April 17, 2001
This Week
The No. 8 San Diego State water polo team heads to No. 5 Hawaii for its final MPSF matchup, Sunday April 22 at 6:30 p.m. The Aztecs are 16-12 overall and 4-5 in the MPSF.
The Aztecs defeated Hawaii, 7-4, in their last meeting (4/7/00) at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. SDSU has a 4-5 all-time record vs. Hawaii.
Recapping The Long Beach Invitational
SDSU registered four wins and two losses at this past weekend's Long Beach State Invitational to improve to 16-12. The Aztecs' victories included an upset over No. 6 UC Santa Barbara, 8-7. SDSU also beat UC Irvine, 10-6, UC Santa Cruz, 9-1, and Cal State Bakersfield, 17-6. San Diego State's two losses came to No. 3 USC, 12-6, and No. 13 Cal Baptist, 8-4.
MPSF Championships
The Aztecs will remain in Hawaii for the MPSF Championships in Honolulu, April 22-29. The winner of the championship will advance to the first NCAA National Championships, May 12-13. The competition will be stiff as nine of 11 teams are ranked in the top 10.
Hartzell Breaks Into The Record Books
After only 30 games as an Aztec, Holly Hartzell has already worked herself into the SDSU record books. She leads the team in scoring with 72 goals this season, placing her third on SDSU's single-season record list. Her 72 goals also put her ninth in career goals.
Hartzell is a member of the USA Junior National Team, a gold medalist at the 2000 Junior Pan Am Games and the 2000 CIF Player of the Year (Fallbrook HS). She is also the only Aztec to receive MPSF Mikasa Player of the Week honors this season (3/20).
Hartzell has led the Aztecs in scoring in 11 of the last 18 games. She has also scored four or more goals in a game 10 times this season.
Prestegard Maintains Pace
Sophomore Amber Prestegard broke into the record books after her freshman season and is working her way to the top in both the goals and assist categories. After her freshman season she was seventh on SDSU's list of season leaders in goals with 58 and already ranks sixth this season with 61. She also ranks fifth in career goals with 119. SDSU assistant coach Larisa Baltgalvis is first on the career goals list with 235 (1997-2000). Prestegard also ranks fourth in a season for assists with her 27 thus far this year. She also ranks ninth in single-season assists with 20 in 2000 and fourth among career leaders with 47. Prestegard is second on the team in scoring this season with 61 goals, first in assists with 27, and second in steals with 32.