Baisden and the Waves Roll Through Non-Conference Play

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Pepperdine women’s soccer has begun its 2016 campaign in fine fashion. Despite drawing their Sunday matchup with Cal State Northridge, the Waves are 4-2-1 and ranked No. 21 in the nation. Pepperdine has already knocked off marquee programs such as Arizona, Kentucky and Maryland in the young season. Despite having a daunting non-conference gauntlet, ranked 11th toughest according to Chris Henderson of HeroSport.com, the Waves have performed admirably. Much of the early success could be attributed to senior leader Rylee Baisden.

In her senior season, Baisden has established her status as the Waves’ marquee striker. After six games Baisden leads the team in both goals (4) and…