No. 9 Spartans With Trio Of Road Matches Including No. 3 UCLANo. 9 Spartans With Trio Of Road Matches Including No. 3 UCLA
Terrell Lloyd

No. 9 Spartans With Trio Of Road Matches Including No. 3 UCLA

This Weekend for No. 9-San Jose State (7-8)
Matches Saturday, October 2, 1:00 p.m. PT vs. No. 3 UCLA (11-1) | Live Stats
Sunday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. PT vs. Navy (5-6) | Live stats
Sunday, October 3, 1:00 p.m. PT vs. No. 19 LMU | Live stats
Where Saturday - Spieker Aquatics Center on the UCLA campus, Los Angeles, Calif.
Sunday - Burns Aquatics Center, on the LMU campus, Los Angeles, Calif.
Team Statistics/Polls Stats | CWPA poll
Social Media Twitter:  @SanJoseStateMWP


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The Surging Spartans

San José State is ranked tied for ninth in the September 27 Collegiate Water Polo Association national poll. The Spartans are making their first appearance in the top-10 in 2021.

• The Spartans enter the UCLA match with a three-match winning streak, their longest of the season, and have victories in five of their last six matches.

• UCLA is the tenth top-10 team San Jose State is facing this season. The Spartans notched their first win of the season against a top-10 team when they defeated No.9-ranked UC San Diego, 14-13, in their final match in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Invitational in Berkeley, Calif., on September 26.

• In three of the last four matches, San Jose State converted more tha 50 percent of its power-play opportunities. for the season, the Spartans are scoring at a 33.1 percent rate on the power play.

• Niels Hofmeijer is the national leader in sprint victories with 38 on the season. He has an .864 winning percentage (38-out-of-44) in opening period sprints in 2021. He also is tied for seventh nationally in steals with 20.

• Yahav Fire continues as one of the top goalkeepers nationally. He is the national leader with 141 saves, is third making 10.8 saves per contest and is sixth nationally with a .522 save percentage,