p.m. CT.
MATCH #2 — Sunday (August 19) at the John Walker Soccer Complex in Lubbock, Texas: Pepperdine at Texas Tech (0-0, hosts New Mexico on Friday) at 5 p.m. PT/7 p.m. CT.
ONLINE — The Kansas game will be shown on ESPN+ and the Texas Tech game will be available on TexasTech.tv. Links to both the broadcasts and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENTS — Pepperdine is 2-1-1 all-time against Kansas. The Waves won in their only previous trip to Lawrence, 3-1, in 2006. The two schools tied 1-1 in the last meeting in 2016 in Malibu ... Pepperdine is 1-0-0 all-time against Texas Tech after a 3-0 home victory last season. Devyn Gilfoy and Danielle Thomas had the first two goals.
NOTABLE — The Waves are 16-5-4 all-time in season openers. They had been unbeaten in eight straight before a neutral-site loss to Texas A&M last year. In true road games, the Waves are 3-1-2 in season openers ... This is only the second time in program history that the Waves have begun a season with two true road games (1996, won at San Jose State and lost at Santa Clara) ... Pepperdine's non-conference opponents won 60% of their games last season (106-66-27).
SOCIAL MEDIA — Follow Pepperdine soccer online at @WavesSoccer on Twitter, at /WavesSoccer on Facebook and at pepperdinesoccer on Instagram. Pepperdine's coaches are on Twitter at @HeadCoachWard, @Max_Rooke and @ari_gmartinez.
TICKETS — Single-game tickets at Tari Frahm Rokus Field cost $10 each for adults and $8 each for children under 12, seniors 65+ and alumni/Crest members. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $5 each.
NEXT — The Waves come back to Malibu for a three-game homestand, beginning their home schedule with matches against Brown and #12 USC next Friday and Sunday (Aug. 24-26).
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