BERKELEY, Calif. - The No. 5 ranked Pepperdine water polo team suffered a disappointing 13-7 loss to No. 3 California on Saturday, after being tied 5-5 at the half.

Senior Brett Auer (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Beach HS) led the Wave offense with three goals. Freshman Tommy O'Connnell (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./ El Toro HS) was credited with eight saves in the goal.

Pepperdine (8-9, 1-3) was up 6-5 early in the third period. However, a strong Golden Bear (14-4, 2-1) offense took command and scored the next eight goals.

Next up, the Waves meet UCLA at 12 p.m. The Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, in Malibu, Calif. on October 31.

#5 PEPPERDINE 6  #3 California 13

                           1        2        3        4

PEP                    2        3        1        1    7

CAL                   2        3          3        5   13

PEP GOALS: (Brett Auer 3, JP MacDonell 1, Jacob Young 1, Preston Lujan 1, Taylor Watson 1)

CAL GOALS: (Luke Saponjic 3, Spencer Warden 2, Brian Dudley 2, Mike Sample 2, Zach White 1, Travis Bickham 1, Spencer White 1, Cory Nasoff 1)

GOALIE SAVES: Tommy O'Connell (PEP) 8, Wil Toppen (CAL) 12