MALIBU, Calif. – The #20 Pepperdine beach volleyball team heads into the final week of the regular season, trekking down the coast to challenge PCH Cup rival #5 LMU and #13 Washington on Saturday.
 
DUAL 27: Saturday (April 22) at the LMU Beach Volleyball Courts in Los Angeles, Calif.: #20 Pepperdine (16-10) vs. #5 LMU (23-6) at 10 a.m.
 
DUAL 28: Saturday (April 22) at the LMU Beach Volleyball Courts in Los Angeles, Calif.: #20 Pepperdine (16-10) vs. #13 Washington (19-12) at 12 p.m.
 
COVERAGE: Any coverage provided will be updated when available.  Available results, updates and information can be found on Twitter @WavesBeachVB or on the website at www.pepperdinewaves.com. 
 
LOOKING AHEAD: On April 27-28, the Waves will head back to Santa Monica, Calif. for the WCC Championships, held at Ocean Park Beach. 
 
WAVES WEATHER: Saturday in LA has sunny skies with a few clouds in the forecast, with a high of 82 degrees.  Winds will blow at roughly five to 10 miles per hour throughout the day.
 
LAST WEEK IN SLO: Pepperdine went 1-3 last week at the Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo, Calif.  On opening day, the Waves faced off with #3 UCLA, falling 5-0 before then going head-to-head against tournament host Cal Poly and winning 3-2.  The following day, Pepperdine fell to top-ranked TCU and #6 LMU. 
 
Pepperdine's No. 1 and No. 5 pairs each won twice.  In the win over the Mustangs, Gracey Campbell and Gabriella Perez won first in a two-set match in the No. 4 position.  After CP took courts two and three to pull ahead, the Waves had to buckle down.  Kate Clermont and McKenna Thomas won in three in the No. 1 position to tie things up once more.  Madison Oriskovich and Kristine Briede then clinched the dual victory with a three-set win from the No. 5 position.
 
WAVE REPORT: Pepperdine has gone 16-10 overall, with a 7-2 record at home, 1-3 record on the road and an 8-5 record on neutral courts. There have been two pairs in the No. 1 position this season, though Kate Clermont and McKenna Thomas have played together most recently and posted a 7-2 record.  Thomas and Alexus McLeod have also gone 10-7 in the position.  In the No. 2 slot, Clermont and Savannah Standage had posted a 14-3 overall record, while Standage and Mcleod have gone 2-4 since joining forces.
 
Freshman pair Gracey Campbell and Gabriella Perez have gone 17-9 in the No. 4 position, while Kristine Briede and Madison Oriskovich have posted a 16-7 record in the No. 5 position.  There have been several pairs in the No. 3 slot, with Gracie Pedersen and Jasmin Suarez posting a 5-9 record and Juju Quintero and Aubrey Roberts going 2-5 in the position.
 
OPPONENTS: All-time, the Waves and Lions have gone an even 11-11. Pepperdine won the first 11-straight from 2012 to 2019, before the opposition won their first-ever match in 2019.  LMU has been on an 11-match winning streak since then.  LMU has gone 23-6 overall this season and has remained perfect, 6-0, at home this season.  Last week, the Lions fell to #2 USC and #4 Florida State, while defeating both #11 Long Beach State and Pepperdine by tough 3-2 margins. 
 
This will be the first meeting between Pepperdine and Washington all-time.  This season, UW has posted a 19-12 overall record, while going 13-8 on neutral sand.  Last weekend, the Huskies went undefeated with a pair of wins against Portland and Boise State and a sweep over Oregon. 
 
FOLLOW: Follow @WavesBeachVB on Facebook and Twitter for updates and check on PepperdineWaves.com for full results, recaps and more.  Follow @peppbeachvolley on Instagram for an inside look at the Waves' team culture and check out @PepperdineWaves for the scoop on all the Waves' programs throughout the year.