BIG WAVES

• Graduate driver Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) tallied two goals and four assists on the day for a total of six points.
• Senior center defender Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) notched a hat-trick against the Tigers.
• Sophomore attacker Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) scored a team-high five goals in the game.
• Graduate goalie Antonio Knez (Dubrovnik, Croatia/Gimnazija Dubrovnik/Princeton) had 13 saves on the day while posting a .542 save percentage.

GAME RECAP

Pacific scored the first goal of the game, but Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) quickly found the back of the net and tied the game 1-1. The Waves and Tigers traded goals in the middle of the period before a late goal by Christian Hosea (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) gave Pepperdine a 3-2 advantage heading into the second quarter.
 
Knez blanked the Tigers in the second period. Tierney and Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) both found the back of the net in the quarter, and the Waves took a 5-2 lead into the break.
 
Pepperdine and Pacific traded goals throughout the first half of the third quarter as the Waves had a 10-6 advantage with 3:13 left in the period. Solid defense and a pair of goals by Csapo put Pepperdine up six heading into the fourth quarter, 12-6.
 
Back-to-back goals to start the period by Hosea and Csapo increased the Waves' advantage to eight, 14-6. Pepperdine tacked on four more goals before the end of the game as they went on to win 18-11.
 
PAC 2-0-4-5 — 11
PEPP 3-2-7-6 — 18
 
Pepperdine goals: Adam Csapo 5, Christian Hosea 3, Nico Tierney 3, Ryan Brosnan 2, Jon Carcarey 2, Travis Reynolds 2, Curtis Jarvis 1.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Waves host #5 UC Irvine in their final game of the regular season on Saturday Nov. 11th at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.