No. 5 Waves Fall to No. 2 Stanford

MALIBU, Calif.Â No. 5 Pepperdine men’s water polo team dropped a conference match to No.1 Stanford, 9-4 and then came back an hour later to defeat Concordia University 14-6, on Saturday afternoon, at the Raleigh-Runnels Memorial Pool.

The Waves (16-6, 3-2) played a strong first-half both offensively and defensively against Stanford (21-2). However, the Cardinal took over offensively the second half by capitalizing on 6-on-5 opportunities. Adam Hewko (Irvine,Calif./Servite HS) led the Pepperdine offense with three goals, while Sage Wright and Chris Jacobsen scored two goals each for Stanford. Goalkeeper John Hahn (Sydney,Australia) had seven saves for the Waves while Jimmie Sandman was credited with eight saves for the Cardinal.

Stanford’s Will Hindle-Katel scored early in the first period at 6:00 and Clayton Snyder (Seal Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) answered back with a shot in the cage at 5:27 to tie the score, 1-1.  With 50 seconds left in the period Jacobsen scored to give the Cardinal a lead, 2-1.

Janson Wigo opened the second period with another goal for Stanford at 7:40, 3-1. Hewko shot his first goal of the match at 5:20 followed by a 5-meter penalty shot goal to tie the score, 3-3. With 1:46 left in the half Jacob Smith scored for Stanford on a 6-on-5 opportunity, 4-3.

The Cardinal took advantage of man-up opportunities in the third period to score two goals at 2:52 and :41, to end the period up by three, 6-3.

The Stanford scoring run continued into the fourth period with Wright and Jacobson giving the Cardinal two additional goals on 6-on-5 plays, 8-3. Hindel-Katel scored the final goal for Stanford at 4:26, 9-3. Hewko ended the match with a goal for the Waves with 59 seconds left on the clock, 9-4.

After a tough loss to the Cardinal, Pepperdine returned to the pool to take on Concordia University. Jacob Young (Saratoga, Calif./Valley Christian HS) and Christian Cardey (Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly HS) led the Waves offense with three goals each. Matt Digges (Coronado, Calif./Coronado HS) and J.P. MacDonell (Redwood City, Calif./Bellarmine Prep) added two goals a piece. Alex Donovan was the high scorer for Concordia with three goals.

Pepperdine dominated the first half scoring five goals to Concordia’s three. Young had a three goal offensive run in the third period, while Cardey scored three goals in the fourth period. Two of Cardey’s goals were steals and a breakaway with one-on-nobody.

Jack Curley (Sonoma, Calif./Santa Rosa CC) led the Waves goalkeepers in saves with five.

The Waves meet conference rival UC Irvine tomorrow, at 1 p.m., at the Raleigh-Runnels Memorial Pool. 

Pepperdine vs. Stanford 9-4

 

                    1     2     3     4

Pepp            2    2     0     1    4

Stanford      1    2     3     3    9

Pepp Goals (Adam Hewko 3, Clayton Snyder 1) 4

 

Stanford Goals ( Sage Wright 2, Chris Jacobsen 2, Will Hindle-Katel 2,  Cody Weisen 1, Janson Wigo, Will Smith 1) 9

 

Goalie Saves: John Hahn (Pepp) 7, Jimmie Sandman (Stanford) 8

 

Pepperdine vs. Concordia 14-6

 

                            1     2     3     4

Pepp                    4     4     3     3   14

Concordia           1     2            2    6

 

Pepp Goals: (Christian Cardey 3, Jacob Young 3, Matt Digges 1, J.P. MacDonell 2, Andrew Milcovich 1, Taylor Watson 1, Mat MacDonell 1, Adam Hewko 1, Clayton Snyder 1) 14

 

Concordia: (Alex Donovan 3, Duje Grubisic 2, Derrek Danna 1) 6

 

Goalie Saves: Jack Curley (Pepp) 5, Gaston Sanford (Pepp) 2, Bryce McLain (Pepp) 3, Ryan Freerks (Concordia) 5.

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