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Men’s Water Polo Beats Irvine After Stressful Fourth Period

Senior Attacker Balazs Kosa attacks the net in the Waves’ 11-9 loss to Stanford on Sept. 18. Kosa leads the Waves in shots (85), goals (35) and assists (34) this season. Photo by Ryan Brinkman

No. 9 Pepperdine Men’s Water Polo beat No. 14 UC Irvine in their Golden Coast Conference opener in Malibu on Oct. 16. The game ended with a 9-6 win for the Waves.

The Waves started out strong, scoring seven of their nine goals in the first half, but stagnated in the third quarter and gave up three goals in the second half.