MALIBU, Calif. " The No. 8 Pepperdine men's water polo team finished off the Aggie Roundup on Sunday with a 7-5 loss against UC Davis and an 18-5 win against Whittier. Marko Asic had five goals on the day, getting to 31 goals on the year, leading the team.

WAVES 5, UC DAVIS 7

Box Score

The first game of the day was a hard fought match against the No. 9 Aggies in which the Waves were held to just five goals, their lowest-scoring game so far. In the first quarter, the Aggies got ahead quickly and would never give up the lead. After two quick goals from UC Davis, Charles Olsen (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS) scored for the Waves, moving the game to 2-1 in favor of the Aggies after one quarter of play. In the second quarter, Kenneth Keller (Long Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) also got on the board for the Waves, just seconds after an Aggie goal. The Aggies would score twice more in the quarter, ending the half with a 5-2 advantage over the Waves. The third quarter was the only quarter in which the Waves would score more than once, with Mark Urban (Budapest, Hungary/Diablo Valley College) and Mate Toth (Balatonalmadi, Hungary/Szilagyi Erzsebet Boarding School) getting the third and fourth goals of the game for the Waves. Going to the fourth, the Waves were down only a goal, but a quick goal from UC Davis put the game out of reach. Asic (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) scored once more for the Waves, but it was not enough, as the Aggies closed out the game with another goal, making it 7-5. STATS

SCORING: PEPP—1—1—2—1—5 ; UCD—2—3—0—2—7

GOALS: PEPP— Asic, Keller, Olsen, Toth, Urban ; UCD— Goldschmidt (2), Anderson, Laidig, Hanley, Galli, Venne

SAVES: PEPP—Rhodes (11) ; UCD— Addington (12)

WAVES 18, WHITTIER 5

Box Score

In the second game of the day, the Waves beat Whittier by a score of 18-5. Asic lead the way for the Waves with four goals, while Chris Dilworth (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) had three. Olsen, Toth and Artak Arzumanyan (Glendale, Calif./Glendale HS) each had two goals, and George Mooney (Whittier Calif./La Serna HS), Sam Paur (Poway, Calif./Poway HS), Zack Trotter (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS), Justin Cowan (Rossmoor, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) and Blake Brutocao (La Verne, Calif./Damien HS) had a goal each.

STATS

SCORING: PEPP—4—6—4—4—18 ; WC—0—0—3—2—5

GOALS: PEPP— Asic (4), Dilworth (3), Arzumanyan (2), Olsen (2), Toth (2), Brutocao, Cole, Cowan, Mooney, Trotter ; WC— Aakhaus (2), Tol, Viteri, Zoolsek

SAVES: PEPP— Marco (15) ; WC— Wettstead (4)

The Waves play again in the MPSF Invitational beginning Friday, Sept. 22 in the opening round against UC Davis. Make sure to stay up to date by following the team on Facebook and Twitter (@PeppWaterPolo).