Pepperdine University
UC Santa Barbara
Waves Take Sixth at MPSF Invite
10/14/2018 1:17:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's water polo team took sixth place at the MPSF Invite, hosted this year by Stanford, after falling to Golden Coast Conference rival UC Santa Barbara, 10-6 on Sunday. Curtis Jarvis led the Waves with two goals in the game.
The Waves (11-8) had big wins over UC San Diego and Pacific in the tournament to get to the 5th place game against the Gauchos (16-6).
GAME RECAP
The Waves had the hot hand early with Balazs Kosa (Budapest, Hungary/Csik Ferenc Altalanos Iskola Es Gimnazium) and Chris Dilworth (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) scored first. The Gauchos came back with three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead after one period of play.
In the second quarter, the Waves got just a single goal from Mate Toth (). However, thanks to some great defense and incredible saves from John Claude Marco (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep), the Gauchos were also held to a single goal. The Gauchos had a 4-3 lead going to the half.
The Waves came out firing in the third quarter, with Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) scoring two goals back-to-back, followed by Sean Ferrari (Redwood City, Calif./St. Francis HS) scoring a goal of his own to take a 6-5 lead. Santa Barbara scored a goal in the final seconds of the quarter to tie the game at 6 going into the final period. The Gauchos kept the Waves from scoring while netting four balls of their own to seal the 10-6 victory.
STATS
Scoring: PEPP - 4-1-3-0-10 ; UCSB - 3-1-2-4-10
Goals: PEPP - Jarvis (2), Dilworth, Ferrari, Jarvis, Toth
Saves: PEPP - Marco (8)
UP NEXT
The Waves will be back in action Saturday, October 20, when they host UC Irvine for a GCC matchup. Â
