Wednesday, November 6
San Francisco, Calif.
6:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
at
San Francisco
Brie Welch
Photo by: Jeff Golden
Women's Soccer Begins Final Week of Regular Season at USF
11/4/2019 2:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MALIBU, California — The Pepperdine women's soccer team has reached the end of the regular season, and hopes to add two more positive results to its NCAA Tournament resume this week. First up is the final road game on Wednesday at San Francisco.
The Waves, who stand at #46 in the NCAA RPI, are in third place in the WCC with 15 points after seven matches.
Devyn Gilfoy was named the WCC Player of the Week on Monday.
MATCH #18 — Wednesday (November 6) at Negoesco Stadium in San Francisco, California: Pepperdine (9-6-2, 5-2-0) at San Francisco (10-6-2, 3-3-1) at 6 p.m.
WATCH/ONLINE — The match will be shown online via the WCC Network. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENT — Pepperdine is 14-10-2 all-time against San Francisco. The Waves are unbeaten in the last three meetings (2-0-1), though the two schools played to a 1-1 tie in Malibu in 2018 (Brie Welch scored the goal). The Waves won 1-0 in the last trip to USF in 2017. Pepperdine is 5-8 all-time at San Francisco.
LAST GAME — On their 32nd shot of the game and in the 97th minute, the Waves finally broke through and beat San Diego, 1-0, on Madi Cook's golden-goal penalty kick. The total shot count was 32-4 and Pepperdine got its ninth shutout of the season. It was USD's first home loss in more than a year.
NOTABLE — Pepperdine has outshot its last two opponents 62-8 ... The win over Portland was the 250th in Tim Ward's career ... The win over Gonzaga was the 300th in program history ... Thirteen different Waves have scored Pepperdine's 27 goals this season while five of them — Joelle Anderson, Devyn Gilfoy, 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 eighth in the WCC) and 11 points ... Kinsey Ehmann is first in the WCC in shutouts per game (0.46), third in goals-against average (1.28), fourth in save percentage (.754) and fifth in saves per game (4.00) ... The Waves' defense, which has four sophomores across the back line and a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is third in the WCC in goals-against average (1.13) and tied for second in shutouts (nine). At the other end of the field, they're fifth in scoring at 1.59 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 ... The Waves are assured of a winning record at home for the 27th time in the program's 27 years.
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 — The Waves have their Senior Day in the regular-season home finale against Saint Mary's on Saturday (Nov. 9) at 1 p.m.
The Waves, who stand at #46 in the NCAA RPI, are in third place in the WCC with 15 points after seven matches.
Devyn Gilfoy was named the WCC Player of the Week on Monday.
MATCH #18 — Wednesday (November 6) at Negoesco Stadium in San Francisco, California: Pepperdine (9-6-2, 5-2-0) at San Francisco (10-6-2, 3-3-1) at 6 p.m.
WATCH/ONLINE — The match will be shown online via the WCC Network. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.
OPPONENT — Pepperdine is 14-10-2 all-time against San Francisco. The Waves are unbeaten in the last three meetings (2-0-1), though the two schools played to a 1-1 tie in Malibu in 2018 (Brie Welch scored the goal). The Waves won 1-0 in the last trip to USF in 2017. Pepperdine is 5-8 all-time at San Francisco.
LAST GAME — On their 32nd shot of the game and in the 97th minute, the Waves finally broke through and beat San Diego, 1-0, on Madi Cook's golden-goal penalty kick. The total shot count was 32-4 and Pepperdine got its ninth shutout of the season. It was USD's first home loss in more than a year.
NOTABLE — Pepperdine has outshot its last two opponents 62-8 ... The win over Portland was the 250th in Tim Ward's career ... The win over Gonzaga was the 300th in program history ... Thirteen different Waves have scored Pepperdine's 27 goals this season while five of them — Joelle Anderson, Devyn Gilfoy, 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 eighth in the WCC) and 11 points ... Kinsey Ehmann is first in the WCC in shutouts per game (0.46), third in goals-against average (1.28), fourth in save percentage (.754) and fifth in saves per game (4.00) ... The Waves' defense, which has four sophomores across the back line and a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is third in the WCC in goals-against average (1.13) and tied for second in shutouts (nine). At the other end of the field, they're fifth in scoring at 1.59 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 ... The Waves are assured of a winning record at home for the 27th time in the program's 27 years.
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 — The Waves have their Senior Day in the regular-season home finale against Saint Mary's on Saturday (Nov. 9) at 1 p.m.
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