#6 Waves Complete Fourth Quarter Comeback

Saturday, November 11

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

24-5, 5-1

UC Irvine

16-8, 4-1

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UC Irvine	2	2	5	2	11
Pepperdine	4	2	2	5	13

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Terry Schroeder, Merrill Moses, Mike Tragitt and Steve Potts

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Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

11/11/2023 3:35:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score Photo Gallery

By: By Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. — The #6 Pepperdine water polo team completed a fourth quarter comeback against #5 UC Irvine as the Waves defeated the Anteaters 13-11 at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool on Saturday afternoon. Pepperdine outshot UC Irvine .419 to .355.

BIG WAVES

Graduate driver Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) scored one goal, dished out four assists and had two steals in against the Anteaters.
Senior center Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) scored four goals in the game.
Senior attacker Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) tallied two goals and five assists for a total of seven points.

GAME RECAP

Reynolds found the back of the net on the Waves second possession of the game to give them a 1-0 lead. The Anteaters countered with a goal of their own, but back-to-back goals by Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) and Jarvis put Pepperdine in front 3-1. Each team scored once more in the period, and the Waves took a 4-2 advantage into the second quarter.

UC Irvine found the back of the net on its first possession of the second period to cut Pepperdine's lead in half, 4-3. Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) then scored for the Waves to put them back up by two, 5-3. The Anteaters once again trimmed the Waves lead to one as they scored another goal, but Sandor Gal (Budapest, Hungary/Leovey Klara Gimnazium) found the back of the net for the second time in the game to give Pepperdine a 6-4 lead going into the break.

UC Irvine started the second half with a pair of goals to tie the game six-all. Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) found the back of the cage to give the Waves a 7-6 advantage. After a timeout, the Anteaters scored three-straight goals and took a 9-7 lead with 0:56 left in the third quarter. Reynolds then scored his second goal of the game to bring Pepperdine within one going into the fourth quarter, 9-8.

After trailing to begin the fourth quarter, Anthony D'Ambra (Rolling Hills, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) and Jarvis both found the back of the net to put the Waves in front 10-9 with 3:33 left in the game. UC Irvine countered with a goal of its own to tie the game 10-all with 2:13 left to play. Reynolds then scored back-to-back goals to put Pepperdine up 12-10, which sealed the game for the Waves. Pepperdine ultimately won the contest 13-11.

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

UCI 2-2-5-2 — 11
PEPP 4-2-2-5 — 13

Pepperdine goals: Travis Reynolds 4, Sandor Gal 2, Curtis Jarvis 2, Ryan Brosnan 1, Jon Carcarey 1, Adam Csapo 1, Anthony D'Ambra 1, Nico Tierney 1.

UP NEXT

The Waves will host a West Coast Conference semifinal game on Saturday Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. Their opponent is yet to be determined.