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This Week In Spartan Athletics - Feb. 25-March 3

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!

Baseball (5-2)
This Week: The Spartans are scheduled to play four games this week. Depending on the weather, SJSU and Saint Mary's are to play a game Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. The team then goes on the road to open Mountain West play at New Mexico for three games this weekend.

Last Week: The team went 2-1 against UC Riverside last weekend, winning 9-1 on Friday and 5-4 on Sunday.

Spartan Fact: The Spartans got a one-out bases-loaded single from Troy Viola on Sunday in the ninth inning to lift the Spartans to a 5-4 walk-off win to take the series over the Highlanders.

Upcoming Schedule
February 26 - vs. Saint Mary's, Municipal Stadium, 3:00 p.m.
March 1 - at New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., 6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT
March 2 - at New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT
March 3 - at New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., 12 p.m. MT/11 a.m. PT
-Please be sure to check www.sjsuspartans.com & the Spartan Twitter feeds for schedule changes and/or rainouts.


Softball (9-5)
This Week: The Spartan softball team travels to the San Diego Classic this weekend for five games. Friday and Saturday's games will be played at the SDSU Softball Stadium, while Sunday's game is at USD Softball Complex.

Last Week: The team went 4-0 at the Silicon Valley Classic I hosted by the Spartans and Santa Clara with wins over Ball State (4-0), Northern Colorado (3-1), Montana (4-2) and CSUB (6-0).

Spartan Fact: Freshman pitcher Jenessa Ullegue went 2-0 last weekend with a pair of shutout victories. She allowed seven hits and struck out nine in 14 innings pitched.

Upcoming Schedule
San Diego Classic

March 1 - vs. Brigham Young (@SDSU), 9 a.m.
March 1 - vs. Long Beach State (@SDSU), 11:30 a.m.
March 2 - vs. Florida Gulf Coast (@SDSU), 11:30 a.m.
March 2 - vs. Weber State (@SDSU), 4:30 p.m.
March 3 - at San Diego, 11:30 a.m.


Men's Basketball (3-23, 0-14)
This Week: San José State hosts New Mexico Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., before traveling south to play at San Diego State Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Last Week: The Spartans lost to Colorado State, 90-71, and at Air Force, 82-68.

Spartan Fact: Michael Steadman had another big game against Air Force as he finished with his eighth double-double of the season with 21 points and a career-best 17 rebounds.

Upcoming Schedule
February 26 - New Mexico, The Event Center, San Jose, Calif., 7 p.m.
Radio - Listen live here - https://tunein.com/radio/New-Mexico-Lobos-at-San-Jose-St-Spartans-Feb-26-2019-p1169442/
TV - AT&T SportsNet/Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/161162?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
March 2 - San Diego State, Viejas Arena, San Diego, Calif., 7 p.m.
Radio - Listen live here -
https://tunein.com/radio/San-Jose-St-Spartans-at-San-Diego-St-Aztecs-Mar-2-2019-p1169590/
TV - Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/161568?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1


Women's Basketball (4-21, 3-11)
This Week: The Spartans being the week with a two-game winning streak. The team travels to New Mexico for a game Wednesday evening against the second-place team in the MW. SJSU then returns home for a game Saturday afternoon against San Diego State.

Last Week: The team won at Colorado State, 78-70, last Wednesday and against Air Force, 73-60, Saturday afternoon at The Event Center.

Spartan Fact: With its 73-60 victory over Air Force on Saturday, the Spartans officially have a winning streak...two games. It's the first time this season the team has put together consecutive wins. You have to go back to December 20, 2017 (89-87 win over Southern Oregon) and December 28, 2017 (79-66 win over Utah State) to find the last time SJSU put together back-to-back wins.

Spartan Fact #2: From its first appearance in the 1983-84 season and in the eight subsequent appearances, the Spartans were never able to get a victory in Colorado State's Moby Arena. Finally, on its 10th try, San José State broke the curse of Fort Collins with its 78-70 victory las Wednesday night. The Spartans, who have suffered some very lopsided losses in Moby Arena, were on the verge of a victory there in 2016-17. SJSU had a five-point lead with 49 second to play, but CSU tied the game before regulation time expired and won it in overtime, 70-67.

Upcoming Schedule
February 20 - New Mexico, Dreamstyle Arena, Albuquerque, N.M., 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT
Video - Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/161205?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1
February 23 - San Diego State, The Event Center, San Jose, Calif., 2 p.m.
Video - Mountain West Network
Link - https://player.watchstadium.com/webapp/sanjose/index.html#/live/161543?school=121&live_section=1&archive_section=1


Women's Gymnastics
This Week: San José State travels to Seattle Pacific for an MPSF meet this Friday at 7 p.m.
 
