San Jose State University sophomore goalkeeper Yahav Fire was named the Golden Coast Conference men's water polo "Player of the Week" for matches played the weekend of October 18-20.
He is the first Spartan to earn conference "Player of the Week" honors since the 2017 season.
Fire was on fire, particularly, in the Spartans' 8-3 conference victory over then-#12 UC Irvine. He stopped 18 out of 21 shots for an .875 season-high save percentage. The three goals allowed was the fewest by San Jose State in a conference game and helped the Spartans win their first Golden Coast Conference contest since the 2017 season.
The second-year player from Kfar Hasidim, Israel also was credited with two assists in the win over UC Irvine.
For the week, Fire made 25 saves, seven of which came in a 10-6 loss to #7-Long Beach State. Fire is the conference leader in goalkeeper saves with 165.
San Jose State (4-12, 1-1 GCC) returns to action, Saturday, October 26. The Spartans are a co-host with Santa Clara University of the Julian Fraser Memorial. The San Jose State-Princeton match at 10:20 a.m. and the Spartans hosting #9-Harvard at 3:40 p.m. are two of the seven matches at the Spartan Recreation & Aquatic Center on the San Jose State campus. Matches begin at 9:00 a.m.
#13-ranked San Jose State concludes the week's action the next day hosting St. Francis of Brooklyn at the Spartan Recreation & Aquatic Center beginning at 10:40 a.m. and then takes on #15-Bucknell at Santa Clara University in a 2:40 p.m. encounter.
