Sunday, February 14
Los Angeles, Calif.
11:00 AM
USC
3-5
13
vs
7
Pepperdine
2-2
1
2
3
4
F
Pepperdine
2
1
1
3
7
Southern California
1
6
5
1
13
Team Stats
PEP
USC
Shots
31
31
Goals
7
13
Assists
2
10
Points
9
23
Exclusions
10
13
Steals
6
15
Sprints
3
1
1
Balazs Kosa
3:53
Balazs Kosa
2:57
Marcus Longton
0:40
2
Jake Ehrhardt
7:01
Jake Ehrhardt
5:33
Max Miller
4:50
Curtis Jarvis
2:57
Jacob Mercep
2:45
Marcus Longton
1:13
Jacob Mercep
0:41
3
Jacob Mercep
6:15
Marcus Longton
5:53
Balazs Kosa
5:41
Jacob Mercep
4:41
Jacob Mercep
2:21
Wyatt Barker
0:44
4
Sean Ferrari
5:22
Carson Kranz
4:49
Balazs Kosa
3:04
Balazs Kosa
2:23
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
11
Goals
5
Assists
2
Points
7
Shots
6
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
4
Shots
5
Goals
3
Assists
1
Points
4
Shots
4
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
2
Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Water PoloNo. 4 USC Men's Water Polo Overpowers No. 5 Pepperdine 13-7
February 14, 2021 | Men's Water Polo, Features
Vaios Vlahotasios made 14 saves to back up the Trojans’ home victory.
LOS ANGELES — The No. 4 USC men's water polo team poured out 11 goals in two periods to leave No. 5 Pepperdine in its wake en route to a 13-7 win at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Jacob Mercep unfurled five goals, and Vaios Vlahotasios hauled in 14 saves during USC's well-balanced winning effort. The nonconference win improves USC to 3-5 overall. Before the game, USC celebrated its two graduating seniors — Jere Ashby and Luke Wyatt — in a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
USC would misfire early on while Pepperdine converted a 6-on-5 and a 5-meter penalty shot to take a 2-0 lead in the first before the Trojans broke their silence on a blast from Marcus Longton in the final minute. Trailing 2-1, USC rattled off three straight goals in the second, and the Trojans never looked back. Jake Ehrhardt had back-to-back goals in the surge, and Max Miller had a hugely heroic effort at 2-meters to get USC on top to stay. Pepperdine stopped the run with a goal next, but USC wrapped two Jacob Mercep strikes around Longton's second slingshot of the day, and the Trojans were up comfortably 7-3 at halftime.
Duly warmed up, Mercep rattled the back of the cage three more times in the third while only a single Pepperdine 5-meter penalty shot would account for the Waves' scoring in the frame. With his five-goal outburst, Mercep cracked USC's top-20 scoring charts, now ranked No. 19 all-time with 137 career goals as a Trojan.
Longton and Wyatt Barker also tallied for the Trojans in the third, while Vlahotasios continued to collect impressive saves. He'd finish up with 14 — one off his career high — in his first full game of work this season. Before the final buzzer sounded on USC's resounding victory, Carson Kranz joined the scoring party with a bar-in blast, and USC was well on its way it a final 13-7 win over the visiting Waves.
Next up for the Trojans is a trip to Stanford for three more MPSF battles next weekend. On Saturday (Feb. 20), USC faces Cal at 1 p.m. and then takes on host Stanford at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, the Trojans square off against UCLA at 3:30 p.m.
#4 USC 13, #5 Pepperdine 7
Feb. 14, 2021 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 1 - 6 - 5 - 1 = 13
PEP 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 = 7
SCORING:
USC — Jacob Mercep 5, Marcus Longton 3, Jake Ehrhardt 2, Max Miller, Wyatt Barker, Carson Kranz.
PEP — Balazs Kosa 5, Curtis Jarvis, Sean Ferrari.
SAVES: Vaios Vlahotasios (USC) 14, Kent Emden (PEP) 9.
USC would misfire early on while Pepperdine converted a 6-on-5 and a 5-meter penalty shot to take a 2-0 lead in the first before the Trojans broke their silence on a blast from Marcus Longton in the final minute. Trailing 2-1, USC rattled off three straight goals in the second, and the Trojans never looked back. Jake Ehrhardt had back-to-back goals in the surge, and Max Miller had a hugely heroic effort at 2-meters to get USC on top to stay. Pepperdine stopped the run with a goal next, but USC wrapped two Jacob Mercep strikes around Longton's second slingshot of the day, and the Trojans were up comfortably 7-3 at halftime.
Duly warmed up, Mercep rattled the back of the cage three more times in the third while only a single Pepperdine 5-meter penalty shot would account for the Waves' scoring in the frame. With his five-goal outburst, Mercep cracked USC's top-20 scoring charts, now ranked No. 19 all-time with 137 career goals as a Trojan.
Longton and Wyatt Barker also tallied for the Trojans in the third, while Vlahotasios continued to collect impressive saves. He'd finish up with 14 — one off his career high — in his first full game of work this season. Before the final buzzer sounded on USC's resounding victory, Carson Kranz joined the scoring party with a bar-in blast, and USC was well on its way it a final 13-7 win over the visiting Waves.
Next up for the Trojans is a trip to Stanford for three more MPSF battles next weekend. On Saturday (Feb. 20), USC faces Cal at 1 p.m. and then takes on host Stanford at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, the Trojans square off against UCLA at 3:30 p.m.
#4 USC 13, #5 Pepperdine 7
Feb. 14, 2021 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 1 - 6 - 5 - 1 = 13
PEP 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 = 7
SCORING:
USC — Jacob Mercep 5, Marcus Longton 3, Jake Ehrhardt 2, Max Miller, Wyatt Barker, Carson Kranz.
PEP — Balazs Kosa 5, Curtis Jarvis, Sean Ferrari.
SAVES: Vaios Vlahotasios (USC) 14, Kent Emden (PEP) 9.
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