This Week in San José State Athletics is here to catch you up on last week's action and see what's ahead for the Spartans!
Please note - Due to Santa Clara County guidelines, spectators are not permitted at any San José State Athletics events.
Women's Tennis (6-0)
This Week: The Spartans host Saint Mary's this Saturday beginning at noon.
Last Week: The Spartans defeated Pacific 5-2 last Friday at the Spartan Tennis Complex, the first of six consecutive home matches over the next month.
Spartan Fact: Three Spartans remain undefeated in singles play, led by Irena Muradyan at 6-0 (5-0 at #3 and 1-0 at #5). Jovana Babic is 4-0 at #6 singles, while Raquel Villan Pereira is 2-0 at #5 singles.
Spartan Fact #2: In recent history, no Spartan women's tennis team has started the season 6-0. The 2015 team won six straight matches during the season, while the 2013 team won seven straight. The 2012 team won 12 consecutive matches in the middle of the season.
Upcoming Schedule
March 20 - Saint Mary's, Spartan Tennis Complex, 12:00 p.m.
Live Scoring - http://www.sjsustats.com
Volleyball (4-6, 4-6)
This Week: The Spartans travel to Las Vegas this week for matches against UNLV on Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Last Week: The team went 1-1 against Colorado State, winning Saturday's match 21-25, 25-13, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11. It was the first win over the Rams since the 2017 season.
Spartan Fact: Haylee Nelson was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week after recording double-doubles in each match last week. She hit .302 for the two matches and had 22 kills and 12 digs in Saturday's win.
Spartan Fact #2: Sarah Smevog led the team with 22 digs in the win over the Rams. She averaged 4.63 digs and 0.50 aces per set for the week.
Upcoming Schedule
March 19 - at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nev., 6:30 p.m.
Live Stats - https://unlvrebels.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
MW Network - https://watchstadium.com/live/san-jose-state-at-unlv-3/
March 20 - at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nev., 6:30 p.m.
Live Stats - https://unlvrebels.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
MW Network - https://watchstadium.com/live/san-jose-state-at-unlv-4/
Men's Soccer (1-1-1, 1-1-1 WAC)
This Week: The Spartans return home this week, meeting unbeaten UTRGV on Saturday night at Spartan Soccer Complex.
Last Week: Continuing the program's strong run as of late in the Lone Star State, San Jose State earned a 1-1 draw over the weekend at Houston Baptist.
Spartan Fact: San Jose State took 30 shots in Saturday's match, the program's most attempts in a contest since Sept. 18, 2008 (32 vs. Cal Poly).
Upcoming Schedule
Mar. 20 - UTRGV, 7:00 p.m.
Live Stats - http://www.sjsustats.com
WAC Digital Network - https://www.wacdigitalnetwork.com/
Women's Soccer (0-3-0, 0-3-0)
This Week: The Spartans hit the road for the first of two-straight weekends. They will take on Nevada in Reno on Friday before heading to Boise State on Sunday.
Last Week: SJSU was swept in both home games against San Diego State and UNLV
Spartan Facts: Freshman Bella Keomounpane scored her first collegiate goal against San Diego State.
Upcoming Schedule
March 19 - at Nevada, 6:30 p.m.
March 21 - at Boise State, 12:00 p.m. PT
Live Stats - http://www.sjsustats.com
MW Network - https://watchstadium.com/network/mountain-west/
Women's Golf
This Week: The Spartans play at the MountainView Intercollegiate in Tucson, Ariz., this upcoming Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Last Week: The Spartans finished fourth at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational as Washington won the team title.
Spartan Fact: Antonia Malate was named the Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Week after her second-place finish at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational. She shot a one-over 217 for her best collegiate finish.
Upcoming Schedule
March 19-21 - MountainView Collegiate, The Preserve Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.
Live Scoring - http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=21018
Women's Gymnastics
This Week: The Spartans compete at Air Force this Saturday for the team's final meet of the season.
Last Week: The Spartans competed in two meets against Pac-12 foes. The team scored a season-best 194.375 in the only meet of the season against Stanford last Wednesday. SJSU then competed at UCLA on Saturday where the team scored a 193.575.
