Saturday, October 26
Malibu, Calif.
1:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
vs
Pacific
Leyla McFarland
Photo by: Stephen Wandzura
Women's Soccer Returns Home to Face Pacific
10/24/2019 11:43:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MALIBU, California — The Pepperdine women's soccer team begins its stretch run on Saturday with a home match against Pacific. With four games remaining, the Waves need an impressive finish to boost their NCAA Tournament hopes.
After Wednesday's defeat at Santa Clara, Pepperdine is in fifth place in the WCC with nine points after five matches, but the Waves have already played most of the league's top teams.
Saturday is the First Responder Appreciation Game as Pepperdine approaches the one-year anniversary of the Borderline tragedy and Woolsey Fire. Free admission and special commemorative "Team 27" patches will be available to first responders with a badge/ID.
MATCH #16 — Saturday (October 26) at Tari Frahm Rokus Field in Malibu, California: Pepperdine (7-6-2, 4-1-0) vs. Pacific (3-12-0, 0-5-0) at 1 p.m.
WATCH/ONLINE — The match will be shown online via the WCC Network. Pepperdine Hall of Famer Al Epstein has the call. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENT — Pepperdine is a perfect 10-0 all-time against Pacific. Eight of the matches have been shutouts, including the last five in a row. The Waves won 9-0 in 2017, the last time they played in Malibu. Last year, the result was 2-0 in Stockton.
LAST GAME — A crazy second half saw the Waves take a 3-0 lead, but Santa Clara scored four consecutive goals to post a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night in the Bay Area. Leyla McFarland put the Waves ahead 1-0 at halftime and Joelle Anderson and Devyn Gilfoy scored within about 70 seconds of each other partway through the second half, but the Broncos scored their first goal less than a minute later and added three more over a 14-minute span.
NOTABLE — The win over Gonzaga was the 300th in program history ... The win over Portland was the 250th in Tim Ward's career ... Eleven different Waves have scored a goal this year and Shelby Little, Leyla McFarland and Hailey Stenberg are tied with for the team high with three apiece ... McFarland also leads with five assists (tied for seventh in the WCC) and 11 points ... Kinsey Ehmann is first in the WCC in shutouts per game (0.42), second in saves per game (4.17) and third in save percentage (.746) ... The Waves' defense, which has four sophomores across the back line and a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is fourth in the WCC in goals-against average (1.28) and tied for second in shutouts (seven). At the other end of the field, they're fifth in scoring at 1.47 goals per game ... Pepperdine played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. The combined win-loss record of their non-conference opponents in 2018 was 120-62-20 (.643), and five of them won matches in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Five of the 10 opponents were nationally ranked at the time of the game, and another was receiving votes. Most notably, the Waves beat then-#2 Stanford and tied Texas A&M and UCLA. Including conference play, nine total opponents have been ranked or receiving votes at the time of the game.
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. Students, faculty and staff are free with an ID. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $5 each.
NEXT — Next Friday (Nov. 1), the Waves visit San Diego for a 7 p.m. game.
After Wednesday's defeat at Santa Clara, Pepperdine is in fifth place in the WCC with nine points after five matches, but the Waves have already played most of the league's top teams.
Saturday is the First Responder Appreciation Game as Pepperdine approaches the one-year anniversary of the Borderline tragedy and Woolsey Fire. Free admission and special commemorative "Team 27" patches will be available to first responders with a badge/ID.
MATCH #16 — Saturday (October 26) at Tari Frahm Rokus Field in Malibu, California: Pepperdine (7-6-2, 4-1-0) vs. Pacific (3-12-0, 0-5-0) at 1 p.m.
WATCH/ONLINE — The match will be shown online via the WCC Network. Pepperdine Hall of Famer Al Epstein has the call. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENT — Pepperdine is a perfect 10-0 all-time against Pacific. Eight of the matches have been shutouts, including the last five in a row. The Waves won 9-0 in 2017, the last time they played in Malibu. Last year, the result was 2-0 in Stockton.
LAST GAME — A crazy second half saw the Waves take a 3-0 lead, but Santa Clara scored four consecutive goals to post a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night in the Bay Area. Leyla McFarland put the Waves ahead 1-0 at halftime and Joelle Anderson and Devyn Gilfoy scored within about 70 seconds of each other partway through the second half, but the Broncos scored their first goal less than a minute later and added three more over a 14-minute span.
NOTABLE — The win over Gonzaga was the 300th in program history ... The win over Portland was the 250th in Tim Ward's career ... Eleven different Waves have scored a goal this year and Shelby Little, Leyla McFarland and Hailey Stenberg are tied with for the team high with three apiece ... McFarland also leads with five assists (tied for seventh in the WCC) and 11 points ... Kinsey Ehmann is first in the WCC in shutouts per game (0.42), second in saves per game (4.17) and third in save percentage (.746) ... The Waves' defense, which has four sophomores across the back line and a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is fourth in the WCC in goals-against average (1.28) and tied for second in shutouts (seven). At the other end of the field, they're fifth in scoring at 1.47 goals per game ... Pepperdine played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. The combined win-loss record of their non-conference opponents in 2018 was 120-62-20 (.643), and five of them won matches in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Five of the 10 opponents were nationally ranked at the time of the game, and another was receiving votes. Most notably, the Waves beat then-#2 Stanford and tied Texas A&M and UCLA. Including conference play, nine total opponents have been ranked or receiving votes at the time of the game.
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. Students, faculty and staff are free with an ID. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $5 each.
NEXT — Next Friday (Nov. 1), the Waves visit San Diego for a 7 p.m. game.
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