The #20 Pepperdine women's soccer team got a second ranked win in a week, defeating Georgetown 2-1 Thursday afternoon at Shaw Field. 

After tying Georgetown in the first ever matchup between the two teams in 2023, Pepperdine wanted a win this year. With the Hoyas being 3-0-1 on the year without a goal scored against them, this was a tall ask. Taking down #3 UCLA last Sunday and appearing in the top-25 for the first time all season this week, the Waves were up for the challenge. 

Pepperdine (4-2-1) started in the same formation as last game, giving graduate Megan Edelman (Danville, Calif.) her second start of the season. The Hoyas (3-1-1) started strong, pressing the back line early. 

It was an offense-heavy game with a total of 28 shots between the two teams. The first to find the back of the net would come from the Waves. For the first goal against the Hoyas all season, redshirt junior Tabitha LaParl (Lakewood, Calif.) fought her way to the top of the six-yard box on the right side. Burying the ball into the left side of the goal, the junior tallied her second goal on the season to give Pepperdine a 1-0 lead. 

As the game was dwindling into halftime, the Hoyas took notes from Laparl, placing the ball in the net the exact same way Laparl did on the opposite side of the six yard box to find the equalizer. 

The second half saw a lot of dangerous chances from both teams. For just the first time this season, the Waves were able to find the back of the net multiple times in 90 minutes. 

Despite only having two corner kicks to Georgetown's eight, Pepperdine was able to capitalize in the last 15 minutes of the game. The service from junior Tatum Wynalda (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) found sophomore Peyton Leonard (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and for the second game in a row, Leonard would provide the game winner off her head. 

"Such an amazing performance by the Waves today! Georgetown has an  amazing soccer tradition and we think the world of their program," Head coach Tim Ward said. "For us to come all this way and pick up a win in a game that required all of our concentration, trust and spirit, we couldn't be more proud of this Wave team today!"

GOALS

31' : Senior LaParl scored after fighting her way to the right edge of the six yard box, drilling the ball into the far side of the net. 

44' : Esme Brayshaw of Georgetown nearly duplicated LaParl's goal on the opposite side of the six yard box, scoring from the left side of the goal by placing the ball into the right side of the net. 

76' : Sophomore Peyton Leonard scored on a corner kick, flicking the ball into the net on a header for the second game in a row. 

STATS 

Shots: Pepperdine 10, Georgetown 18

Shots on Goal: Pepperdine 5, Georgetown 7

Saves: Jillian Medvecky (Pepperdine) 6, Cara Martin (Georgetown) 3 

Corner Kicks: Pepperdine 2, Georgetown 8

Fouls: Pepperdine 8, Georgetown 13

Offsides: Pepperdine 0, Georgetown 1

UP NEXT 

The Waves travel to Cambridge, Mass. to take on the Crimson of Harvard. Kickoff is set for 10:00 a.m.