Be sure to check out This Week in San José State Athletics to catch up on last week's action and see what's ahead for the Spartans!
January Athletes of the Month
Congratulations to women's gymnast Taylor Chan and men's basketball player Noah Baumann for being named the January Student Athletes of the Month, presented by O'Connor Hospital. Click here to read about their accomplishments - https://sjsuspartans.com/news/2019/2/4/general-chan-baumann-honored-for-january-achievements.aspx
Football
The 2019 schedule has been announced with six home games. Click here to see the schedule - https://sjsuspartans.com/news/2019/2/4/spartans-announce-2019-football-schedule.aspx?prl=636849056908041995
Women's Gymnastics
This Week: San José State returns to The Event Center this Friday night for a meet with Sacramento State and New Hampshire at 7 p.m.
Last Week: The Spartans scored a 192.500 at Sacramento State including a 48.475 by the vault team.
Spartan Fact: Chelsey Andrada is now the 8th Spartan in school history to score a 9.900 on beam after winning the event at Sacramento State last Friday. It is the 11th time in school history that a Spartan received a 9.900 on beam.
Upcoming Schedule
February 15 - Sacramento State & New Hampshire, The Event Center, San Jose, Calif., 7:00 p.m. PT
Live Scoring - https://static.sjsuspartans.com/custompages/sports/w-gym/SJSUSSUNHFeb15.htm
Live Video Link - https://www.facebook.com/SJSUGymnastics/
Men's Basketball (3-19, 0-10)
This Week: San José State continues on the road this Wednesday at New Mexico before returning home to face UNLV Saturday afternoon.
Last Week: The Spartans fell at Boise State, 105-57, this past Saturday afternoon.
Spartan Fact: Noah Baumann extended his three-point field goals made record to 20 games on Saturday. He is one shy of tying the record of 21 consecutive made, set by Robert Owens during the 2009-10 season.
Upcoming Schedule
February 13 - New Mexico, Dreamstyle Arena, Albuquerque, N.M., 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT
Radio - Listen live here - https://tunein.com/radio/San-Jose-St-Spartans-at-New-Mexico-Lobos-Feb-13-2019-p1168863/
TV - AT&T Sports Network/Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/158733?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
February 16 - UNLV, The Event Center, San Jose, Calif., 2 p.m.
Radio - Listen live here - https://tunein.com/radio/UNLV-Rebels-at-San-Jose-St-Spartans-Feb-16-2019-p1169019/
TV - AT&T Sports Network/Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/158898?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
Women's Basketball (2-19, 1-9)
This Week: The Spartans host New Mexico Wednesday night before playing at UNLV on Saturday.
Last Week: San José State lost to two-time defending MW champion Boise State, 83-69, last Saturday afternoon.
Spartan Fact: Analyss Benally scored a career-high 17 points in the game against Boise State, her second consecutive double-digit scoring game and sixth of the season. She was 4-for-9 from the field including 4-of-7 from three-point range and was a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line.
Upcoming Schedule
February 13 - New Mexico, The Event Center, San Jose, Calif., 7 p.m. PT
Video - Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/158838?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
February 16 - UNLV, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nev., 3 p.m.
Video - Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/158901?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
Baseball (0-0)
This Week: The Spartans open the 2019 season with a four-game series against Santa Clara. The two teams play Friday and Sunday at Municipal Stadium and Saturday at Stephen Schott Stadium.
Spartan Fact: Senior Andrew Mitchel, a left-hander from Atwater, Calif., was a second team ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region honoree and the 2018 Mountain West Co-Pitcher of the Year, as well as a first team All-Mountain West selection. He was the first player to eclipse 100 strikeouts in 14 years and led the conference with 10.45 strikeouts per nine innings.
Upcoming Schedule
February 15 - vs. Santa Clara, Municipal Stadium, 6 p.m.
February 16 - at Santa Clara, Stephen Schott Stadium, 1 & 4 p.m.
February 17 - vs. Santa Clara, Municipal Stadium, 12 p.m.
-Please be sure to check www.sjsuspartans.com & the Spartan Twitter feeds for schedule changes and/or rainouts.
