SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samu Biros scored a season-high six goals and added five assists to lead the No. 15 San José State men’s water polo team (9-11, 1-3 WCC) to a 20-14 win over No. 14 CBU (22-7, 2-1 Big West) at the Julian Fraser Memorial on Saturday morning at the SRAC.
The Spartans seized control early, outscoring the Lancers 5-3 in the first quarter behind two goals from Sam Keightley. Both teams scored five in the second, sending San José State into halftime with a 10-8 lead. The Spartans then broke the game open in the third, outscoring CBU 6-3 behind two goals each from Biros and Louis Fehrensen to take a 16-11 lead into the final quarter. San José State closed it out with four more goals in the fourth.
The match was a rematch of last season's WCC Championship.
- S. Keightley scored four goals, and Giancarlo Marquez added a hat trick. Aron Sárfalvi and Fehrensen each scored twice, and Mitchell Keightley, Liam Dodunski and Mateja Cetkovic each scored once.
- M. Keightley dished out six assists a day after recording seven against No. 20 Brown on Friday, the most by a Spartan in a game since 2023.
- S. Keightley also contributed five assists and drew five exclusions.
- Alexey Poletaev made a season-high 10 saves in net.
UP NEXT: The Spartans close out the Julian Fraser Memorial against Bucknell on Sunday at 9:20 a.m. at the SRAC.
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