CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 8 Pepperdine men's water polo team came out on top of a hard fought matchup with No. 17 Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, by a 10-6 margin in the team's first game of the day. The team also defeated Claremont Mudd-Scripps by a score of 18-8. Mark Urban was the Waves' top scorer of the day, netting six balls over both matches.

Box Score vs. Pomona-Pitzer

WAVES 10, POMONA-PITZER 6

Going into the fourth quarter, the Waves and Sagehens were locked in a 6-6 tie before Sam Paur (Poway, Calif./Poway HS) put a ball past the Pomona goalkeeper. The Waves would not let up, grabbing goals from Marko Asic (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS), Urban (Budapest, Hungary/Diablo Valley College), and Chris Dilworth (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) to put the Sagehens away, 10-6.

Asic had two goals in the first half, giving him a hat trick, and Dilworth had two goals in the third to give him a hat trick as well. Goals from Kenneth Keller (Long Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) and George Mooney (Whittier, Calif./La Serna HS) gave the Waves their final total of 10 goals. Zack Rhodes (Palm Desert, Calif./Palm Desert HS) had 11 saves in the game.

STATS

SCORING: PEPP—2—2—2—4—10 ; P-P— 3—2—1—0—6

GOALS: PEPP: Asic 3, Dilworth 3, Keller, Mooney, Paur, Urban ; P-P: Curry, Gross, Niskey, Senator, Schaefer, Ward

SAVES: PEPP: Rhodes 11 ; P-P: Diemer 8

Box Score vs. Claremont Mudd-Scripps

WAVES 18, CLAREMONT MUDD-SCRIPPS 8

In the Waves' first game of the day, the team came our firing from the beginning, getting quick goals from Dilworth, Paur, and Sean Thomas (Covina, Calif./Loyola HS). Those three goals gave the Waves a lead that they would not give up the whole game. Urban scored five goals, and Thomas finished with a hat trick. Asic, Mooney, and Mate Toth (Balatonalmadi, Hungary/Szilagyi Erzsebet Boarding School) each had two goals on the game, while Dilworth, Paur, and Justin Cowan (Rossmoor, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) each finished with a single goal, giving the Waves a final goal total of 18. Rhodes had eight saves in the first game.

STATS

SCORING: PEPP—6—6—2—4—18 ; CMS—2—2—2—2—8

GOALS: PEPP— Urban 5, Thomas 3, Asic 2, Mooney 2, Toth 2, Cowan, Dilworth, Paur ; CMS— Banta 2, Thvedt 2, Box, Rossman, Thomson, TIlton

SAVES: PEPP— Rhodes 8, Lewis 12, Pauletich 6

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