COACH BETH HARBERTS | Brown win match statistics | Iona win match statistics
Santa Barbara, Calif.----- San Jose State University is off to its best start in women's water polo in six years after completing a doubleheader sweep of Brown, 13-6, and Iona, 17-7, on the third and final day of the UC Santa Barbara Winter Invite.
The No.16-Spartans (4-1) relied on a varied scoring attack and solid defense and goalkeeping by Elaina Davey to match the program's 4-1 start to the 2016 season. In its five weekend non-conference matches, five Spartans had match-high scoring honors. Only senior Olga Descalzi and freshman Cila David led or shared team-high scoring honors in more than one contest. San Jose State did not allow any of its five opponents to reach the 10-goal mark in a match.
BROWN HIGHLIGHTS
• The Spartans scored first and never trailed defeating Brown, 13-7. San Jose State led, 5-1 after the first quarter and 10-4 at halftime. Olga Descalzi scored her team-high three goals in the first half as eight Spartans scored. Jaime Pitcher, Ryann Lucchesi and Riley Agerbeek each scored twice for San Jose State.
• San Jose State converted 56.5 percent of its shots.
• Elaina Davey was credited with a personal single-match best 15 saves.
IONA HIGHLIGHTS
• San Jose State followed the same formula of scoring first, converting shots, taking a big first-quarter lead, and playing sound defense for four quarters in its 17-7 win over Iona. The Spartans led 4-0 at the end of the first quarter and 7-3 at halftime.
• San Jose State made a season-best 63.8 percent of its shots against Iona.
• Riley Agerbeek finished with seven goals on the day including a personal best five goals against the Gaels. Clarissa Wandinger had her first two-goal scoring match of the season and drew three Iona exclusions as part of the Spartans' defensive effort.
• Goalkeeper Elaina Davey stopped 11 Iona shots, her third double-digit save effort in the last two days.
| Match #21 |
Score by Quarters |
Total |
| Brown (1-2) |
1-1-2-2 |
6 |
| No. 16 - San Jose State (3-1) |
5-2-3-3 |
13 |
| Goal Scoring |
| Brown - Claire Pisani, 2; Sophie Golub, Katie Klein, Zoe King, Katharine Knowles, 1, each. |
| San Jose State - Olga Descalzi, 3; Riley Agerbeek, Ryann Lucchesi, Jaime Pitcher, 2, each; Clarissa Wandinger, Maiken Pardon, Cila David, Lior Ben David, 1, each. |
| Goalkeeper Saves |
| Brown - Marley Preslado, not available. |
| San Jose State - Elaina Davey, 15. |
| Ejections |
| Brown - 7. |
| San Jose State - 12. |
| Match #24 |
Score by Quarters |
Total |
| Iona (0-3) |
0-4-0-3 |
7 |
| No. 16 - San Jose State (4-1) |
4-3-6-4 |
17 |
| Goal Scoring |
| Iona - Jordan Van Reeken, 2; Mia Tovar, Addison Collins, Remy Ickes, Maeve Ellen Wydan, Kaya Hart, 1, each. |
| San Jose State - Riley Agerbeek, 5; Olga Descalzi, 3; Clarissa Wandinger, Lior Ben David, 2, each; Jaime Pitcher, Maiken Pardon, Lucy Miszewski, Sophie Spivack, Bailey Stubblefield, 1, each. |
| Goalkeeper Saves |
| Iona - Cristina Chiappini, not available. |
| San Jose State - Elaina Davey, 11. |
| Ejections |
| Iona - 10. |
| San Jose State - 17. |
