Spartans get first win of season in blowout win over Santa Clara

By Don Le — Reporter San Jose State women’s water polo (1-2, 0-0 MPSF) got its first win of the season Sunday with a commanding 17-7 win over Santa Clara University (0-2, 0-0 GCF). The two leading scorers of the Read more

SpearMag — SRAC welcomes Spartans to wade in home water

By Jessica Jimenez — Reporter Many athletes endure hardships. They work hard to become the best athletes that they can be, but when met with no training facility or home pool, they begin to lack team spirit and motivation. The Read more

Women’s water polo falls to ASU, finishes sixth in MPSF Championships

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo dropped its final game against Arizona State, 18-12 Sunday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center for the last day of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The Spartans (10-15, Read more

Cal defeats women’s water polo in opener of MPSF Championships

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer The San Jose State women’s water polo team fell Friday to UC Berkeley 18-9 in the quarter final round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford University. Meeting Read more

Spartans defeat the Hoosiers on senior day

By Jessica Jimenez– Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo team (10-12, 2-3 MPSF) hosted Indiana University for its final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation home game and defeated the Hoosiers (5-14, 0-5 MPSF), 8-6. It was senior day for Read more

No. 19 Spartans finish 2-1 at ASU Invitational

By Madyson Montoya — Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo (9-11, 1-2 MPSF) swept its Saturday matches, but failed to leave undefeated after Sunday’s match and finished 2-1 in the ASU Invitational. Saturday brought a doubleheader victory as Read more

Spartans see improvements despite loss to No. 4 Cal

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo fell to UC Berkley 10-6 in an MPSF matchup Saturday afternoon at West Valley College in Saratoga. The No. 4 Bears (13-3, 0-1 MPSF) started the first quarter Read more

Women’s water polo drops third in a row against Harvard

By Nancy Castaneda — Staff Writer The San Jose State women’s water polo team (7-9) dropped its third straight game in a non-conference matchup to Harvard 10-7 in Saratoga Thursday. The Spartans trailed 4-0 at the end of the first Read more

Women’s water polo sweeps Lancer Joust tournament

By Nancy Castaneda — Staff Writer The San Jose State women’s water polo team (6-5, 0-1 MPSF) swept Cal Baptist University 9-6 and Concordia University 16-8 in the Lancer Joust tournament on Saturday. In the first match against No. 23 Read more

Descalzi Portell scores five goals in win against Broncos

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo (4-4) won against cross-town rivals Santa Clara University (4-9) 11-7 Saturday afternoon at SCU. The No. 19 Spartans were led by freshman utility player Olga Descalzi Portell with Read more

Spartans defeat No. 25 Aztecs, finish 14th in Barbara Kalbus Invitational

By Joclyn Aguirre — Staff Writer The San Jose State women’s water polo team traveled to Irvine for the Barbara Kalbus Invitational and dropped three of its four matches. The No. 13 Spartans (3-4) struggled bringing the heat to their Read more

Don’t tread on me

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer After arriving only a month ago, Olga Descalzi Portell is tackling a tough sport that she also loves — water polo. The freshman engineering major learned the sport in her hometown Terrassa, Spain. Descalzi Read more

Women’s water polo falls in exhibition to Chinese national team

By Jessica Jimenez — Staff Writer San Jose State women’s water polo (2-2) made a splash when they hosted China’s national team for an exhibition match at West Valley College, but ultimately fell 20-5. Despite an active first quarter on Read more