Tournament Central

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The No. 9 Pepperdine men's water polo team dropped its final two games at the NorCal Invitational on Sunday, falling in the morning to No. 6 UC Santa Barbara, 10-9, and then to No. 8 UC Irvine in the afternoon, 12-9.

The Waves came up just short in an overtime battle against UCSB in the morning, losing on a penalty shot in the second overtime period.

Pepperdine led the Gauchos 4-2 at the half, but UCSB came back with four goals in the third quarter to tie it. After each team scored once in the fourth quarter, they went to overtime even at 7-7. Each team again scored once in the first overtime.

After the Waves tied the game at 9-9 in the second overtime, a brutality foul was called on Pepperdine, giving the Gauchos a penalty shot that won the game in sudden death.

Marko Madaras (Eger, Hungary//Golden West College) led Pepperdine in the game with four goals, scoring three in the first quarter. Wesley Sherburne (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar HS) had two goals.

In the second game of the day, Pepperdine tried to make a fourth-quarter comeback, but were held off by UCI in the late game.

The Waves outscored the Anteaters 3-2 in the fourth quarter, but a 10-6 deficit heading into the period was too much to overcome. Pepperdine scored the last two goals of the game, but ran out of time.

Mark Urban (Budapest, Hungary//Diablo Valley College) led the Waves with three goals in the game.

Pepperdine will be back in action on Thursday when they host UCSB for a rematch in what will be a non-conference game. It will be the Waves' first home game of the year.

No. 6 UC Santa Barbara def. No. 9 Pepperdine, 10-9 (ot)
UCSB - 1 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
PEP - 3 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1

UCSB Scoring: Cetterili 2, Caughan 2, Hauschild 2, Shoemaker, Hamilton, Alkateb, Bujian
PEP Scoring: Madaras 4, Sherburne 2, Asic, Urban, Hewko

No. 8 UC Irvine def. No. 9 Pepperdine, 12-9
UCI - 4 - 2 - 4 - 2
PEP - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3

UCI Scoring: Ramirez 2, Roberts 2, Marshall 2, Fellner 2, McClintick, Roelse, Snyder, Robinson
PEP Scoring: Urban 3, Asic 2, Sherburne, Beck, Hewko, Arzumanyan