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MALIBU, Calif. – Coming off a share of the inaugural West Coast Conference regular season championship, Head Coach Merrill Moses and the Pepperdine men’s water polo team have announced the fall 2024 schedule, which features 10 home contests at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
In addition to road West Coast Conference matchups against Air Force (Oct. 20), Loyola Marymount (Oct. 25) and Pacific (Nov. 16), the Waves will host three conference contests against Santa Clara (Nov. 1), California Baptist (Nov. 3) and San Jose State (Nov. 9).
Marquee non-conference matchups include games against USC (Sept. 15), Stanford (Sept. 29), UCLA (Oct. 12) and the home opener against PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount (Sept. 14).
”We are looking forward to a great 2024 season!” Moses said. “We have a very demanding schedule and will 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 conference for a second year. We hope that our fans, family, alumni and friends come out to watch as many games as possible and support our team next season. Look forward to seeing you on the pool deck.”
Pepperdine’s season begins September 7-8 at the Triton Invite hosted by UC San Diego.
The complete schedule is as follows (home games in bold):
Sept. 7-8 at Triton Invite (UCSD)
Sept. 14 vs. LMU
Sept. 15 at USC
Sept. 19 vs. Westcliff
Sept. 19 vs. UC Santa Barbara
Sept. 20 vs. California Baptist (at LMU)
Sept. 21 vs. UC Santa Barbara (at LMU)
Sept. 21 vs. Fullerton (at LMU)
Sept. 28 vs. Long Beach State
Sept. 29 vs. Stanford
Oct. 4-5 at Gary Troyer Tournament (at Claremont and Pomona)
Oct. 12 vs. UCLA
Oct. 15 vs. Princeton
Oct. 20 at Air Force
Oct. 25 at Loyola Marymount
Oct. 26 at Fullerton
Oct. 27 at UC Irvine
Nov. 1 vs. Santa Clara
Nov. 3 vs. California Baptist
Nov. 9 vs. San Jose State
Nov. 16 at Pacific
Nov. 22-24 at WCC Championships (at Pacific)
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Publish date : 2024-07-24 17:06:39
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