Pepperdine Prevails Over LMU
9/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
The Waves (12-3,0-1) played their first home game with bleachers full of Pepperdine and LMU fans.
LMU was up by two points at the half and was leading until the last quarter. LMU came out strong in the first quarter with four goals to Pepperdine’s two. The Waves appeared to be struggling until the third quarter when they were tied 6-6 with 3:17 seconds left. LMU mounted an aggressive offense scoring two more goals and ending the quarter 9-7. LMU’s Tibor Forai scored three goals in the third quarter. Pepperdine came back early in the quarter with a goal by junior attacker Grant Miller (
“I was very disappointed with the first half,” said head coach Jack Kocur. “If we want to move forward we’re going to have to put it all together from the first whistle.”
LMU’s goalkeeper John Prunkle had 10 saves and Pepperdine’s goalkeeper junior Jack Curley (
UC Santa Barbara and LMU met for the third match of the day with LMU coming out strong once again. With the help of three goals in the first half by Tim Hummel, LMU was tied 7-7 at the end of the third quarter. However, the Gauchos depth proved to be too much for the Lions as nine players scored goals for UCSB finishing the game with a 10-7 score. UCSB’s Brian Bishop was their only multiple scorer with two goals.
In a match where not many unsuccessful shots were taken, UCSB’s Rick Wright was credited with six saves while LMU’s Andy Stevens has three.
Pepperdine and Golden West played the third and fourth match against each other with the Waves taking both matches 12-8 and 10-9. Pepperdine’s second string played the first match and most of the second. Golden West made a strong showing in the second match as they led the game until the final two minutes. Waves Freshman Travis Gough (
Next weekend (Oct. 5-6) the Waves will travel to
PEPPERDINE 11, LMU 9
LMU 4 0 5 0 — 9
PEPPERDINE 2 1 4 4 — 11
GOALS — LMU — Tibor Forai (3), Tim Heafner (2), Julien Lormant (1), Tim Hummel (1),
Mark Milovic (1), Patrick O’Brien (1).
PEPPERDINE — J.P. MacDonell (3), Adam Hewko (2), Caleb Hamilton (2), Clayton Snyder (2),
Grant Miller (2).
SAVES — LMU — John Prunckle (10).
PEPPERDINE — Jack Curley (4), Travis Stachowski (3).
PEPPERDINE 12, GOLDEN WEST 8
PEPPERDINE — 5 4 2 1 — 12
GOLDEN WEST 2 1 2 3 — 8
GOALS — PEPPERDINE — Travis Gough (4), Uriel Villa (2), Blake Hubbell (2),
Dorian Beaney (2), Sam Busby (1), Charles Wright (1).
GOLDEN WEST — Henrique Moniz (2), Kyle Kruip (2), Coburn (1), Dick (1), Thomas Kruip (1), ? (1)
UC
UC
LMU 2 2 3 0 — 7
GOALS — UC
Coulson Lantz (1),Stefan Partelow (1), Mark Knudsen (1), Ratko Paunovic (1), Matt Dale (1),
Zsombor Vincze (1),
LMU — Tim Hummel (3), Julien Lormant (1), Rory Kelly (1), Mark Milovic (1), Shaun Flood (1).
SAVES —UC
LMU — Andy Stevens (3)
PEPPERDINE 10, GOLDEN WEST 9
PEPPERDINE — 2 1 3 4 — 10
GOLDEN WEST 4 1 1 3 — 9
GOALS — PEPPERDINE — Grant Miller (3),
Sam Busby (1), Dorian Beaney (1), Nick Corjon (1).
GOLDEN WEST — Henrique Moniz (2), Kyle Kruip (2), Coburn (1), Dick (1), Thomas Kruip (1), ? (1)
