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Men's Water Polo

No. 9 Waves' Season Ends Vs. Pacific At MPSF Championship

Nov. 28, 2010

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PALO ALTO, Calif. - The 2010 season for the ninth-ranked Pepperdine men's water polo team reached its conclusion Sunday morning following a 13-5 loss to Pacific in the seventh-place game at the MPSF Championship hosted by Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center.

Pepperdine closed the year with a 9-18 mark, while Pacific finished with a record of 17-11.

The Tigers scored six third-period goals to break open a 4-4 game, stretching its run to 8-0 before the Waves would score again in the fourth frame. Goran Tomasevic led Pacific with three goals in the contest.

Sophomore Danny White (Oxnard, Calif./Rio Mesa HS) scored twice to lead
Pepperdine. Also scoring for the Waves were redshirt sophomore Matt Brown (Bellevue, Wash./Brown Academy), junior Nate Castillo (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS) and sophomore Spencer Hamby (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS).

Pepperdine goalkeepers Bence Valics (Eger, Hungary/Szilagyi Erzsebet Secondary) and Bryce McLain (Costa Mesa, Calif./Newport Beach HS) again split time in the cage for the second straight day to combine for nine stops.

Information from GoStanford.com was used in this report.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 F

Pepperdine 1 1 2 1 5

Pacific 2 2 6 3 13

Goals

Pepperdine: White 2, Brown, Castillo, Hamby

Pacific: Tomasevic 3, Erdelyi 2, Gullikson 2, Koning 2, Szabo 2, Delong, Morrison

Saves

Pepperdine: Valics 8 (three periods), McLain 1 (one period)

Pacific: Malkis 10 (3.5 periods), Frantz 3 (0.5 period) (UOP)

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Players Mentioned

Matt Brown

#4 Matt Brown

C
6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
Spencer Hamby

#11 Spencer Hamby

C
6' 3"
Sophomore
Bryce McLain

#1 Bryce McLain

GK
6' 3"
Senior
Bence Valics

#1 Bence Valics

GK
6' 2"
Freshman
Danny White

#7 Danny White

CB
6' 3"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Matt Brown

#4 Matt Brown

6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
C
Spencer Hamby

#11 Spencer Hamby

6' 3"
Sophomore
C
Bryce McLain

#1 Bryce McLain

6' 3"
Senior
GK
Bence Valics

#1 Bence Valics

6' 2"
Freshman
GK
Danny White

#7 Danny White

6' 3"
Sophomore
CB