MALIBU, California — The #25 Pepperdine women's soccer team has its home finale on Saturday against #16 BYU. The winner clinches at least a share of a second-place finish in the West Coast Conference.

MATCH #11 — Saturday (April 10) at Tari Frahm Rokus Field in Malibu, California: #25 Pepperdine (6-3-1, 5-1-1) vs. #16 BYU (9-3-1, 5-1-1) at 12 p.m.

WATCH/ONLINE — The match will be streamed online on the WCC Network. Links to broadcasts and live stats can be found at PepperdineWaves.com.

HOME ATTENDANCE — Per the current COVID-19 guidelines set by the County of Los Angeles for collegiate sports, spectators are not permitted to attend home matches at Tari Frahm Rokus Field.

OPPONENT — Pepperdine is 6-5-0 all-time against BYU. The Waves have won each of the last three home games and are 4-1-0 in games played in Malibu. Pepperdine won 2-1 at the last home game in 2018. The Cougars posted a 5-1 win in the last meeting in 2019 in Provo (Shelby Little scored the Waves' goal). 

LAST MATCH — Pepperdine tied its third-highest scoring output in program history with a 7-0 home victory over San Diego last Saturday. Joelle Anderson had two goals and two assists and Leyla McFarland had a goal and an assist. Emily Sample, Tori Waldeck, Shelby Little and Aliyah Satterfield were the other goal-scorers. The Waves scored five times in the first 19 minutes. Pepperdine had a 24-5 edge in shots.

AWARDS — Pepperdine won four consecutive WCC Defensive Player of the Week awards in March ... Trinity Watson received the honor on March 9 (after a shutout win vs. San Francisco in which she assisted on the game-winning goal) and on March 16 (after her two-goal game at Pacific). She's also been named to the Top Drawer Soccer national team of the week twice (Feb. 16, after she scored the game's first goal against USD, and March 9) ... Zoe Clevely received the WCC award on March 2 (after the shutout win at Saint Mary's, which included a save on a penalty kick) and on March 22 (after a career-high-tying seven saves in the shutout at Portland) ... Emily Sample (March 2) and Joelle Anderson (April 6) have also been named to Top Drawer Soccer's national team of the week.

NOTABLE — Pepperdine outshot the opponent in each of the first seven games and in nine of 10 overall ... Ten different players have scored the Waves' 24 goals this season (Trinity Watson and Tori Waldeck lead with four apiece) ... Pepperdine's three losses this season have come to teams ranked #3, #4 and #11 in the country at the time of the contest ... Nineteen players have started a game this season and three (Waldeck, Madi Cook, Emily Sample) have started every match.

WCC STATS — Pepperdine is third in goals per game (2.40), second in shots per game (16.20), third in assists per game (1.60) and fifth in goals against average (1.06) ... Joelle Anderson is fourth in shots per game (3.33), tied for fifth in assists per game (0.33), ninth in points per game (1.00) and 10th in goals per game (0.33) ... Trinity Watson is eighth in goals per game (0.50) and eighth in points per game (1.13) ... Tori Waldeck is ninth in goals per game (0.40) ... Leyla McFarland is 10th in points per game (0.90) ... Zoe Clevely is first in goals-against average (0.57), first in shutouts per game (0.44), third in save percentage (.789) and ninth in saves per game (1.67).

ANDERSON — Senior midfielder Joelle Anderson was picked in the third round of the 2021 NWSL Draft by the Houston Dash, but she's got business to finish in Malibu before she joins the pros. The three-time All-WCC pick and two-time All-West Region honoree has accumulated 24 goals (eighth all-time at Pepperdine), 10 game-winning goals (sixth), 16 assists and 64 points (eighth) in her career. Anderson was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy preseason watch list.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports — one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #49 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.