Pepperdine University
UC San Diego
No. 8 Waves Set to Compete in MPSF Invite
10/10/2018 1:05:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
MALIBU, Calif. – This Week: The No. 8 Pepperdine men's water polo team travels to Palo Alto, Calif. for the biggest collegiate water polo tournament of the year in the MPSF Invite. The MPSF Invite includes 16 of the top collegiate water polo teams in the country. Pepperdine will face off against UC San Diego in their first game on Friday at 2:40 p.m.
Game #16: Friday (Oct. 12) at 2:40 p.m. at Avery Aquatics Center in Palo Alto, Calif. : No. 8 Pepperdine Waves (8-6, 1-0) vs. No. 11 UC San Diego
Game #17: Saturday (Oct. 13) at Avery Aquatics Center in Palo Alto,Calif. : No. 11 Pepperdine Waves vs. TBA
Game #18: Saturday (Oct. 13) at Avery Aquatics Center in Palo Alto,Calif. : No. 11 Pepperdine Waves vs. TBA
Game #19: Sunday (Oct. 14) at Avery Aquatics Center in Palo Alto,Calif. : No. 11 Pepperdine Waves vs. TBA
Follow: Follow along with this weekend's tournament on Twitter by following @PeppWaterPolo. Links to the schedule can be found at pepperdinewaves.com.
Team Leaders: Senior Chris Dilworth leads the team in points with 42 (37 goals, five assists), followed by a pair of freshman in Balazs Kosa and Sean Ferrari, who have 34 and 32 points respectively. Dilworth also leads the team in shooting percentage (.587) and drawn exclusions (22).
GCC Leaders: Dilworth's 37 goals are good for third-best in the Golden Coast Conference behind Boris Jovanovic of UCSB and Lucas Pavillard of Pacific. George Mooney is second in the conference in assists, with 18, behind Lucas Araya of Pacific. John Claude Marco's 99 saves are second in the conference.
Last Week: Last week, Pepperdine played in the first GCC matchup of the year, defeating Long Beach State in Long Beach 10-8. The Waves also won their two games at the Gary Troyer Tournament in Claremont, Calif., defeating Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
Schroeder: Head Coach Terry Schroeder is in his 26th year of coaching at Pepperdine. His first stint of coaching was from 1986-2005, after which he took an eight-year break to coach the United States National Team.
