Water Polo to Honor Seniors on Saturday

Malibu, Calif. – The No. 6 Pepperdine men's water polo team hosts No. 5 UC Santa Barbara in the final regular season game of the season. The Waves will also honor five seniors, Marko Asic, Chris Dilworth, George Mooney, Sean Thomas and Mate Toth in their final regular season home game at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.

Game #29: Saturday (Nov. 16) at 12 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, Calif.: No. 6 Pepperdine (21-7, 3-1 GCC) vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara (19-5, 3-1 GCC).

Conference Leaders: Balazs Kosa leads all Golden Coast Conference players in goals scored (76) and points (111) and is tied for the conference lead in assists with 35. Marko Asic has 55 goals, second in the GCC and 72 points, good for seventh. Curtis Jarvis is also in the top 10 in goals (41), assists (33) and total points (74). Kyle McKenney is fourth in the conference with 110 saves on the year.

Follow: This weekend's GCC matchup 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), Instagram (@PeppWaterPolo) and Facebook (PeppWaterPolo).

Last Week: The Waves defeated Long Beach State in a down-to-the-wire game on Saturday. Chris Dilworth came through for the Waves, scoring a second-half hat trick to give the Waves the edge over the Beach.

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 237 goals. He is just 2 goals behind his father Pero on the list, who has 239 and will likely pass him this week ... Chris Dilworth has 164 career goals, which puts him 16th all-time and eight goals behind Adam Hewko in 15th ... Sunday's victory over Concordia gave the Waves 20 wins for the first time since 2008.

Player of the Week: Three members of the team have earned Player of the Week honors this year. Chris Dilworth won it most recently this past week after a hat trick lifted the Waves over Long Beach State. 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 defeat Cal.

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Players Mentioned

Marko Asic

Chris Dilworth

Balazs Kosa

Kyle McKenney

George Mooney

Sean Thomas

Mate Toth

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