LOS ANGELES, California – The #10 Pepperdine men's water polo team scored twice in the final 15 seconds of overtime, including the game-winning goal by Anthony D'Ambra with one second left, to stun PCH Cup rival and #20-ranked Loyola Marymount 11-10 on Sunday.
 
The Waves (4-2) overcame a two-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to get the game into overtime. They also managed to overcome the Lions' (2-3) advantage on the power play, as LMU went 6-for-12 compared to Pepperdine's 1-for-6.
 
BIG WAVES

• Sophomore Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS), in his first weekend back after competing for the U.S. at the Junior World Championships, scored a game-high four goals.
• Sophomore attacker Anthony D'Ambra (Rolling Hills, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) scored twice, including the game-winner.
• Senior attacker Balazs Kosa (Budapest, Hungary) added a pair of goals, both in overtime.
• Senior goalie John Claude Marco (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep) was credited with 12 saves.

GAME RECAP
 
The Lions scored three power-play goals in the first quarter to take a 3-2 lead, but the Waves held LMU scoreless in the second period to go up 4-3. The Waves took their only two-goal lead midway through the third quarter on a strike by senior utility Sean Ferrari (Redwood City, Calif./St. Francis HS), but LMU came back with the next three goals to lead 6-5 after three periods. The Lions led 8-6 with under four minutes to play but the Waves tied it on two goals by Tierney, one that was even-strength with 3:22 left and the other on a five-meter penalty with 32 seconds remaining.
 
The Waves scored first in overtime on a Kosa goal, but the Lions got the next two to take a 10-9 lead, and held on to that one-goal lead into the final minute of the second overtime. With 15 seconds left, Kosa scored to tie it. After a Lion miss, a quick counterattack got the ball into the hands of D'Ambra, who scored with one second remaining on the clock.
 
LMU 3-0-3-2-1-1---10
PEPP 2-2-1-3-1-2---11
Pepperdine goals: Nico Tierney 4, Anthony D'Ambra 2, Balazs Kosa 2, Sean Ferrari 1, Jake Howerton 1, Kaden Kaneko 1.
 
NOTABLE 

• Kosa is now at 194 career goals, 12th all-time at Pepperdine. Ferrari is at 99 career goals and he is about to become the 43rd Wave to get to 100.
• Pepperdine beat LMU for the 11th consecutive time.

UP NEXT
 
After beginning the first two weekends of the season on the road, the Waves get four home games next week, hosting Westcliff and UC Santa Barbara on Thursday (Sept. 16) and Stanford and Princeton on Saturday (Sept. 18). All four matches will be streamed via WaveCasts. Fans will be welcomed back to Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool but must pre-purchase their tickets online.