Pepperdine University
Long Beach State
Waves Travel to Long Beach for GCC Tournament
11/14/2018 9:43:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
MALIBU, Calif. – This Week: The No. 8 Pepperdine men's water polo team is the #2 seed at this weekend's Golden Coast Conference Tournament after finishing the conference schedule with a 3-1 record. In their first game of the tournament, the Waves will be taking on the #3 seed Long Beach State
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Game #26: Saturday (November 16) at 11 p.m. at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center in Long Beach, Calif.: No. 8 Pepperdine Waves (15-10, 2-1 GCC) vs. No. 6 Long Beach State (11-11, 3-2 GCC)
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Follow: All games of the GCC Conference Tournament will have both a live stream and live stats. Links to the games in which Pepperdine will be playing can be found at pepperdinewaves.com.
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Team Leaders: Freshman Balazs Kosa leads the team in points with 61, thanks to a seven-goal performance last week against Pacific. He is followed by Chris Dilworth with 54 and Mate Toth with 50.
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GCC Leaders: Dilworth's 46 goals are good for fifth-best in the Golden Coast Conference. George Mooney is second in the conference in assists, with 27, behind Lucas Araya of Pacific, and Balazs Kosa is right behind him in 4th with 23. John Claude Marco's 123 saves are second in the conference. Mate Toth has 30 steals, good for third in the GCC.
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Last Week: Last week, the Waves hosted their final two home games of the year. Freshman Balazs Kosa had a season-high seven goals against Pacific in a 13-12 loss. The Waves also got a five-goal performance from Curtis Jarvis in the second game of the weekend, a 16-8 victory over Princeton.
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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.
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