MALIBU, California – The #4 Pepperdine women's soccer team defeated Gonzaga 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in a thrilling West Coast Conference matchup. The Waves continued on their new school-record winning streak with their 11th straight win and set a new school record with their seventh straight shutout.

Tabitha LaParl and Kelsey Hill each scored a goal for the Waves in the first half and their goals were only a minute and 27 seconds apart. Tori Waldeck finished off the scoring in the second half with a beauty of a goal on a steal from the goalkeeper. The Waves (13-1-0, 4-0-0) energy continued to show with the shots, having put up 20-6 shots against the Bulldogs (11-4-0,1-3-0).

The Waves have not allowed a goal in 694 minutes of play. 

GOALS

Pepperdine 13': Redshirt senior forward Joelle Anderson (San Jose, Calif./The Harker School) took a shot from 30 yards out that was saved by the Gonzaga goalkeeper, but LaParl (Lakewood, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) came crashing in on the left side of the box and as the ball rolled back into play, she sent a left-footed rocket into the back of the net. This was LaParl's second goal of the season. 

Pepperdine 15': Senior defender Trinity Watson (Ocean Beach, Calif./Point Loma HS) sent a left side corner kick to junior midfielder Carlee Giammona (Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS/Alabama) at the far post. Giammona sent a header toward the goal that bounced off the foot of junior midfielder Shelby Little (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Hillcrest Christian HS) to the left foot of Hill (Elk Grove, Calif./Cosumnes Oaks HS/Saint Mary's) who beat the Bulldogs' goalkeeper for her second goal of the season. 

Pepperdine 62': Waldeck (Newhall, Calif./Hart HS) challenged the Gonzaga goalkeeper as she had the ball in the box. Waldeck took the ball from the goalkeeper, did a swift spin move and sent it in for her seventh goal of the season. 

STATS
Shots: Pepperdine 20, Gonzaga 6
Shots on goal:  Pepperdine 13, Gonzaga 3
Saves: Zoe Clevely (Pepperdine) 3, Lyza Bosselmann (Gonzaga) 6, Lauren Towne (Gonzaga) 3
Fouls: Pepperdine 11, Gonzaga 14
Corner Kicks: Pepperdine 5, Gonzaga 2
Offsides: Pepperdine 0, Gonzaga 6

QUOTABLE

Pepperdine Head Coach Tim Ward said: "That was a great result for us today against a very talented Gonzaga team. Chris (Watkins) and his staff – they play hard. I didn't think we started great; they had more energy for the first five to 10 minutes and then we figured some things out and got going in the right direction. 

"As far as the first goal, Tabi following it up is something we talked about in the locker room prior to the match. She has that optimistic, goal-scoring mentality. The second goal – we talk about set pieces a lot, we don't work on them as much as people think but Trin had a great delivery, Carlee putting the ball back into play was great and then we had a really nice finish by Kelsey Hill who got the final touch so that was fantastic.

"Getting into the half up two, with the way the game was going, the next goal would be huge. We made a couple of adjustments; the girls came out in the second half and really did a nice job. Tori had a fantastic moment of individual brilliance – that was an incredible goal.

"We're excited about it for the next day or so but we've got to get back to work on Monday with a tough week and a tough rest of the fall ahead of us. Another shutout today as our defense was tested and they were great. We know that shutouts and great defense are a recipe for championship soccer and we're going to do our best to stay hungry, stay humble, stay sharp and take it one day at a time. It's a great day to be a Wave!" 

NOTABLE

• Pepperdine's 13-1-0 record is the best in program history after 14 games.
• The Waves have outshot every opponent this season. 
• Calista Reyes equaled the Pepperdine record for all-time games played at 83 (Bri Visalli played in 83 games between 2014-17). 
• Clevely is now tied for fifth on the Waves all-time career solo shutout list with 15. She is tied for fourth on the single-season solo shutout list with nine, tied for sixth on the single-season all-time goalkeeper wins with 13. 
• Anderson is now tied for fifth on the Waves' all-time career assists with 21.

UP NEXT

The Waves will travel north to visit the defending NCAA champion Santa Clara on Wednesday (Oct. 20) at 7 p.m. The matchup will be televised on ESPNU.