PORTLAND, Oregon – Zoe Clevely made a career-high-tying seven saves and the #25 Pepperdine women's soccer team posted its third shutout in the last four games, but the Waves couldn't get on the scoreboard and settled for a 0-0 tie at Portland in West Coast Conference action on Friday.
 
The Waves (4-2-1, 3-0-1) outshot the opponent for the seventh time in seven games by a 17-11 count, but the Pilots (2-2-2, 1-2-2) saved all six of them that were on target.
 
Pepperdine extended its unbeaten streak against Portland to seven (5-0-2). This was the Waves' first overtime contest of the season.
 
STATS
 
Shots: Pepperdine 17, Portland 11
Shots on Goal: Pepperdine 6, Portland 7
Saves: Zoe Clevely (Pepperdine) 7, Madison Zamora (Portland) 6
Corner Kicks: Pepperdine 4, Portland 4
Fouls: Pepperdine 11, Portland 16
Offside: Pepperdine 1, Portland 0
 
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Pepperdine Coach Tim Ward said: "It was a tough, hard-fought game. Portland, to their credit, did a good job setting up to disrupt what we were doing. We had a few moments early, but it was just one of those games where you knew there wasn't going to be a lot of them. We tried a lot of different combinations and shapes and it was tough. Portland created some good moments in transition, but I'm proud of our defenders and Zoe, who had a great game. When you don't have your 'A' game, and I don't think we did, it's still awesome that we didn't lose the match. So it's not points dropped, it's a point gained. At the end of it all, I'm proud of the girls, a point's not a bad thing."
 
NEXT
 
Pepperdine hosts #13 Santa Clara on Tuesday (March 23) at 3 p.m. The match will be streamed online via WaveCasts. Per current state and local COVID-19 policies, spectators will not be permitted. It's the first of five consecutive home matches.