#4 Pepperdine Defeats #17 California Baptist and Improves to 2-0 in WCC Play

Saturday, October 28

Riverside, Calif.

12:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

20-4 (2-0WCC)

California Baptist

15-15 (2-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Pepperdine	5	3	5	3	16
California Baptist	4	3	1	3	11

Photo by: Jeff Golden

#4 Pepperdine Defeats #17 California Baptist and Improves to 2-0 in WCC Play

10/28/2023 3:52:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

By: By Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. — The #4 Pepperdine men's water polo team defeated #17 California Baptist 16-11 at Lancer Aquatics Center. The Waves improved to 2-0 in West Coast Conference play.

BIG WAVES

Freshman utility Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) had a total of four goals in the game.
Sophomore attacker Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) had a hat-trick in the contest.
Graduate driver Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) tallied two goals and picked up an assist against the Lancers.
Sophomore attacker Sandor Gal (Budapest, Hungary/Leovey Klara Gimnazium) picked up two assists and a goal in the game.

GAME RECAP

California Baptist opened up the game with two quick goals to take a 2-0 lead. Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) then found the back of the net to bring Pepperdine within one, 2-1. After a back-and-forth middle of the first period, Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS), Csapo and Chase Wilson (New York, N.Y./Greenwich HS) scored three straight goals to give the Waves a 5-4 lead going into the second quarter.

The Lancers opened up the scoring in the second quarter, but back-to-back goals by Carcarey, and another goal by Csapo put the Waves in front, 8-5. California Baptist countered with two goals to end the period, and Pepperdine took an 8-7 lead into the break.

Csapo and Brosnan both found the back of the net to start the second half and gave the Waves a three-goal advantage, 10-7. California Baptist added a goal of their own, but Pepperdine was able to pull ahead at the end of the quarter to take a 13-8 lead into the final period.

Matty Walsh (Laguna Beach, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic HS) started off the fourth quarter with a goal for the Waves, increasing their advantage to six, 14-8. The Lancers scored the game's next two goals, but back-to-back goals by Carcarey sealed the game for Pepperdine as they ultimately won the contest 16-11.

Pepperdine was led by Carcarey who had four goals in the game, and a total of nine Waves scored in the contest.

CBU 4-3-1-3 — 11
PEPP 5-3-5-3 — 16

Pepperdine goals: Jon Carcarey 4, Adam Csapo 3, Ryan Brosnan 2, Matty Walsh 2, Sandor Gal 1, Christian Hosea 1, Curtis Jarvis 1, Travis Reynolds 1, Chase Wilson 1.

UP NEXT

The Waves will host Air Force on Sunday Oct. 29 in a West Coast Conference contest before taking on Cal Lutheran in a non-conference matchup later that afternoon.