Friday, September 22
Los Angeles, Calif.
3:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
10-1
15
vs
12
UC San Diego
6-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Pepperdine | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
Team Stats
UCSD
PEP
Shots
26
29
Goals
12
15
Assists
6
10
Points
18
25
Exclusions
8
11
Steals
13
14
Sprints
4
0
1
Adam Csapo
5:45
Kaden Kaneko
5:04
Kaden Kaneko
3:25
Lucas Romaguera
1:54
Christian Hosea
1:36
Landon Akerstrom
1:10
Rhys Bugelli
0:43
Felipe Ferreira
0:22
2
Ante Buzov
7:43
Nico Tierney
6:32
Nico Tierney
4:45
Curtis Jarvis
3:18
Kaden Kaneko
2:09
Felipe Ferreira
1:41
Matty Walsh
1:22
Landon Akerstrom
0:32
3
Rhys Bugelli
6:56
Adam Csapo
4:49
Felipe Ferreira
3:53
Sandor Gal
3:03
Kaden Likins
2:19
Kaden Kaneko
2:06
4
Sandor Gal
7:14
Rhys Bugelli
4:21
Jon Carcarey
3:55
Jon Carcarey
2:27
Landon Akerstrom
1:56
Game Leaders
Shots
6
Goals
4
Assists
0
Points
4
Shots
4
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
2
Shots
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Points
1
Shots
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Points
1
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Morgan Davenport
#4 Pepperdine Earns a Hard-Fought Win Against #9 UC San Diego
9/22/2023 4:45:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Los Angeles, Calif. – The #4 Pepperdine men's water polo team (10-1) held off a strong #9 UC San Diego team at Spieker Aquatics Center on Friday afternoon. The Waves and Tritons went back-and-forth all day, but Pepperdine was able to get timely goals in the fourth quarter to win the game 15-12.
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BIG WAVES
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Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) found the back of the net early in the first quarter to give the Waves an early 1-0 lead. Later on in the quarter, Kaden Kaneko scored twice to increase Pepperdine's lead to 3-0. The Tritons battled back and had the game knotted up at four-all at the end of the period.
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UCSD opened up the second quarter with a goal to take a 5-4 lead. Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) then connected with Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) who put the ball in the net to quickly tie the game up at five-all. After a timeout called by the Waves, Tierney, Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) and Kaden Kaneko all scored to give Pepperdine four straight goals and a 8-5 lead. Kaneko's goal earned him a hat trick on the day. Later in the period, a couple goals by UC San Diego trimmed Pepperdine's lead to 9-7 going into the break.
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The Waves and Tritons traded goals in a back-and-forth third quarter. Pepperdine got goals from Csapo, Sandor Gal and Kaden Kaneko to take a 12-10 lead heading into the final period.
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Gal opened up the fourth quarter with a quick goal to increase the Waves lead to 13-10. UCSD countered with a goal of their own to make it a 13-11 lead for Pepperdine halfway through the final period. Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) then had back-to-back goals to give the Waves a 15-11 lead with two minutes to play. Pepperdine held on to win the game 15-12.
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Kaden Kaneko led the way with four goals, and a total of eight Waves scored in the contest.
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UCSD 4-3-3-2—12
PEPP 4-5-3-3—15
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Pepperdine goals: Kaden Kaneko 4, Jon Carcarey 2, Adam Csapo 2, Sandor Gal 2, Nico Tierney 2, Christian Hosea 1, Curtis Jarvis 1, Matty Walsh 1.
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UP NEXT
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The Waves will face off against #2 UCLA at 11 a.m. at Uytengsu Aquatics Center on Saturday, Sept. 23. A win against the Bruins will have the Waves playing again at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday night, while a loss will have their second game at 5 p.m.
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BIG WAVES
- Graduate utility player Kaden Kaneko (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS) had a career-high four goals on the day.
- Sophomore attacker Sandor Gal (Budapest, Hungary/Leovey Klara Gimnazium) scored twice and had an assist.
- Center defender Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) tallied two goals on the day, while also picking up three assists.
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Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) found the back of the net early in the first quarter to give the Waves an early 1-0 lead. Later on in the quarter, Kaden Kaneko scored twice to increase Pepperdine's lead to 3-0. The Tritons battled back and had the game knotted up at four-all at the end of the period.
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UCSD opened up the second quarter with a goal to take a 5-4 lead. Ryan Brosnan (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS/UC Santa Barbara) then connected with Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) who put the ball in the net to quickly tie the game up at five-all. After a timeout called by the Waves, Tierney, Curtis Jarvis (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) and Kaden Kaneko all scored to give Pepperdine four straight goals and a 8-5 lead. Kaneko's goal earned him a hat trick on the day. Later in the period, a couple goals by UC San Diego trimmed Pepperdine's lead to 9-7 going into the break.
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The Waves and Tritons traded goals in a back-and-forth third quarter. Pepperdine got goals from Csapo, Sandor Gal and Kaden Kaneko to take a 12-10 lead heading into the final period.
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Gal opened up the fourth quarter with a quick goal to increase the Waves lead to 13-10. UCSD countered with a goal of their own to make it a 13-11 lead for Pepperdine halfway through the final period. Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) then had back-to-back goals to give the Waves a 15-11 lead with two minutes to play. Pepperdine held on to win the game 15-12.
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Kaden Kaneko led the way with four goals, and a total of eight Waves scored in the contest.
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UCSD 4-3-3-2—12
PEPP 4-5-3-3—15
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Pepperdine goals: Kaden Kaneko 4, Jon Carcarey 2, Adam Csapo 2, Sandor Gal 2, Nico Tierney 2, Christian Hosea 1, Curtis Jarvis 1, Matty Walsh 1.
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UP NEXT
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The Waves will face off against #2 UCLA at 11 a.m. at Uytengsu Aquatics Center on Saturday, Sept. 23. A win against the Bruins will have the Waves playing again at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday night, while a loss will have their second game at 5 p.m.
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