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Malibu surfside news | October 18, 2018 | 35
Pepperdine Athletics
Team, individual efforts secure Malibu Invite win for women’s swim team
Five Waves swimmers
and two Pepperdine relay
teams took first place
Friday, Oct. 12, and the
Waves kept their momentum
in Day 2 to claim a
1,131-959 victory over
cross-town rival Loyola
Marymount in the Malibu
Invite.
On Saturday, Oct. 13, the
200-medley relay team of
Sammie Slater, Juju Chan,
Haley Bergthold and Amy
Griffin won the first event
of the day, with a time of 1
minute, 52.50 seconds.
Lauren Allard notched
the day’s first individual
win for the Waves in the
200 breast, with a time of
2:32.61. She was followed
by Anna Riekhof and Juju
Chan in second and third,
respectively. Olivia Kayye
and Bergthold went 1-2 in
the 100 IM with times of
1:02.00 and 1:03.51, respectively.
Griffin took first in the
50 free with a time of
25.19.
The Waves’ Paige
Brackett won the 500 free
with a time of 5:18.74 before
the Waves finished the
meet with the 400-free relay,
with the team of Slater,
Griffin, Trinity Ishikawa
and Kayye winning with a
time of 3:40.51.
MEN’S GOLF
Waves win invitational, set
school records
RJ Manke and the Waves
set multiple school records
Oct. 9 as the Waves won
the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Pepperdine’s previous
team records were 18-under
for 18 holes (2007 Turtle
Bay Intercollegiate) and
33-under for 54 holes (2015
Alister MacKenzie Invitational)
but the Waves bettered
both with a 22-under
262 on Tuesday, good for
a 52-under 800 (270-268-
262) overall. The Waves
entered the final round at
the par-71 Meadow Club
six shots behind host California
but ended up with an
11-stroke victory.
In his first college victory,
Manke became the
first player in Pepperdine
history to shoot a round
of 10-under (the previous
record was a 9-under 63).
His 61 included nine birdies,
an eagle and just one
bogey. The sophomore was
at 6-under though 14 but
eagled 15 and ended his
round with birdies on 17
and 18.
He finished with a 21-under
192 (65-66-61), bettering
the 20-under set by
Frederick Wedel at the
2014 Warrior Princeville
Makai Invitational. Manke
entered the final round in a
tie for third, two shots out
of the lead, but ended up
winning by four strokes.
Manke led all players
with 22 birdies overall. He
was the tournament’s top
player on par-4s (11-under)
and tied for the best on par-
5s (9-under).
On Monday, the Waves
also set a team record for
the best score after 36 holes
(30-under). The Waves’
marks for 54-hole team
score and 18-hole and 54-
hole individual scores also
were Alister MacKenzie
Invitational records.
Junior Clay Feagler took
fourth with an 11-under
202 (71-66-65). His final
round of 6-under included
eight birdies. He had 16
birdies over the two days.
Junior Joshua McCarthy
tied for 10th with a 7-under
206 (69-68-69). He had five
birdies Tuesday and a total
of 15 birdies over three
rounds.
CROSS COUNTRY
Plentiful PRs make Bronco
Invitational a success
The men’s cross country
team continued what’s
shaping up to be the best
season in program history
with more record-breaking
performances Saturday,
Oct. 13, at the Bronco Invitational.
Nick Heath lowered his
school record by nearly 3
seconds to finish the 8K in
24 minutes, 3.9 seconds,
and Kyle Johnson and Karl
Winter moved up to No.
2 and No. 3, respectively,
on the all-time list. The
Waves’ Top 9 men’s runners
set PRs, and all nine
now rank among the Top
15 8K runners in program
history.
The men’s team finished
second among Division I
teams and third overall,
which included victories
over West Coast Conference
rivals Loyola Marymount
and Saint Mary’s.
The Waves entered the
West Region rankings for
the first time in program
history last week at No. 13.
On the women’s side,
Abbey Meck led the Waves
for the 10th time in 10 career
races, and her personal-best
time of 21:36.9
moved her up to fifth on
the program’s all-time 6K
list. Caroline Archer (11th,
22:19.4) and Shelby White
(13th, 22:21.5) moved into
the Top 20 with their times.
Sophomore Cori Persinger
also set a PR at 23:00.3.
WOMEN’S GOLF
Waves take third at invite
Pepperdine notched a
third-place finish at the
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational
Oct. 10. All three of
the Waves’ tournaments
thus far have resulted in a
Top 3 finish.
The Waves shot a twoday
total of 891 (295-294-
302) at the par-72 Sahalee
Country Club, finishing
only behind Pac-12 schools
Washington and Oregon
State. The Waves earned
sizeable head-to-head wins
over West Coast Conference
rivals BYU and San
Francisco.
Senior Hira Naveed —
who was named WCC
Player of the Month for
September earlier in the
day and also was named
to this month’s ANNIKA
Award watch list — ended
with a 2-under 70 that lifted
her into a tie for seventh
place at 218 (72-76-70).
She had five birdies during
her final round.
Junior Momoka Kobori
also tied for seventh at
218 (70-74-74). She had
one birdie and 14 pars on
Wednesday.
Senior Patricia Wong
tied for 19th at 226 (76-
72-8). She had four birdies
during the third round and
had a team-high eight for
the tournament.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Waves sweep Loyola
Marymount at home
With 37 assists, senior
setter Blossom Sato propelled
the women’s volleyball
team to a sweep over
PCH Cup and conference
rival Loyola Marymount
Saturday, Oct. 13, in Firestone
Fieldhouse.
Hannah Frohling (14
kills) and Rachel Ahrens
(13) paced the offense for
the Waves, who collected
three straight 25-18 set
wins on the way to victory.
All five of Pepperdine’s
attackers — Shannon Scully
(13 digs), Tarah Wylie,
Alli O’Harra (7 blocks),
Frohling and Ahrens —
topped a .312 hitting percentage
in the victory.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Maemone, Nelson score in
2-1 win
Goals by Michelle Maemone
and Isabel Nelson
lifted the Pepperdine women’s
soccer team to a 2-1
home victory over BYU
Saturday, Oct. 13, putting
the Waves into first place in
the WCC.
The Waves (8-6-1, 3-1-1)
are atop the table with 10
points, though BYU (8-4-1,
3-1-0), Gonzaga (3-1) and
Portland (3-1) are all close
behind with nine points
and they all have a game in
hand.
Maemone got the Waves
off to a tremendous start
with a goal in the second
minute. BYU equalized in
the 77th minute, but Nelson
headed in a corner kick less
than a minute later for the
game-winner.
Senior goalkeeper Brielle
Preece was called
upon often to make plays,
as BYU outshot Pepperdine
17-12. Preece made
a career-high 10 saves. At
the other end, the Cougars’
Sabrina Macias Davis
stopped a 47th-minute
penalty kick.
Senior midfielder Christina
Settles had the primary
assist on both goals. Nelson
made big plays on both
ends, also clearing the ball
off the line on a BYU shot
in the 40th minute.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Alumnus to return as coach
Pepperdine alumnus
Kevin Endsley, of Santa
Monica, has joined the
coaching staff for the Pepperdine
men’s volleyball
team.
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