Spark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF Tournament
Spark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF TournamentSpark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF Tournament

Spark Leads Spartans Against Cal at MPSF Tournament

LOS ANGELES—Darcy Spark scored four goals in a match for the fifth time this season as the No. 14 San José State women’s water polo team fell to No. 4 California, 15-7, in the team’s first match at the 2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.

  • Darcy Spark scored twice in the second quarter and once in the third and fourth quarters.
  • She now has 72 goals on the season and moved into sixth on the single-season San José State goals scored list. She needed five goals to move into fifth place with Rae Leknees who scored 76 goals in 2014.
  • Spark also moved up the SJSU career goals scored list on Friday. She is now tied with Tanya Torres (2006-09) for 17th place with 118 goals.
  • Three other Spartans – Jennine Osorio who scored the first goal of the match, Bridget Cranley in the third quarter and Rose Jensen in the fourth quarter.

UP NEXT – The fifth-seeded Spartans compete Sunday in the fifth-place match beginning at 11 a.m. SJSU will face the winner of sixth-seed/No. 10 Arizona State-seventh-seed/No. 12 Indiana match on Saturday. Fans can follow along on 6-8 Sports or watch on Overnght.

California        15        San José State 7

SJSU    1          2          2          2          --          7

Cal       4          3          4          4          --          15

Goals – SJSU - Darcy Spark 4, Jennine Osorio, Bridget Cranley, Rose Jensen

Saves – SJSU – Grace Smith 6.

Records – San José State 13-12; California 18-4

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