Pepperdine Downs Pacific

Friday, November 10

Malibu, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

23-5, 4-1

Pacific

12-11, 1-3

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Pacific	2	0	4	5	11
Pepperdine	3	2	7	6	18

Photo by: Sarah Otteman

11/10/2023 5:03:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

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By: By Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. — The #6 Pepperdine water polo team cruised to an 18-11 victory over #17 Pacific on Friday afternoon at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. The Waves outshot the Tigers .563 to .379.

With the win, Pepperdine clinched a share of the West Coast Conference regular season title and the No. 1 overall seed in the inaugural WCC tournament. Depending on other results, the Waves could be outright WCC regular season champions.

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.