Men's Golf
This Week: The Spartans are practicing this week for the Southwestern Intercollegiate on February 25-26.
Last Week: The San Jose State men's golf team finished 14th at the Amer Ari Invitational in Hawaii.
Spartan Fact: Kevin Velo was one of 12 college players who competed at the 2019 Genesis Open Collegiate Showcase on February 11, at the Riviera Country Club.
Upcoming Schedule
February 25-26 - Southwestern Intercollegiate in Westlake Village, Calif.
Softball (3-3)
This Week: The Spartan softball team travels to Las Cruces, N.M., for the Troy Cox Classic this weekend. The team will play five games over the three games.
Last Week: The team started the season 3-3 at the Lion Classic in Hammond, La.
Spartan Fact: Makayla Englestad started the season 7-for-12 at the plate with a .583 batting average. She had two doubles and four walks in six games played.
Upcoming Schedule
Troy Cox Classic, Las Cruces, N.M.
February 15 - vs. Montana, 9:00 a.m. MT/8:00 a.m. PT
February 15 - vs. Texas State, 1:30 p.m. MT/12:30 p.m. PT
February 16 - vs. Bradley, 9:00 a.m. MT/8:00 a.m. PT
February 16 - at New Mexico State, 4:00 p.m. MT/3:00 p.m. PT
February 17 - at New Mexico State, 1:30 p.m. MT/12:30 p.m. PT
Women's Swimming & Diving
This Week: The Spartans are preparing for the 2019 MW Championships in Minneapolis, February 20-23.
Last Time: Brenna Bushey and Taylor Lehr each had a victory in the team's final dual meet at Fresno State. Bushey captured the 100 fly, her specialty, and Lehr touched first in the 100 free.
Spartan Fact: Six San José State seniors will be complete their career at the Mountain West Championships - Megan Au, Brenna Bushey, Kimberlee Giggey, Kendal Guy, Taylor Lehr, and Eri Tamada.
Upcoming Schedule
February 20-23 - Mountain West Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.
Women's Tennis (3-0)
This Week: The Spartans return to Spartan Tennis Complex for a match Friday against San Francisco.
Last Match: The Spartans won 4-3 at Santa Clara in a dual that took two day to finish. Miyo Kobayashi battled back from a one-set deficit to post a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Santa Clara University's Katya Tabachnik and give the Spartans a 4-3 team victory.
Spartan Fact: Sophomore Savannah Sendar and freshman Klara Milojkovic each are 3-0 in dual match singles action.
Upcoming Schedule
February 15, San Francisco, Spartan Tennis Complex, San Jose, Calif., 12 p.m.
Indoor Track & Field
This Week: The Spartans continue training for their next indoor competition - the Mountain West Championships February 21-23.
Last Week: San José State traveled to Idaho for the Bronco Team Challenge.
Spartan Fact (Women's): Silvia Gutierrez, a junior, had a season-best throw of 50-feet-2.00 in only her second meet at the major collegiate level. Her previous best was 49-feet-11.75 at the King Collegiate Invitational three weeks earlier in Albuquerque, N.M.
Spartan Fact (Men's): Craig Huff and Jose Piña finished 2-3 overall and 1-2 among collegiate entries in the 3000-meter run. Running the indoor 3,000 for the first time this season, Huff posted an 8:28.05 time. Piña was right behind at 8:30.09. Edgar Bonilla also finished in the top-10 in the race for the Spartans at 8:44.11.
Upcoming Schedule
February 21-23 - Mountain West Championships, Albuquerque, N.M.
Women's Water Polo (2-1)
This Week: San José State hosts an exhibition match against a Chinese national touring team on Wednesday, February 13.
Last Time: The Spartans split a pair of matches at the California Cup, defeating #11 Long Beach State, 15-8, before falling to #2 Stanford 19-4.
Spartan Fact: Freshman Olga Descalzi Portell is one of the MPSF's top scorers averaging 2.67 goals per match.
Upcoming Schedule
February 13 - Exhibition vs. China, West Valley College, Saratoga, Calif., 5 p.m.
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