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#13 Pepperdine 🏆 NCAA 1997

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WCC · Merrill Moses head coach

ncaa · 7-10 · 235:222 in 17 games · 2025: 17-11 · 419:357 in 28

Coaching staff

4 listed · as the school publishes them

Merrill Moses	Head Coach	merrill.moses@pepperdine.edu
Mike Tragitt	Associate Head Coach	michael.tragitt@pepperdine.edu
Spencer Hamby	Assistant Coach	spencer.hamby@pepperdine.edu
Terry Schroeder	Senior Advisor	terry.schroeder@pepperdine.edu

Next up

fixtures

Sat 17 Oct · 1:00pm	#18 Santa Clara	v	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats
Sun 18 Oct · 1:00pm	#16 San José State	v	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats
Fri 23 Oct	#13 Pepperdine	v	#4 California	▸
Sat 24 Oct · 10:20am	#19 Harvard	v	#13 Pepperdine	Stats Julian Fraser Memorial
Sat 24 Oct · 2:20pm	RV Brown	v	#13 Pepperdine	Stats Julian Fraser Memorial
Fri 30 Oct	#13 Pepperdine	v	#12 UC Davis
Fri 6 Nov · 6:30pm	#20 Saint Mary's	v	#13 Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 8 Nov	#13 Pepperdine	v	#11 Pacific
Sat 14 Nov · 5:00pm	#10 Long Beach State	v	#13 Pepperdine	Stats
Fri 20 Nov	#13 Pepperdine	v	TBA	WCC Championship

Results

newest first, split by season

Sat 10 Oct · 11:00am	#13 Pepperdine	16–15	Air Force	▸ Stats
Sat 3 Oct · 1:00pm	#13 Pepperdine	10–13	#T8 Loyola Marymount	▸ Stats
Sat 26 Sep · 1:00pm	#2 UCLA	16–11	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats
Sun 20 Sep · 12:30pm	#13 Pepperdine	15–10	#T14 UC Santa Barbara	▸ Stats MPSF Invitational · 11th place
Sat 19 Sep · 3:00pm	#13 Pepperdine	14–15	#T8 Loyola Marymount	▸ Stats MPSF Invitational · Semi-finals (9th–12th)
Sat 19 Sep · 8:00am	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	10–14	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats MPSF Invitational · Quarter-finals (9th–16th)
Fri 18 Sep · 3:20pm	#T8 UC San Diego	10–9	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats MPSF Invitational · First round
Sun 13 Sep · 9:30am	#13 Pepperdine	9–12	#7 Princeton	▸ Stats
Fri 11 Sep · 3:00pm	#13 Pepperdine	12–16	#5 Fordham	Stats
Sun 6 Sep · 1:00pm	#13 Pepperdine	14–17	#3 USC	▸ Stats
Sat 5 Sep · 1:00pm	#1 Stanford	14–6	#13 Pepperdine	Stats
Thu 3 Sep · 5:00pm	#T14 UC Santa Barbara	9–13	#13 Pepperdine	Stats
Thu 3 Sep · 12:00pm	Biola	12–20	#13 Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 30 Aug · 4:00pm	#13 Pepperdine	15–17	#T8 UC San Diego	▸ Stats Triton Invitational
Sun 30 Aug · 10:40am	#13 Pepperdine	18–20	#10 Long Beach State	▸ Stats Triton Invitational
Sat 29 Aug · 1:20pm	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	9–16	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats Triton Invitational
Sat 29 Aug · 8:00am	McKendree	7–23	#13 Pepperdine	▸ Stats Triton Invitational

