BIG WAVES

• Junior center Matty Walsh (Laguna Beach, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic HS) had four goals against the Broncos.
• Senior attacker Christian Hosea (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) posted a hat-trick in the game.
• Graduate goalie Antonio Knez (Dubrovnik, Croatia/Gimnazija Dubrovnik/Princeton) had 10 saves on the day while posting a .625 save percentage.

GAME RECAP

Santa Clara scored the first goal of the game with a man up, but Walsh quickly found the back of the net and tied the game 1-1. Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) then scored a goal of his own to put Pepperdine in front 2-1 at the end of the first quarter.
 
Hosea opened the second quarter with back-to-back goals and increased the Waves' advantage, 4-1. Walsh and Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) both found the back of the net and pushed Pepperdine's lead to five, 6-1. The Broncos scored a goal late in the half, and the Waves took a 6-2 lead into the break.
 
Walsh scored back-to-back goals to open the third quarter to add on to Pepperdine's lead, 8-2. After a few scoreless minutes, Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) scored his first goal of the game and increased the Waves' advantage, 9-2. Santa Clara found the back of the net, but a late goal by Hosea put Pepperdine back in front by seven at the end of the third period, 10-3.
 
Brosnan scored his second goal of the game to open the fourth to increase the lead for the Waves, 11-3. The Broncos tried to mount a rally, but it was too late as Pepperdine won the contest 11-6.
 
Pepperdine was led by Walsh who had four goals in the game, and a total of five Waves scored in the contest.
 
PEPP 2-4-4-1 — 11
SC 1-1-1-3 — 6
 
Pepperdine goals: Matty Walsh 4, Christian Hosea 3, Ryan Brosnan 2, Adam Csapo 1, Curtis Jarvis 1.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Waves will host #18 Pacific in their final West Coast Conference game of the season on Friday Nov. 10th at 1 p.m. at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.