SAN DIEGO, California – A dominating offensive performance needed more than 90 minutes, but the Pepperdine women's soccer team finally broke through and beat San Diego 1-0 on Madi Cook's golden-goal penalty kick on Friday night in West Coast Conference play.
 
The Waves (9-6-2, 5-2-0) outshot the Toreros (6-9-1, 2-5-0) by a count of 32-4, while shots on goal were 14-2. Pepperdine had balls go off the crossbar four times, and a USD defender cleared the ball off the line on at least one occasion. Junior forward Joelle Anderson (San Jose, Calif./Harker School) had most of the best chances, as she took nine shots and put five on target.
 
Junior Devyn Gilfoy (Brentwood, Calif./Liberty HS) was expected to start at forward but instead got called upon just before the game to make the start at goalkeeper. She made two nice saves and had several other key plays. She got the shutout in her debut and the Waves' defense posted their ninth of the season.
 
GOALS
 
Pepperdine 97': A USD defender trailing senior forward Hailey Stenberg (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS) put two hands into her back, knocking Stenberg down and resulting in the awarding of a penalty kick. Sophomore midfielder Madi Cook (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS) stepped up and scored on the PK for her second goal in as many games.
 
STATS
 
Shots: Pepperdine 32, San Diego 4
Shots on Goal: Pepperdine 14, San Diego 2
Saves: Devyn Gilfoy (Pepperdine) 2, Amber Michel (San Diego) 12
Corner Kicks: Pepperdine 10, San Diego 5
Fouls: Pepperdine 7, San Diego 9
Offside: Pepperdine 0, San Diego 2
 
QUOTABLE
 
Pepperdine Coach Tim Ward said: "That was one of the best-ever Pepperdine soccer performances in my 26 years, under the circumstances. There was such amazing energy, amazing unity. We could have scored a lot of goals. I'm a fan of San Diego's goalkeeper and she played lights out. But our girls were fantastic. Madi stepped up like a champ and buried the penalty kick. Devyn has played goalie before and she did a brilliant job, and her teammates did a wonderful job protecting her. I can't remember a team playing with so much energy and commitment for each other."
 
NOTABLE

• Last Saturday, the Waves outshot Pacific 30-4 in a 4-0 victory, so the shot totals are now 62-8 over the last two games. The two opponents have had to make 23 saves.
• Pepperdine also beat Loyola Marymount in overtime last month. The Waves last won two OT games in a season in 2016. This was the fourth overtime game of the season for Pepperdine.
• The Waves improved to 15-11-2 all-time against San Diego and won their fourth straight in the series, all by shutout.
• USD entered the game with a perfect 5-0 record at home but the Waves handed them their first home loss in more than a year.

NEXT
 
Next week is the end of the regular season, and the Waves will visit San Francisco on Wednesday (November 6) and then have their Senior Day with the home finale against Saint Mary's on Saturday (November 9).