#4 Waves Go 2-0 in The Gary Troyer Tournament

Saturday, September 30

Claremont, Calif.

11:40 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Pomona-Pitzer

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Pepperdine	5	6	3	4	18
Pomona-Pitzer	1	5	2	0	8

Photo by: Jerry Harris

9/30/2023 5:05:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: By Athletic Communications

Claremont, Calif. — In the first game, the #4 Pepperdine men's water polo team defeated Pomona-Pitzer 18-8 at Haldeman Pool. The Waves took an early four-goal advantage after the first period and never looked back, leading to a victory against the Sagehens.

Then against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Pepperdine took a three-goal advantage into the third quarter. The Waves shut out the Stags in the third period and took a six-goal lead into the fourth quarter. From there, Pepperdine cruised to a 13-7 win.

BIG WAVES

Junior center Matty Walsh (Laguna Beach, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic HS) had two hat-tricks on the day.
Senior attacker Christian Hosea (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) had six goals on the day including a four-goal game against Pomona-Pitzer.
Freshman center Chase Wilson (New York, N.Y./Greenwich HS) had a hat-trick in the first game against Pomona-Pitzer, while also tacking on another goal in the contest against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

GAME #1 RECAP

The Waves took an early 1-0 lead thanks to a goal by Christian Hosea. The Sagehens countered with a goal of their own to tie the game, 1-1. Pepperdine then scored four times in a row to take a 5-1 lead into the second quarter.

Pomona-Pitzer found the back of the net to open the second period, but back-to-back goals by Jon Carcarey (Lompoc, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) and Adam Csapo (Budapest, Hungary/BME International Secondary School) increased the Waves advantage to 7-2. Hosea then scored the Waves third-straight goal and picked up a hat-trick in the game to increase their lead to 8-2. Travis Reynolds (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif./Loyola HS) and Csapo both found the back of the net late in the second period, but a few goals by the Sagehens had the Waves up 11-6 going into halftime.

Pomona-Pitzer opened up the third quarter with a couple goals, but Matty Walsh countered with a pair of goals to put Pepperdine in front 13-8. Chase Wilson (New York, N.Y./Greenwich HS) then found the back of the net to increase the Waves advantage to 14-8 heading into the final period.

After a few scoreless minutes to start the fourth quarter, Hosea scored his fourth goal of the game to increase Pepperdine's lead, 15-8. Wilson then scored on the Waves next possession to give them an eight goal advantage, 16-8. Pepperdine tacked on a couple more goals and ultimately won the contest 18-8.

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

POM 1-5-2-0 — 8
PEPP 5-6-3-4 —18

Pepperdine goals: Christian Hosea 4, Matty Walsh 3, Chase Wilson 3, Jon Carcarey 2, Adam Csapo 2, Clay Kaneko 2, Ryan Brosnan 1, Travis Reynolds 1.

GAME #2 RECAP

Clay Kaneko (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS) got the Waves on the board with an early goal to take a 1-0 lead. The Stags countered with a goal of their own, but back-to-back goals by Hosea and Brosnan put Pepperdine up 3-1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps then scored again, but a late goal by Walsh gave the Waves a 4-2 lead heading into the second quarter.

Wilson increased Pepperdine's lead to 5-2 after he found the back of the net to open up the second quarter. The Stags were able to get a goal back off a powerplay to cut the Waves' lead to 5-3. Hosea then tallied his second goal of the game to put Pepperdine back in front by three, 6-3. Both teams were scoreless for the final three minutes of the quarter and the Waves took a three-goal advantage into halftime.

After a slow start to the second half by both teams, Anthony D'Ambra (Rolling Hills, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) and Sandor Gal (Budapest, Hungary/Leovey Klara Gimnazium) both found the back of the cage to increase Pepperdine's lead to 8-3. Kaneko then scored with five seconds remaining in the quarter to give the Waves a 9-3 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps opened the final period with back-to-back goals to cut Pepperdine's lead to 9-5. Walsh then scored a goal off a beautiful assist from Gal to increase the Waves advantage to 10-5. Walsh, Nico Tierney (Sierra Madre, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS) and Brosnan all scored in the period as the Waves closed out the game with a 13-7 victory.

Walsh led the way with three goals, and a total of eight Waves scored in the contest.

CMS 2-1-0-4 — 7
PEPP 4-2-3-4 —13

Pepperdine goals: Matty Walsh 3, Ryan Brosnan 2, Christian Hosea 2, Clay Kaneko 2, Anthony D'Ambra 1, Sandor Gal 1, Nico Tierney 1, Chase Wilson 1.

UP NEXT

The Waves will travel to Long Beach, Calif. to take on #7 Long Beach State on Saturday Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.