No. 9-Spartans Host No. 10-Pepperdine In Conference Match; Kis Earns GCC HonorNo. 9-Spartans Host No. 10-Pepperdine In Conference Match; Kis Earns GCC Honor
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No. 9-Spartans Host No. 10-Pepperdine In Conference Match; Kis Earns GCC Honor

This Weekend for No. 9-San Jose State (14-12, 1-2 GCC)
Match Saturday, October 30, 1:00 p.m. PT vs. No. 10 Pepperdine (13-9, 1-1 GCC) | Live Stats
Where SRAC at San José State University, San Jose, Calif.
Team Statistics/Polls Stats | CWPA poll
Social Media Twitter:  @SanJoseStateMWP


Coach Bruce Watson | Golden Coast Conference standings | Mark Kis Golden Coast Conference Player of the Week


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• The Spartans have their highest ranking of the season at #9 prior to the conference match vs. #10-Pepperdine.

• San Jose State's six-match winning streak is the team's longest since the program was reinstated in 2015.

• San Jose State's next win will be the Spartans' 15th and a program best since 2015.

• For the second time this season, a Spartan earned Golden Coast Conference Player of the Week honors with Mark Kis receiving the recognition.

• Kis scored 13 goals in four matches. He scored five goals in the wins over #12-Princeton and Brown. In the Princeton victory, the Spartans trailed, 6-4 after three quarters, but Kis tied the match at 6-6 with consecutive goals and added a third score in San Jose State's seven-goal fourth-quarter outburst in an 11-7 victory. He joins Bende Pardi as San Jose State players to be named Golden Coast Conference Player of the Week

• Pardi is third in the conference in goal scoring with 48. Kis is ninth with 40.

• Niels Hofmeijer continues to lead the nation in sprint wins. He now had 69 and has won more than 89 percent of his sprints this season.

• Neil Arnett is tenth in the Golden Coast Conference in steals.

• Goalkeeper Yahav Fire leads the nation in saves with 236. He is the conference leader in saves per match and is second in the Golden Coast Conference in save percentage at .527.

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