After winning four-straight games and six-straight West Coast Conference matchups, BYU surrendered its first-place standing in the WCC as the Cougars fell to Pepperdine, 11-7, on Thursday at Larry H. Miller Field.
"They did well at the plate," BYU head coach Mike Littlewood said. "They hit balls hard and placed soft hits. We were wild on the pitching side. We really wanted to dominate the outside of the plate today and we didn't spot it well there or anywhere else today."
The Cougars (18-13, 7-3 WCC) battled from down seven runs to the Waves (17-15, 6-4 WCC) in the sixth inning to come within four in the seventh, but the Cougars didn't get any closer than that as the Waves continued to knock the ball around the field while also knocking BYU out of first place in the conference.