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J.D. Schleppenbach Featured in Ventura County Star

Men's volleyball standout J.D. Schleppenbach, who was recently named the MPSF co-Player of the Week, is the subject of a feature in today's Ventura County Star. After a lot of injuries, he's trying to have a healthy 2010 season and help the Waves hold on to their #1 national ranking.

Golf Coverage of Danielle Kang's Victory

Pepperdine freshman Danielle Kang won her first collegiate event in only her second collegiate tournament on Wednesday at the Bruin Wave Invitational. She did a podcast interview with Golfweek (click here to listen). Here's final round coverage of the tournament from Golfweek and the Ventura County Star.

WCC to Stream Hoops Tournament Games

Not in Las Vegas but want to watch the men's and women's basketball games this weekend? The WCC is video streaming all of the games not already on the ESPN family of networks. Here's the WCC press release.

Baseball News & Notes

Pepperdine baseball is the midst of a big week, beating highly ranked UC Irvine on Tuesday before falling to defending national champion LSU today. They'll get another crack at the Tigers later in the weekend. Here's a story previewing the LSU series from The Advocate. The terrific blog College Baseball Today had coverage of Pepperdine's win over UC Irvine and later had a Q&A with head coach Steve Rodriguez.

Stories on Marv Dunphy's 500th Win

Here's a selection of stories after Pepperdine men's volleyball coach Marv Dunphy earned his 500th win last week. This feature on the official website has congraulatory notes from dozens of colleagues, former players and parents of players. The Graphic also had a pair of stories, including this column by Scott Lawrence and this recap by Ryan Hagen.