Spartan Fact: Freshman Lauren Macpherson scored a season-high 39.025 in the all-around at UCLA where she scored a season-best 9.800 on vault to lead the team.
Spartan Fact #2: Saturday was a homecoming for current Spartan graduate student Mercedez Sanchez. She spent the past four years as a member of the Bruin women's gymnastics team and graduated in Spring of 2020 with her degree in sociology from UCLA. Returning to Pauley Pavilion, Sanchez performed on the bars and beam for the Spartans, recording a 9.750 and 9.675 respectively.
Upcoming Schedule
March 20 - at Air Force, USAFA, Colo., 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT
Live Scoring -.http://www.sjsustats.com
Live Video - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvuJLd9RDVK630zY2b6Ykg?view_as=subscriber
Men's Golf
This Week: San Jose State University is off this week.
Last Week: San Jose State finished 17th out of 20 teams at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic. Sean Yu was the top Spartan individual tying for
Spartan Fact: Only four weeks before San Jose State hosts the 74th Western Intercollegiate Presented by Topgolf at the Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz and televised live by GOLFChannel. Dates are April 12 through April 14.
Upcoming Schedule
March 22-23 - Oregon Duck Invitational, Eugene Country Club, Creswell, Ore.
Live Scoring - http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=20920
Softball (4-10, 0-0)
This Week: The Spartans began conference play with a trip to Fresno State for a three-game series on Saturday and Sunday.
Last Week: SJSU dropped both home games, but bounced back for a big offensive game at Santa Clara with a 10-3 win.
Spartan Fact: The Spartans are coming off their best offensive game of the season with 10 runs on 10 hits against Santa Clara. Janessa Lozano was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in the victory.
Upcoming Schedule
March 20 - DH at Fresno State, 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
March 21 - at Fresno State, 12:00 p.m.
Live Stats - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=sjsu
Watch Live - https://sjsuspartans.com/sports/2018/7/31/mountain-west-digital-network.aspx
Track & Field
This Week: The Spartans return to action this week at the Hornet Invitational in Sacramento.
Last Week: No action.
Spartan Fact: Senior Chantel Ward set a school record in the outdoor women's shot put in her first meet of the season, hitting a mark of 12.85m.
Upcoming Schedule
Mar. 20 - Hornet Invitational, Sacramento, Calif.
Men's Water Polo (3-6, 1-4 GCC)
This Week: The 2020-21 season is complete.
Last Week: The #8-ranked Spartans concluded their abbreviated spring season with a 17-8 non-conference victory over Santa Clara.
Spartan Fact: San Jose State recognized Finn Pardon and Ben Hauschild in a Senior Day ceremony before the Santa Clara match. Earlier in the week, the Golden Coast Conference named Pardon a first-team honoree and Hauschild and goalkeeper were second-team selections.
Women's Water Polo (1-3)
Last Week: The #15-ranked Spartans lost at #3-Stanford, 16-7. San Jose State's seven goals were the most it has scored against Stanford in a match in five years.
This Week: San Jose State opens Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action with a pair of conference contests at #5-Arizona State.
Spartan Fact: Hannah Henry's 14 saves in the Stanford match are her second most in a match as the San Jose State goalkeeper. As a freshman in 2018, she stopped 16 shots in an overtime loss to Long Beach State in the Barbara Kalus Invitational.
Upcoming Schedule
March 20 - at Arizona State, 1:00 p.m. MST/1:00 p.m. (PDT)
Live Stream - https://pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university
Live Scoring - https://www.thefosh.net/live/10261
March 21 - at Arizona State, 1:00 p.m. MST/1:00 p.m. (PDT)
Live Stream - https://pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university-2
Live Scoring - https://www.thefosh.net/live/10263
Football
Last Week: Coach Brent Brennan completed his staff appointing Rob Christoff as outside linebackers coach and Eric Scott as wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator.
Spartan Fact: The Spartans return 23 starters from the 2020 Mountain West championship squad.
Men's Basketball (5-16, 3-13 MW)
Wrap-up: The Spartans fell 111-80 to Wyoming at the Mountain West Men's Basketball Tournament to end the 2020-21 season. Senior guard Richard Washington was named an honorable mention All-MW honoree by the media and the conference head coaches.
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