MALIBU, Calif. – The #5 Pepperdine men's water polo team had an offensive explosion on Sunday, defeating #6 Loyola Marymount 19-7 in the final of a three-game home stand at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
The Waves (6-2) did not let up on the attack, but also had great defense, only allowing the Lions (4-4) 25 shots on the afternoon.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Pepperdine scored early and often, as Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Mater Dei HS), Balazs Kosa (Csik Ferenc Általános Iskola és Gimnázium) and Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) all scored in the first quarter. Kent Emden started in goal for the Waves and didn't allow a goal in the first eight minutes, giving the Waves a 3-0 lead after a quarter.
Kosa scored to lead off the second quarter with another goal before the Lions got their first goal of the day. Austin Smit (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) scored his first goal of the afternoon. After another Lions goal, Jarvis and Kosa each got another goal. Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) scored just before the end of the half, putting the Waves up 8-3 through the first half of play.
Pepperdine kept up the scoring in the second half, as Tierney scored his second of the game before Sean Ferrari (Redwood City, Calif./St. Francis HS) got two straight goals and Michael Dakis (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) scored before the end of the third. At the end of three, the Waves led 13-3.
In the final eight minutes of play, Jarvis completed his hat trick, as did Tierney, who scored three goals in the quarter. Christian Hosea (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) and Jake Howerton (Cardiff, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) got his only goal of the game.
STATS
SCORING: PEPP—3—5—4—7—19 ; CBU—0—3—0—4—7
GOALS: PEPP— Tierney (5), Jarvis (4), Kosa (3), Ferrari (2), Dakis, Hosea, Howerton, Reynolds, Smit ; LMU— Rimlinger (2), Baumgardner, Dunbar, Harvey, Roth, Shaw
SAVES: PEPP— Emden: 10 ; LMU— Halligan: 7, Lien: 2
UP NEXT
The Waves head to Riverside next week for a game against Air Force on Saturday and California Baptist on Sunday. Both games will be played on California Baptist's campus.
