No. 6 Waves Fall to Top-Ranked USC

Sunday, October 21

Los Angeles, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

USC

Photo by: Jeff Golden

10/21/2018 3:54:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sean Ferrari of the sixth-ranked Pepperdine men's water polo team had two goals on Sunday as the Waves fell to top-ranked USC, 17-6.
The Waves (12-9, 12-0 GCC) had goals from five different players, but could not catch the Trojans (24-1, 0-1 MPSF).
GAME RECAP
The Trojans jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before Ferrari (Redwood City, Calif./St. Francis HS) got the Waves only goal of the first quarter. USC scored twice more to take a 4-1 lead after one.

USC scored five straight goals in the second, taking a 9-1 lead. Ferrari scored with 28 second left in the half, cutting the lead to seven before the break.

The Waves started the second half hot, with Balazs Kosa (Budapest, Hungary/Csik Ferenc Általános Iskola És Gimnázium) and Chris Dilworth (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) each scoring within the first three minutes. Their two goals were the only goals in the period for the Waves however, as USC took a 12-4 lead into the final quarter.

The fourth quarter was more of the same, with USC scoring five times to the Waves' two goals. Sam Paur (Poway, Calif./Poway HS) and Mikey Dakis (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) scored the Waves' goals.

SCORING: PEPP 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 = 6 ; USC 4 - 5 - 3 - 5 = 17
GOALS: PEPP — Sean Ferrari 2, Balazs Kosa, Chris Dilworth, Michael Dakis, Sam Paur ; USC — Jacob Mercep 2, Sawyer Rhodes 2, Marko Vavic 2, Sam Slobodien 2, Alexander Lansill 2, Jake Ehrhardt, Matt Maier, Marin Dasic, Zach D'Sa, Danny Leong, Orestis Apergi, Troy Furniss.

SAVES: Sam Krutonog (USC) 7 [3 periods], Vaios Vlahotasios (USC) 3 [4th period], John Claude Marco (PEP) 3 [1st half], Kyle McKenney (PEP) 5 [2nd half].

UP NEXT
The Waves are back in action Saturday, Oct. 27, when they host Pacific at noon and have the alumni game directly after. Saturday will also be senior day, when the Waves will honor Sam Paur and Jens Cole.