Box Score SAN FRANCISCO, California – Four different Waves found the back of the net as the #13 Pepperdine women's soccer team defeated San Francisco 4-1 on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play. This is the sixth time this season Pepperdine has put up four goals in a game.
The Waves (14-2-1, 5-1-1) dominated play, outshooting the Dons (6-8-2, 2-5-0) 21-6. The shot count was 11-0 before San Francisco recorded its first attempt in the 45th minute and 18-1 before the second shot was recorded.
GOALS
Pepperdine 32': Redshirt senior defender Kelsey Hill (Elk Grove, Calif./Cosumnes Oaks HS/Saint Mary's) drew a foul in front of the goalkeeper that resulted in a penalty kick. Senior defender
Trinity Watson (Ocean Beach, Calif./Point Loma HS) took the kick and beat the goalkeeper for her fifth goal of the season. Watson is now four-for-four on penalty kicks as well as sole possession on the Pepperdine all-time list for career penalty kick goals with six.
Pepperdine 49': Watson took a corner kick from the left side of the field and sent a cross right to Hill. Hill made a jump over the Dons' defender and sent in a header to the top right corner of the net. This was Hill's third goal of the season.
Pepperdine 55': Sophomore midfielder Julianna Duckett (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga HS) sent a right-footed tap to junior midfielder
Carlee Giammona (Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS/Alabama). Giammona hooked a pass over a Dons' defender to redshirt senior forward
Joelle Anderson (San Jose, Calif./Harker School) on the left side of the box, who then sent in a right-footed shot into the back of the net. This was Anderson's seventh of the season and 31st of her career, which is tied for third on the Pepperdine all-time list for career goals.
San Francisco 68': Jamesen Ward sent a pass from the midfield circle to Samantha Curwood-Wagner at the top of the box, who then sent a shot over the Waves' goalkeeper for the Dons' only goal of the match.
Pepperdine 89': Sophomore forward Tori Waldeck (Newhall, Calif./Hart HS) sent a pass to Giammona, who sent the pass right back to Waldeck. Waldeck crashed the left side of the box and sent a left-footed rocket past the Dons' goalkeeper for the fourth goal of the match. This was Waldeck's eighth goal of the season.
STATS
Shots: Pepperdine 21, San Francisco 6
Shots on goal: Pepperdine 10, San Francisco 4.
Saves: Zoe Clevely (Pepperdine) 3, Molly Eby (San Francisco) 6
Corner Kicks: Pepperdine 7, San Francisco 2
Fouls: Pepperdine 5, San Francisco 8
Offsides: Pepperdine 1, San Francisco 2
QUOTABLE
Pepperdine Coach Tim Ward said: "I'm super proud of that performance against a very strong USF team! Wonderful energy from the first minute of the match. We scored some amazing goals and played really well. It's not an easy place to get a result as I think we might be only the second team to win there this year, but in the end it's a fantastic three points and gets us one step closer to the NCAA tournament and potentially a WCC championship."
UP NEXT
Pepperdine hosts Pacific for the final regular-season home match on Wednesday (Nov. 3) at 3 p.m. The match will be live streamed on the WCC Network.