Water Polo

No. 16 Water Polo Jumps Back Into League Play This Weekend

No. 16 Water Polo Jumps Back Into League Play This WeekendNo. 16 Water Polo Jumps Back Into League Play This Weekend

SAN DIEGO – After opening Golden Coast Conference (GCC) play with an 18-5 win over Concordia last weekend, the No. 16 San Diego State water polo team heads to northern California for a pair of league games this week.  The team is at Santa Clara on Friday and No. 23 Pacific on Saturday.
 
This Week
Friday, March 6
No. 16 San Diego State at Santa Clara* - 4 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 7
No. 16 San Diego State at No. 23 Pacific* - 1 p.m. PT
 
Know This
Versus Santa Clara (8-6, 0-0 GCC)
• San Diego State leads the all-time series 10-1, which includes victories for the Aztecs in each of the last seven games.
• In games contested in the Santa Clara pool, SDSU is 3-0 and have outscored the Broncos 22-12, which is an average margin of victory of 3+ goals (7.1-to-4).
• The series started with a pair of neutral site games in 2006 & 2007, but San Diego State wins.  The schools then didn't meet for six years.  Since 2013 there have been eight meetings. 
 
Versus No. 23 Pacific (2-11, 0-0 GCC)
• This will be the 36th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 1996 season, with San Diego State holding an obscene 32-3 lead in the all-time series.
• San Diego State holds an 8-1 advantage in games played in the Tigers' pool but came out on the short end of the decision in the last meeting in Stockton.
• San Diego State won the first 32 times the teams met, but UOP has taken the last three matchups. 
• In its victories on the road against the Pacific, SDSU is averaging 11.0 goals and holding Pacific to 6.
• In its loss in the UOP pool, San Diego State allowed 13 goals and scored 10.
• UC Irvine will be the 13th team ranked in the top-25, that San Diego State will have faced in its first 18 games.
• Saturday's game will be the fourth time Pacific has been ranked in the top-20 when the teams have met in Stockton.
 
Aztec Brief (7-9, 1-0 GCC)
• San Diego State is 7-9 overall and No. 16 in the nation after going 1-1 last weekend.
•San Diego State won its Golden Coast Conference opener for the sixth time in seven tries with its 18-5 win at Concordia last weekend.
• Emily Bennett ranks No. 6 in the GCC in goals (16) and points (23)
• Isabelle Hastings leads the conference in assists with 13.
• Jessica Leckich is eighth in the league in assists with 8.
• Lucia Carballo ranks seventh in the Golden Coast Conference in steals with seven.
• Maddy Parenteau leads the GCC on sprints won.
• Head coach Carin Crawford has amassed 482 career victories in her now 21+ years at the helm of the San Diego State water polo program.