MALIBU, Calif. – Head coach Merrill Moses and the Pepperdine men's water polo team have announced the fall 2025 schedule, which features nine home contests at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
 
"We are looking forward to a great 2025 season," Moses said. "We have one of the most demanding schedules Pepperdine water polo has played in a very long time and we'll be playing against most of the top teams in the Country. The West Coast Conference is one of the most competitive conferences in water polo and we are excited to represent Pepperdine in the WCC for a third year. We hope that our fans, family, alumni, friends and the Pepperdine community come out to watch as many games as possible and support our team next season. I look forward to seeing you on the pool deck cheering loudly for the Waves!"
 
Pepperdine is set to face off against five of the eight teams that made the 2024 NCAA Tournament, including the defending national champions UCLA, national runner up USC, national semifinalist Stanford and national quarterfinalists California Baptist and Princeton.
 
The Waves will open the season at the Triton Invite at the end of August before their home opener against USC on Sept. 7. Other marquee home games include Princeton (Oct. 12) - who made the NCAA Tournament last year - and UC Irvine (Nov. 1) who finished in the top-10 of the final 2024 rankings.
 
Pepperdine's home West Coast Conference matchups are Pacific (Oct. 17), Air Force (Oct. 19) and Loyola Marymount (Nov. 8), while road WCC contests have California Baptist (Oct. 9), San Jose State (Oct. 24) and Santa Clara (Nov. 14) on the slate.
 
Non-conference road games against teams who finished in the top-10 in the final 2024 rankings include UCLA (Sept. 13), California (Sept. 27), Stanford (Sept. 28) and Long Beach State (Oct. 3).
 
Additionally, Pepperdine will play in three neutral tournaments including the Triton Invite to open the year (Aug. 30-31), the MPSF Invite (Sept. 19-21) and the Julian Fraser Tournament (Oct. 25).
 
Tickets for the Waves' home contests will be available at a later date. For more information, Follow @PeppWaterPolo on X and check out pepperdinewaves.com and Facebook (/PeppWaterPolo) for releases and more information. Find the Waves on Instagram @peppwaterpolo.
 
The complete schedule is as follows (home games in bold):
 
Aug. 30-31 at Triton Invite (at UCSD)
Sept. 7 vs. USC
Sept. 11 vs. Whittier
Sept. 11 vs. UCSB
Sept. 13 at UCLA
Sept. 19-21 at MPSF Invite (at UCLA/USC)
Sept. 27 at California
Sept. 28 at Stanford
Oct. 3 at Long Beach State
Oct. 9 at California Baptist*
Oct. 12 vs. Princeton
Oct. 17 vs. Pacific*
Oct. 19 vs. Air Force*
Oct. 24 at San Jose State*
Oct. 25 at Julian Fraser Tournament (at Santa Clara)
Nov. 1 vs. UC Irvine
Nov. 2 vs. Cal State Fullerton
Nov. 8 vs. LMU*
Nov. 14 at Santa Clara*
Nov. 21-23 at WCC Championships (at Air Force)
           
            *West Coast Conference Game