SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s water polo swept this week’s WCC Player of the Week awards as Mateja Bosić was named Player of the Week and Alexey Poletaev was named Newcomer of the Week, announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Bosić tallied 18 points in the Julian Fraser Memorial, consisting of 10 goals and eight assists, leading the Spartans to a 3-0 record in the event. Against No. 13 Harvard, Bosić scored the game winning goal for the Spartans with just four seconds left in overtime. In the game, he tallied eight points, on five goals and three assists, the most points recorded in a game by any Spartan player this season. Bosić also recorded an assist against No. 5 Fordham. Across all four games for the Spartans this week, Bosić tallied 10 goals, nine assists, six steals and drew six exclusions.
In net for all four of the Spartans' games this week, Poletaev led SJSU to a 3-0 record at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament and a 3-1 record overall with the lone Spartan loss coming in a two goal defeat to No. 5 Fordham. Across all four games, Poletaev recorded 35 saves and eight steals across all four games, including a 15 save and three steal performance in the Spartans' overtime win over No. 13 Harvard.
The 12th ranked Spartans have won seven of their last eight games, including three in a row. At 12-4 on the season, SJSU has won seven games over ranked opponents. SJSU will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 3 against UC Irvine at noon at the SRAC.
Mateja Bosić, Driver, Junior, Zrenjanin, Serbia
- WCC Player of the Week (Week of Oct. 29).
- 2023 All-WCC Second Team.
- 2023 All-WCC Tournament Team.
- Scored the game winning goal in overtime against No. 13 Harvard to cap off his five goal and three assist performance (Oct. 27)
- Has recorded 33 goals and 33 assists so far this season, averaging 4.13 points per game.
- Led the team in both goals scored (44) and assists (25) in 2023.
Alexey Poletaev, Goalkeeper, Sophomore, Irkutsk, Russia
- WCC Newcomer of the Week (Week of Oct. 29).
- Had 15 saves and three steals in the Spartans’ win over No. 13 Harvard (Oct. 27).
- Has appeared in 11 games so far this season, starting in seven of them.
- SJSU has a record of 6-1 in games which he has started in net.
- Has 72 saves so far on the season.
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