Spark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF TournamentSpark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF Tournament

Spark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF Tournament

LOS ANGELES—Darcy Spark scored four goals in a match for the fifth time this season as the No. 14 San José State women’s water polo team fell to No. 4 California, 15-7, in the team’s first match at the 2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.

  • Darcy Spark scored twice in the second quarter and once in the third and fourth quarters.
  • She now has 72 goals on the season and moved into sixth on the single-season San José State goals scored list. She needed five goals to move into fifth place with Rae Leknees who scored 76 goals in 2014.
  • Spark also moved up the SJSU career goals scored list on Friday. She is now tied with Tanya Torres (2006-09) for 17th place with 118 goals.
  • Three other Spartans – Jennine Osorio who scored the first goal of the match, Bridget Cranley in the third quarter and Rose Jensen in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT – The fifth-seeded Spartans compete Sunday in the fifth-place match beginning at 11 a.m. SJSU will face the winner of sixth-seed/No. 10 Arizona State-seventh-seed/No. 12 Indiana match on Saturday. Fans can follow along on 6-8 Sports or watch on Overnght.

California        15        San José State 7

SJSU    1          2          2          2          --          7

Cal       4          3          4          4          --          15

Goals – SJSU - Darcy Spark 4, Jennine Osorio, Bridget Cranley, Rose Jensen

Saves – SJSU – Grace Smith 6.

Records – San José State 13-12; California 18-4

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