2025 season · 28 games · poll positions are not shown for a finished season

Sat 22 Nov	San José State	13–12	Pepperdine
Sat 22 Nov	Pepperdine	20–17	Santa Clara
Sat 15 Nov	Pepperdine	15–9	Santa Clara
Sat 8 Nov	Pepperdine	15–8	Loyola Marymount
Sat 1 Nov	Pepperdine	21–10	Cal State Fullerton
Sat 1 Nov	Pepperdine	12–10	UC Irvine
Sun 26 Oct	San José State	17–14	Pepperdine
Sun 26 Oct	Harvard	16–15	Pepperdine
Sun 26 Oct	Pepperdine	25–9	UC Merced
Sun 19 Oct	Pacific	13–12	Pepperdine
Sun 19 Oct	Pepperdine	18–14	Air Force
Sun 12 Oct	California Baptist	15–10	Pepperdine
Sun 12 Oct	Pepperdine	15–12	Princeton
Sun 5 Oct	Pepperdine	17–16	Long Beach State
Sun 28 Sep	Stanford	19–14	Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 28 Sep	California	14–12	Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 21 Sep	UC Davis	14–12	Pepperdine
Sun 21 Sep	Pepperdine	17–15	Princeton
Sun 21 Sep	Pepperdine	17–10	California Baptist
Sun 21 Sep	Pepperdine	25–11	Redlands
Sun 14 Sep	UCLA	19–8	Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 14 Sep	Pepperdine	15–14	UC Santa Barbara
Sun 14 Sep	Pepperdine	22–7	Whittier
Sun 7 Sep	USC	13–8	Pepperdine	Stats
Sun 31 Aug	UC Davis	13–10	Pepperdine
Sun 31 Aug	Pepperdine	10–9	UC San Diego
Sun 31 Aug	Pepperdine	14–12	Navy
Sun 31 Aug	Pepperdine	14–8	Pomona-Pitzer

1997 season · 1 games · poll positions are not shown for a finished season

Mon 1 Dec · 12:00pm

Pepperdine

8–7

USC

NCAA Championship 1997 · Final

Roster

25 field players · 3 keepers · season totals from the school's own stats page

#	Player	Pos	Yr	Hometown	National team	High school	Club	GP	G	A	Pts	Stl
22	Erik Ionescu	Attacker	Jr.	Budapest, Hungary		Orchidea Bilingual		17	44	32	76	14
17	Hunter Danko	Utility	Fr.	Henderson, Nev.		Basic Academy of International Studies	SD Shores Black	17	36	8	44	9
18	Tyce di Pretoro	Attacker	Fr.	Pleasant Hill, Calif.		De La Salle	CC United Black	17	13	22	35	14
6	Cade Anderton	Attacker	Jr.	Laguna Beach, Calif.		Laguna Beach	Vanguard Blue	16	15	16	31	8
28	Brian Barnuevo	Attacker	So.	Los Angeles, Calif.		JSerra Catholic	North Irvine	17	26	4	30	8
2	Jon Carcarey	Utility	Sr.	Santa Maria, Calif.		Orange Lutheran		16	16	8	24	10
11	Jackson Benners	Attacker	Sr.	Dallas, Texas		Orange Lutheran	Legacy Red	17	10	11	21	11
9	Charles Warmington	Utility	Jr.	Newport Beach, Calif.		Corona Del Mar	SOCAL Black	17	8	12	20	2
5	Owen Tift	Utility	Jr.	Newport Beach, Calif.		Newport Harbor	Newport Beach	16	7	10	17	6
10	Csanád Bella	Utility	So.	Budapest, Hungary		Szerb Antal	FTC Telekom Waterpolo	17	12	4	16	19
12	Milo Joseph	Utility	5th	Malibu, Calif.		Crespi Carmelite		17	15	0	15	3
8	Alex Piccin	Attacker	So.	Stamford, Conn.		ST Stamford		17	9	6	15	10
20	Ivan Khramtsov	Center	Fr.	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Canada U18	AH Applewood Heights	CIU Gold	17	7	2	9	6
4	Conor Brough	Attacker	5th	Dana Point, Calif.		Orange Lutheran		17	5	4	9	4
15	Cameron Bench	Attacker	So.	Poway, Calif.		Mt. Carmel	SD Dons	8	3	4	7	2
27	Will Stuart	Utility	Fr.	Santa Barbara, Calif.		San Marcos		15	4	2	6	2
24	Adam Yost	Attacker	Sr.	Los Angeles, Calif.		Loyola	Trojan Cardinal	11	1	4	5	2
25	Sameer Gowda	Attacker	Fr.	Bellevue, Wash.		OD O'Dea	Diablo Alliance Wpc A	2	2	1	3	0
3	Gabe Lewis	Utility	Jr.	Coral Gables, Fla.		GP Gulliver Prep		2	1	1	2	0
7	Max Burstein	Center	So.	Oak Park, Calif.		Oaks Christian	North Irvine	1	0	1	1	0
13	Woden Chompff	Utility	Jr.	El Dorado Hills, Calif.		Oak Ridge	Cal Republic	2	0	1	1	0
16	Garrett Chivers	Attacker	So.	Lafayette, Calif.		Campolindo	CC United Black	2	0	1	1	1
21	Reed Pantaleon	Utility	Sr.	Huntington Beach, Calif.		Orange Lutheran		4	0	1	1	1
14	Nick Bryant	Utility	Sr.	Newport Beach, Calif.		Mater Dei		2	0	0	0	0
19	Zach Moore	Utility	Fr.	Shelly Beach, Australia		Unity College Caloundra		2	0	0	0	1

