Inside the GCC Water Polo Championships

UC Santa Barbara vs. Pacific

A group of Star Wars stand ins? Nope...player introductions before the UCSB/Pacific semi.

Pepperdine vs. UC Irvine

Sean Thomas plays tough defense for the Waves in their opening day win over the Anteaters of UC Irvine.

Pacific vs. Long Beach State

#2 Aleksander Petrovic of Pacific scored four times and had three assists in Pacific's semi final victory over Long Beach State.

Pepperdine vs. UC Santa Barbara

#19 Cameron Yates makes it a bit difficult for Mark Urban to get a line on the goal. Urban still scored twice and had four assists in the 11-7 win.

GCC Water Polo Championships

Rainy weekend at the tournament.

University of the Pacific

Pacific's Alan Osmanovic makes a diving save for Pacific.

Pepperdine vs. UC Irvine

#18 Mate Toth scored two vs. UC Irvine in the quarter finals.

Long Beach State vs. Pacific

Chandler Kaltenbach drives the ball up vs. Pacific.

Pepperdine vs. UC Santa Barbara

Somewhere down there shoving the ball into the goal is Pepperdine's all tournament team member Cristian Bridley.

Pepperdine vs. UC Irvine

#11 Mark Urban fires a shot past UCI's Ryan Warde. Urban was one of three Waves named to the all tournament team.

Pacific vs. Long Beach State

Pacific's Aleksander Petrovic celebrates one of his four scores in the semis. He was named to the all tournament team.

UC Santa Barbara

Long Beach State University

LBSU's Jacob Fujioka put up some good numbers for the third place 49ers.

Pepperdine Waves

Pepperdine's Zach Rhodes was the tournament MVP.

Pepperdine

Coach Merrill Moses rallies the troops. The Waves coaching kept the boys on task all weekend.

Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara

A 49er goes over the top of a Gaucho in an effort to steal the ball.

Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara

A Gaucho rises for a shot.

Pacific vs. Pepperdine

Ikko Saito fires up the Tigers before the final.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Alen Osmanovic shoots high over Robert Beck of the Waves in the finals.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Waves captain #4 Brock Liebhardt rips a wicked backhander vs. Pacific.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Not many got past Waves goalie Zach Rhodes.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Robert Beck fights to get a shot off in two meters for the Waves.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Pepperdine's Kenneth Keller puts a shot on goal.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Pacific's Luis Araya shoots over the top of Pepperdine's Brock Liebhardt.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Pepperdine's Marko Asic tossed in three goals to go with an assist in the 6-5 championship game.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Pepperdine's goalie Zach Rhodes was the tournament MVP. He made an incredible 44 saves in three games over the weekend to go along with eleven steals.

Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Your 2016 Golden Coast Conference Men's water polo champs...The Pepperdine Waves.