Last Week: The Spartans scored a 193.250 at UC Davis, with Taylor Chan tying for first on floor with a 9.900 and getting a career-best 39.250 in the all-around.
 
Spartan Fact: Carli Orcutt competed in the all-around for the first time this season at UC Davis this past Friday night. She scored a 38.500 in the all-around. She had a 9.725 on vault, 9.700 on bars, 9.625 on floor and a 9.450 on beam, her first time competing on beam this season.
 
Upcoming Schedule
February 22 - Seattle Pacific, Pavilion, Davis, Calif., 7:00 p.m.
Live Scoring - https://static.spufalcons.com/custompages/gym/2019/03012019.htm
Live Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1iS12FsEzoRas8fmcWzaA/live


Women's Golf
This Week: The 36th-ranked Spartans are currently playing at The Gold Rush in Seal Beach. First and second rounds are being played on Monday with the final round Tuesday morning. The team was in first place after shooting an even-par 288 for the first round.

Last Week: The Spartans finished fifth at The Rebel Beach in Las Vegas. Abegail Arevalo and Natasha Andrea Oon tied for ninth at 222.

Spartan Fact: Abegail Arevalo is ranked 42nd in the country and has four top-10 finishes this season.

Upcoming Schedule
February 25-26 - The Gold Rush, Old Ranch Country Club, Seal Beach, Calif.
Live Scoring - http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16219


Football
This Week: Josh Oliver will be in Indianapolis this weekend for the NFL Combine.

Next Week: Spring football practice starts on Tuesday, March 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. The Spring Game is Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m.


Beach Volleyball (1-0)
This Week: The team travels to Texas for competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Spartans play at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday before playing at the Kingsville Tourney on Friday and Saturday.

Last Week: The Spartans opened the 2019 season with a 4-1 win over San Francisco last Friday afternoon.

Spartan Fact: The Spartans won their season-opening match for the third consecutive season.
2019 - 4-1 vs. San Francisco
2018 - 5-0 vs. Abilene Christian
2017 - 4-1 at Pacific

Upcoming Schedule
February 28 - at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 1 p.m. CT/11 a.m. PT
March 1-2 - Kingsville Tourney


Men's Golf
This Week: The Spartans at the Southwestern Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday. The team is playing 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday.

Spartan Fact: The Spartans were tied for fifth early Monday afternoon with San Diego State. Kevin Velo shot a three-under 69 in the first round.

Upcoming Schedule
February 25-26 - Southwestern Intercollegiate in Westlake Village, Calif.
Live Scoring - http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=16353


Women's Tennis (4-2)
This Week: The Spartans are at Sacramento State this Saturday at noon for the team's only match of the week.

Last Match: The Spartans went 1-2 last week, defeating San Francisco, 4-1, but falling to #25 Washington, 4-1, and UC Santa Barbara, 5-2.

Spartan Fact: Alba Pedrero Galindo went 3-0 last week in singles action and is now 14-8 in singles in her first year at the major college level.

Upcoming Schedule
March 2 - at Sacramento State, Sacramento, Calif., 12 p.m.


Women's Water Polo (3-4)
This Week: The Spartans have just one match this week - Saturday at Santa Clara beginning at noon.

Last Week: San José State went 1-3 last week last week at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. The team defeated #25 San Diego State, 10-9, in overtime but fell to #5 Hawaii, 13-5, #17 UC San Diego, 14-8, and #17 Long Beach State, 8-7 in three-overtime sudden-victory.

Spartan Fact: In the win over San Diego State, goalkeeper Hannah Henry had 18 saves, nine of them in the fourth quarter and in two 3:00 overtime periods, as #13-San Jose State posted a 10-9 comeback overtime victory.

Upcoming Schedule
March 2 - Santa Clara, Sullivan Aquatic Center, Santa Clara, Calif., 12 p.m.


Women's Swimming & Diving
Last Week: San José State finished eighth at the 2019 MW Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., its best finish since 2016.

Spartan Fact:
Brenna Bushey finished fourth in 100 butterfly final and shatter her own school record in the preliminary round. The #2-qualifier for finals, she swam a 52.76 in prelims, bettering her previous record of 53.10. Her swim was also a NCAA Championship "B-cut" qualifying mark.

Track & Field
This Week: The Spartans are transitioning to the outdoor season.

Last Week: The teams competed at the 2019 MW Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Spartan Fact (Women's): At the championships, Jennifer Sandoval finished eighth in the 5,000 meters and 12th in the 3,000 meters.

Spartan Fact (Men's): Aidan Jardon finished in eighth place in the 400 meters, while freshmen Luis Chavez, Peter Handy and Jeffrey Page and junior Edgar Bonilla finished the distance medley relay with a 10:19.26 time for seventh place.

Upcoming Schedule
March 8 & 9 - UC Davis Open, Davis, Calif.

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