#	Goalkeeper	Yr	Hometown	High school	Club	GP	SV	GA
1	Jaxon Leach	Jr.	San Diego, Calif.	Bishop's	SD Shores Black	3	8	19
1B	George Gayner	Fr.	La Jolla, Calif.	La Jolla	SD Shores Black	1	3	8
1B	Max Smirnov	Jr.	Petah Tikva, Israel	Amal Bet		2	0	0

2025 roster — 27 players, 19-8 · RPI 9 · WCC, 20 still on this roster

The squad as the school published it that season, saved at the time — the page it came from was replaced when the next season started. Held separately from the roster above, so a man on both appears once in each rather than twice in one. Now is where he is playing today.

#	Player	Pos	Yr	Ht	Hometown	High school	Club	College	Now
19	Dane Howell	ATK	Gr.	6-3	Huntington Beach, Calif.	Edison		Orange Coast College
8	Matty Walsh	C	Gr.	6-5	Laguna Beach, Calif.	Santa Margarita Catholic HS
23	Adam Csapo	ATK	Sr.	6-4	Budapest, Hungary	BME International Secondary School
4	Conor Brough	ATK	Sr.	6-2	Dana Point, Calif.	Orange Lutheran HS			Pepperdine
12	Milo Joseph	UT	Sr.	6-3	Malibu, Calif.	Crespi Carmelite			Pepperdine
3	Sandor Gal	ATK	Sr.	6-1	Budapest, Hungary	Leovey Klara Gimnazium
1	Zach Cwiertnia	GK	Sr.	6-0	Villa Park, Calif.	Santa Margarita Catholic HS
21	Reed Pantaleon	UT	R-Jr.	6-4	Huntington Beach, Calif.	Orange Lutheran HS		Long Beach State	Pepperdine
2	Jon Carcarey	UT	Jr.	6-3	Santa Maria, Calif.	Orange Lutheran HS			Pepperdine
24	Adam Yost	ATK	R-So.	6-1	Los Angeles, Calif.	Loyola HS	Trojan Cardinal		Pepperdine
20	Bronson Birdsall	C	R-So.	6-3	Kailua, Hawai'i	Foothill	Legacy Red
11	Jackson Benners	ATK	R-So.	5-10	Dallas, Texas	Orange Lutheran	Legacy Red		Pepperdine
25	Nick Bryant	UT	R-So.	6-3	Newport Beach, Calif.	Mater Dei HS			Pepperdine
16	Cade Anderton	ATK	So.	6-0	Laguna Beach, Calif.	Laguna Beach HS	Vanguard Blue		Pepperdine
18	Charles Warmington	UT	So.	6-1	Newport Beach, Calif.	Corona Del Mar HS	SOCAL Black		Pepperdine
22	Erik Ionescu	ATK	So.	6-1	Budapest, Hungary	Orchidea Bilingual School			Pepperdine
13	Gabe Lewis	UT	So.	6-3	Coral Gables, Fla.	GP Gulliver Prep			Pepperdine
1	Jaxon Leach	GK	So.	6-2	San Diego, Calif.	The Bishop's School	SD Shores Black		Pepperdine
1	Max Smirnov	GK	So.	6-2	Petah Tikva, Israel	Amal Bet			Pepperdine
15	Owen Tift	UT	So.	6-0	Newport Beach, Calif.	Newport Harbor HS	Newport Beach		Pepperdine
	Woden Chompff	UT	So.	5-11	El Dorado Hills, Calif.	Oak Ridge	Cal Republic		Pepperdine
	Adam Blum	C	Fr.	6-1	White Plains, N.Y.	BS Brunswick School	Greenwich Blue
	Alex Piccin	UT	Fr.	6-2	Stamford, Conn.	ST Stamford			Pepperdine
	Cameron Bench	UT	Fr.	6-1	Poway, Calif.	Mt. Carmel	SD Dons		Pepperdine
	Csanád Bella	C	Fr.	6-6	Budapest, Hungary	Szerb Antal			Pepperdine
	Garrett Chivers	UT	Fr.	6-1	Lafayette, Calif.	Campolindo HS	CC United Black		Pepperdine
	Max Burstein	C	Fr.	6-2	Oak Park, Calif.	Oaks Christian HS	North Irvine		Pepperdine

