BERKELEY, Calif. – Pepperdine women's soccer (0-2-1) takes a quick trip north to face California, Berkeley (2-0-1) Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium.
 
"Vicious opponent number five, otherwise known as Cal, is going to be excellent," Head Coach Tim Ward said. "We want to see if we can take the next step as a team as we head up to the Bay Area this weekend."
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Waves played the No. 5 USC Trojans, battling tough in a 3-2 loss.
• Julia Quinonez and Peyton Leonard scored the two goals for Pepperdine.
• Ariana Markey earned her second assist in two games on the first goal of the night.

 
GAME NOTES
 

• Three games into the season, Tatum Wynalda leads the Waves with three points, garnering an assist at TCU and a goal against Hawai'i.
• Wynalda played in all 21 matches last year, making 17 starts.
• As the leading returning offensive producer for the Waves, Tabitha LaParl tabbed six goals and two assists last season.        

• Through her career, LaParl has amassed 10 goals and nine assists over her career with 49 caps.
• In her completed three seasons, Wynalda has scored 18 goals with seven assists through three years.
• The Waves are coming off a 2024 season which saw the program's fifth WCC Championship after finishing (6-1-3) in the conference. The title was split with Santa Clara who posted the same mark in the WCC.
• Pepperdine returns nine of the starting 11 from last season.
• The last time the program won back-to-back conference titles was 2016 & 2017 as Pepperdine looks to win the WCC outright for just the second time ever.
• Thursday night, Ward will look across at the Trojan squad to see his daughter, Charlotte, who is a freshman at USC.

 
 
SERIES HISTORY

•  In eight matchups, the Waves are 1-2-5 overall against the Golden Bears.
•  Most recently, Pepperdine fell to Cal in the first round of the NCAA tournament 2-1 in double overtime in Malibu
• In Berkeley, Pepperdine is 1-0-2 with the last road game coming in 2022 that resulted in a 1-1 tie.  

 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS

• Cal has started the season 2-0-1 with wins over UC San Diego and WVV-fore San Francisco.
• Both wins were with 3-2 finals, with Lumi Kostmayer being the sole Golden Bear netting multiple goals with two.
• Head Coach Neil McGuire just secured win 200 at Cal with the 3-2 result against San Francisco last time out.

 
The game Sunday is slated for a 1 p.m. kickoff and will be available to stream on ESPN+ (subscription required). Live stats will be available at pepperdinewaves.com
 
ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Pepperdine women's soccer has been competitive since season one in 1993. As just the third head coach in the program's history, Tim Ward has led the Waves to 14 NCAA tournament appearances, winning the West Coast Conference five separate times and taking his squad to the round of 16 four times, most recently in 2021. With 23 winning seasons, Ward has proven he can lead consistently with excellence, garnering an overall record of 309-152-77.
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