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No. 19 Spartans Head To Indiana For MPSF Championships

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State Women's Water Polo team will compete at the 2024 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships in Bloomington, Ind., this Friday through Sunday at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center. Teams competing include - USC, Stanford, UCLA, California, Indiana, Arizona State, and San José State. As the No. 7-seed, the Spartans will play the first game of the day on Friday against No. 2-seed California at 9:00 a.m. PDT. 

  • Sinia Plotz and Darcy Spark were named to the MPSF All-Conference teams. Plotz received second-team honors while Spark was listed to the all-newcomer team and received honorable mention honors. 
  • Spark leads the team in goals scored this season with 41. 
  • Ivanna Anderson-Villela ranks first on the team in assists with 27. 
  • Ryann Lucchesi has had 60 drawn exclusions this season to rank first on the team. 
  • Spark was named MPSF Newcomer of the Week for her performance against No. 3 USC. She recorded four goals, two steals, and one drawn exclusion in the match. 
  • Plotz had her eighth hat trick of the season against No. 3 USC. 
  • Emma Ruzic scored two goals and added an assist against No. 1 UCLA. 
  • Lucy Miszewski had her third hat trick of the season to lead the No. 17 San José State women's water polo team in their 9-7 loss to No. 8 Princeton.
  • Anderson-Villela had her first hat trick of the season to lead the Spartans in their 9 -4 win against No. 22 CSU Northridge.
  • Grace Smith tallied 26 saves total and had an assist and three steals at the Bronco Invitational. 
  • Spark was on fire during the ASU invitational recording nine goals over the weekend and scoring a hat trick in the 5-3 win against No. 12 UCSB.
  • Spark tallied 10 goals total throughout the four games at the Bronco Invitational 
  • Paxtyn Reihs had 100% shooting accuracy with four goals scored to lead the Spartans in their 24-3 win over Ottawa University Arizona.
  • Smith was on fire recording seven saves to lead the No. 19 Spartans in their 5-3 win over No. 12 UC Santa Barbara. 
  • The Spartans went 3-1 at the ASU Invitational. 
  • Renee Fleming scored two goals in the match against UC Irvine on January 21st. 
  • Ivanna Anderson-Villela put two points on the board, while Rose Jensen and Lucchesi scored one point each against No. 9 Fresno State. 

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