Waves 1-1 First Day of SoCal Tournament

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. Â The No. 5 Pepperdine men’s water polo team defeated No.15 Bucknell (10-8) Saturday, then suffered a loss (11-6) to No. 4 UCLA later in the day at the SoCal Tournament hosted by UC Irvine.

Seven waves scored in the Bucknell game with junior utility Matt MacDonell (Redwood City, Calif. / Bellarmine HS), sophomore attacker J.P. MacDonell (Redwood City, Calif. / Bellarmine HS) and freshman attacker Caleb Hamilton (Irvine, Calif. / Northwood HS) responsible for two apiece. Junior goalkeeper Jack Curley (Sonoma, Calif. / Santa Rosa CC) was credited with seven saves, while sophomore Travis Stachowski (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. / Foothill HS) had six.

In the second match of the day, UCLA’s offense attacked early scoring in the first two minutes of the game and leading 4-2 at the end of the first quarter. Pepperdine was down 7-3 at the half, but came back with renewed energy to score three goals in the third quarter to UCLA’s two. The Bruins shut the Waves out in the fourth quarter scoring two and defeating Pepperdine for the second time this season.

“The team showed character in the third quarter. We tried to get back in the game. Unfortunately, the small things are hurting us and good teams like UCLA take advantage of that,” said head coach Jack Kocur.

Senior attacker Nick Corjon (La Verne, Calif. / Bonita HS) was the lone multiple goal scorer with two to his credit. Goalkeeper Stachowski had seven saves.

The Waves (18-4,0-1) will meet LMU Sunday, at 8 a.m. at the Anteater Pool on the UC Irvine campus. The outcome of that match will determine the time and opponent for the second game.

PEPPERDINE VS BUCKNELL 10-8

 

                     1                   2                 3              4

PEPP            3                  2                  4              1

BUCK           1                  1                  2              4

PEPP GOALS: Matt MacDonell (2), J.P. MacDonell (2),  Caleb Hamilton (2), Andrew Milcovich, Clayton Snyder, Adam Hewko

PEPP SAVES: Jack Curley (7)

                         Travis Stachowski (6)

 

PEPPERDINE VS UCLA 6-11

 

                         1                2                3                4

PEPP                2                1                3                0

UCLA                4                3                2                2

PEPP GOALS: Nick Corjon (2), Adam Hewko, Grant Miller, Caleb Hamilton, Taylor Watson

PEPP SAVES: Travis Stachowski (7)

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