Roster turnover · since 2025

Worked out by setting the 2025 squad (27) against this one (28) — 20 of that squad are still here. Nobody publishes this: a programme announces its signings and never announces a departure, so the men who left show up only as an absence between two rosters. Matched on the player rather than on the name, so a man listed with a middle name on one roster and without it on the other is one person and not both a departure and an arrival.

Left

7 off the 2025 squad · Now is a programme this site can see them on; blank is graduated, gone abroad, or stopped

Player	Yr	Pos
Dane Howell	Gr.	ATK
Matty Walsh	Gr.	C
Adam Csapo	Sr.	ATK
Sandor Gal	Sr.	ATK
Zach Cwiertnia	Sr.	GK
Bronson Birdsall	R-So.	C
Adam Blum	Fr.	C

Arrived

3 on this squad who were not on the 2025 one and are not first-years · From is another programme's 2025 squad where we hold one, otherwise the previous school as this school writes it

Player	Yr	Pos	From
Tyce di Pretoro	Fr.	Attacker	De La Salle
Brian Barnuevo	So.	Attacker
Will Stuart	Fr.	Utility	San Marcos

Freshmen

5 in their first college season, with the school they came out of

Player	Pos	Hometown	High school
Hunter Danko	Utility	Henderson, Nev.	Basic Academy of International Studies
Ivan Khramtsov	Center	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	AH Applewood Heights
Sameer Gowda	Attacker	Bellevue, Wash.	OD O'Dea
Zach Moore	Utility	Shelly Beach, Australia	Unity College Caloundra
George Gayner	Goalie	La Jolla, Calif.	La Jolla

Key players

who the school itself writes about — counted across its own match reports, with the biggest figure it puts next to each name, and the sentence that figure came from

Player		Written about	Biggest haul	Season	What was written
Hunter Danko Utility · Fr.	headline ×2 career-high, hat trick	71	9 G	36 G	“Danko totaled nine goals and two assists in the four games at the MPSF Invite.”
Erik Ionescu Attacker · Jr.	headline ×1 career-high, hat trick	81	5 G	44 G	“Erik Ionescu led the Waves with five goals on the day to go with seven assists, while Hunter Danko also logged multi-goal efforts in both games.”
Max Smirnov Goalie · Jr.		43	30 Sv	0 G	“Max Smirnov logged 30 saves in his first three appearances this season to the tune of a .441 save-percentage Smirnov has also logged five steals while Jaxon Leach has collected four.”
Tyce di Pretoro Attacker · Fr.	career-high, hat trick	30	5 G	13 G	“Tyce di Pretoro logged five goals and seven assists for 12 points across the weekend, including three steals and two field blocks.”
Brian Barnuevo Attacker · So.	hat trick	29	5 G	26 G	“Barnuevo led the way for the Waves with five goals, two assists and three steals.”
Milo Joseph Utility · 5th	hat trick	28	9 G	15 G	“Milo Joseph has drawn a team-high 30 exclusions at center to go with nine goals.”
Jon Carcarey Utility · Sr.	hat trick	25	3 G	16 G	“Six Waves posted multi-goal efforts, led by Jon Carcarey's three goals.”
Jackson Benners Attacker · Sr.		24	9 G	10 G	“Jackson Benners has contributed nine goals, nine assists, nine field blocks and 11 steals this season.”

Tournaments

competitions this team has played in

WCC Championship	20 Nov 2026	1
Julian Fraser Memorial	24 Oct 2026	2
MPSF Invitational	18 Sep – 20 Sep 2026	4
Triton Invitational	29 Aug – 30 Aug 2026	4
NCAA Championship 1997	1 Dec 1997	1

Write-ups

from the school

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