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The Pepperdine Waves are the athletics teams of Pepperdine University, located outside the city of Malibu, California.They compete at the Division I level of the NCAA.The school is a member of the West Coast Conference for the majority of its programs.
Firestone Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena in Malibu, California, on the campus of Pepperdine University. [1] It was built in 1973 as the home to the Pepperdine Waves basketball and volleyball teams, who still play at the Fieldhouse today. It seats 3,104 for sporting events and up to 5,000 for concerts, graduation ceremonies, and lectures.
Merrill M. Moses (born August 13, 1977) is a United States Olympic silver medalist, three-time Olympian, and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist water polo goalkeeper. He played college water polo for Pepperdine University, where he was an All-American and helped lead the team to the 1997 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Moses is now ...
Pepperdine University (/ ˈ p ɛ p ər d aɪ n /) is a private Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, California.
Pepperdine called multiple stadiums home during the short tenure of its program. [4] From 1946–1947, 1949, and 1959–1961 the Waves played at Sentinel Field in Inglewood, California. [5] For 1948 they played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, a baseball stadium and the home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. [6]
The 1997 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 29th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatics Complex in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during December 1997. [1]
The USA Men's water polo team held a training game vs. the Hungary team at the Spieker Aquatics Center on May 31, 2012, prior to the 2012 Olympics. [ 4 ] In 2015, the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was held on December 6, 2015, and the UCLA Bruins defeated the USC Trojans 10–7 for their second consecutive national title.
Twenty years later, he coached the United States men's national team to a silver in 2008, [6] becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. In 1999, Schroeder was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [7] [8] In 2002, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. [9]