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Box Score 2 Santa Clara, Calif. — In the first game, the #4 Pepperdine men's water polo team gutted out a 15-14 win over #16 Fordham. The Waves outshot the Rams .536 to .452 and used their high-powered offense to clinch the win.
In the second game, Pepperdine took down Long Island University 23-5. The Waves jumped out to an early 6-3 lead and never looked back. They held the Sharks to just two goals in the final 24 minutes of the contest.
BIG WAVES
- Sophomore attacker Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) scored five goals and three assists in the two games today.
- Graduate attacker Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) tallied six goals and five assists for a total of 11 points on the day.
- Sophomore attacker Conor Brough (Dana Point, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) had four goals, five assists and six steals in the game against Long Island University.
- Freshman center Chase Wilson (New York, N.Y./Greenwich HS) posted a hat-trick in the second game of the day and had a total of four goals on Sunday.
GAME #1 RECAP
Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) found the back of the net two minutes into the game and gave the Waves an early 1-0 lead. The Rams countered with a goal of their own, but back-to-back goals by Csapo and
Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) gave Pepperdine a 3-1 advantage. A back-and-forth end to the period resulted in the Waves taking a 6-4 lead into the second quarter.
Fordham scored a goal to start the second period, but
Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) quickly found the back of the cage to put Pepperdine back in front by two, 7-5. The Rams then scored back-to-back goals to tie the game 7-7. Csapo scored late in the period and the Waves took an 8-7 lead into halftime.
Pepperdine scored three straight goals to start the second half to increase their advantage, 11-7. Fordham countered with back-to-back goals to make it an 11-9 game in favor of the Waves.
Sandor Gal (Budapest, Hungary/Leovey Klara Gimnazium) then found the back of the net to put Pepperdine in front by three, 12-9. The teams went back-and-forth to end the period and the Waves took a 13-11 lead into the fourth quarter.
Csapo scored his fourth goal of the game early in the fourth quarter to increase Pepperdine's advantage, 14-11. The Rams fought back late in the fourth, but a goal by Brosnan sealed the game and gave the Waves a 15-14 victory.
Pepperdine was led by Csapo who had four goals in the game, and a total of eight Waves scored in the contest.
FOR 4-3-4-3 — 14
PEPP 6-2-5-2 — 15
Pepperdine goals: Adam Csapo 4,
Nico Tierney 3,
Ryan Brosnan 2,
Christian Hosea 2,
Jon Carcarey 1,
Sandor Gal 1,
Travis Reynolds 1,
Chase Wilson 1.
GAME #2 RECAP
Pepperdine held a 6-3 advantage against Long Island University after the first quarter. Stifling defense from sophomore goalie
Zach Cwiertnia (Villa Park, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic HS) held the Sharks to just one goal in the second period. The Waves tacked on seven more goals in the second quarter and took a 13-4 lead into halftime. Pepperdine added five goals in the third quarter and took an 18-5 advantage heading into the final period. The Waves kept the Sharks off the board in the fourth quarter and tacked on five more goals to win the contest 23-5.
Clay Kaneko (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS), Wilson, Brough and Jarvis all tallied hat-tricks in the game. Brough also picked up five assists and six steals during the contest.
Jarvis led the way with six goals, and a total of 11 Waves scored in the game.
LIU 3-1-1-0 — 5
PEPP 6-7-5-5 — 23
Pepperdine goals: Curtis Jarvis 6,
Conor Brough 4,
Clay Kaneko 3,
Chase Wilson 3,
Adam Csapo 1,
Christian Hosea 1,
Dane Howell 1,
Milo Joseph 1,
Kaden Kaneko 1,
Andrew Outcalt 1,
Travis Reynolds 1.
UP NEXT
The Waves will face off against #13 California Baptist at noon in a West Coast Conference matchup on Saturday Oct. 28 in Riverside, Calif.
