Waves Host Slate of Games This Weekend

Malibu, Calif. –The No. 5 Pepperdine men's water polo team hosts a slate of three games in Malibu this weekend, including a Golden Coast Conference matchup with San Jose State on Saturday. On Sunday, the Waves will host the Pepperdine Invite, with games against Cal Lutheran and Concordia Irvine. The Pepperdine Invite also has a game between Cal Lutheran and Concordia Irvine at 3 p.m.

Game #25: Saturday (Nov. 2) at 12 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, Calif.: No. 5 Pepperdine (17-7, 1-1 GCC) vs. #12 San Jose State (7-13, 1-1 GCC).

Game #26: Sunday (Nov. 3) at 12 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, Calif.: No. 5 Pepperdine vs. Cal Lutheran (11-9, 4-5 SCIAC).

Game #27: Sunday (Nov. 3) at 6 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, Calif.: No. 5 Pepperdine vs. Concordia Irvine (8-12, 3-2 WWPA).

Conference Leaders: Balazs Kosa leads all Golden Coast Conference players in goals scored (67) and points (99) and is second in assists with 32. Curtis Jarvis is also in the top 10 in goals (36), assists (25) and total points (61). Marko Asic has 45 goals, good for fifth in the GCC and 55 points, good for eighth.

Follow: All games this weekend will have live video via Wavecasts and live stats via the FOSH, with links posted on pepperdinewaves.com. To keep up with the team, follow Pepperdine men's water polo on Twitter (@PeppWaterPolo) and Facebook (PeppWaterPolo).

Last Week: The Waves had two top-five matches last week. On Saturday, they traveled to #3 Pacific, falling 15-8. On Sunday, the Waves took on the nation's top team in Stanford, and fought until the end. Kosa and senior Mate Toth each had hat tricks for the Waves, but could not overcome the Cardinal, falling 12-11.

Notable: The Waves have two hallmark wins thus far in 2019: On Oct. 12, Pepperdine defeated #6 California 13-12 for the first time since 2008. Then one week later, the Waves defeated USC 13-12 for the first time since 2005 ... Marko Asic has been steadily climbing the all-time goal scoring ranks this year, and is currently fifth all-time with 227 goals. He is just 12 goals behind his father Pero on the list, who has 239 ... Chris Dilworth has 156 career goals, which puts him 16th all-time, just one behind Mike Grier in 15th.

Player of the Week: Two members of the team have earned Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks. Balazs Kosa earned it on 10/10 after his performances against Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and Marko Asic brought home the honors on 10/17 after helping the Waves over Cal.

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Players Mentioned

Marko Asic

Chris Dilworth

Curtis Jarvis

Balazs Kosa

Mate Toth

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