Spartans Get Top-10 Win For Second Consecutive WeekSpartans Get Top-10 Win For Second Consecutive Week

Spartans Get Top-10 Win For Second Consecutive Week

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Rose Jensen scored four times, and Darcy Spark scored the game-winning goal with 1:53 left in the match as the 15th-ranked San José State women’s water polo team won 10-8 at No. 10 Indiana in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match Saturday.

  • SJSU upset a top-10 opponent for the second consecutive Saturday on the road after a 13-12 win at then-No. 7 Arizona State last week.
  • Jensen scored four goals for the second consecutive match to lead the Spartans
  • Spark finished the match with two goals, bringing her season total to 67, moving her into 10th place on the SJSU single season goal scoring list.
  • Spark also moved past Spartan head coach Beth Harberts on the SJSU career goal-scoring list. Spark now has 113 goals scored in her two seasons, tying with Christine Welsh for 19th on the list.
  • Bridget Cranley, the reigning MPSF Newcomer of the Week, started the scoring in the match with a goal at 5:10 of the first quarter for a 1-0 SJSU lead.
  • Mackenzy Clark and Jensen scored back-to-back goals in the second quarter to tie the match at 3-3 before the Hoosier scored twice to lead 5-3 at halftime.
  • San José State trailed 6-3 before Jensen scored twice to make it 6-5, and Renee Fleming scored with 33 seconds left in the quarter to make it 7-6 Indiana.
  • Clark scored her second goal of the match to tie the score at 7-7 with 5:21 remaining in the fourth quarter.
  • Spark then scored back-to-back goals, one natural and a penalty shot, to give the Spartans a 9-7 lead with 1:53 left in the match.
  • The Hoosier got within a goal at 9-8 with 1:29 left in the match
  • The Spartans are now 13-10 on the season and 2-3 in MPSF play.

UP NEXT – San José State travels to Los Angeles next Sunday the 13th to face top-ranked USC at 1 p.m.

No. 15 San José State 10        No. 10 Indiana           8

SJSU     1          2          3          4          --          10

IU        3          2          2          1          --          8

Goals – SJSU – Rose Jensen 4, Darcy Spark 2, Mackenzy Clark 2, Renee Fleming, Bridget Cranley.

Saves – SJSU – Grace Smith 6.

Records – San José State 13-10, 2-3 MPSF. Indiana 16-9, 0-5.

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