SAN DIEGO – After having its midweek game canceled due to COVID related issues within the No. 22 Harvard program, the No. 20 San Diego State water polo team travels up the I-5 to Los Angeles to take on No. 17 Loyola Marymount and No. 6 UC Irvine on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
This Weekend
Saturday, March 19
No. 20 San Diego State at No. 17 Loyola Marymount – 11 a.m. PT
Burns Aquatics Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Live stats and streaming video links are on the Aztecs water polo schedule page at www.goaztecs.com.
Sunday, March 20
No. 20 San Diego State at No. 6 UC Irvine – 12 p.m. PT
Anteater Aquatics Complex, Irvine, Calif.
Live stats and streaming video links are on the Aztecs water polo schedule page at www.goaztecs.com.
Know This
Versus No. 17 Loyola Marymount (9-7, 0-0 Golden Coast Conference)
• This will be the 40th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 1998 season and will be each team's conference opener.
• The Lions defeated the Aztecs 12-11 at the 2022 Triton Invitational on Feb. 13 and 11-5 on Feb. 27 in the 2022 Barbara Kalbus Invitational.
• The Aztecs trail in the all-time series 18-21 and in games played in the LMU pool, the teams are tied 4-4, including SDSU's last foray to Los Angeles, a 9-7 victory on March 22, 2019.
• In the last 10 meetings, regardless of location, the Aztecs have six wins.
• In its victories on the road against the Lions, SDSU is averaging 9.3 goals and holding LMU to 6.3.
• In its losses in the Loyola Marymount pool, San Diego State is scoring 6.5 goals, but allowing 9.3.
• LMU will be the 11th ranked opponent the Aztecs have faced in what will be its 17th game.
• In each of the last six meetings in the Loyola Marymount pool, the Lions have been ranked in the top-25.
Versus No. 6 UC Irvine (13-5)
• This will be the 44th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 1995 season.
• The Aztecs lead the all-time series 25-18 but have not gotten a win in the 12 meetings, regardless of location.
• In games played in Irvine, the teams have split the 18 meetings, 9-9, but the Anteaters have won seven of the last eight in their pool.
• San Diego State won the first five matchups in the UC Irvine pool and at one point led the all-time series 9-3 as the away team.
• In its victories on the road against the Anteaters, SDSU is averaging 8.0 goals and holding UC Irvine to 5.1.
• In its losses in the UC Irvine pool, San Diego State is scoring 6.5 goals, but allowing 9.1.
• UC Irvine will be the 12th team ranked in the top-25, that San Diego State will have faced in its first 18 games.
• In each of the 18 matchups between these programs that has occurred in the Anteaters pool, UC Irvine has been ranked in the top-20.
About the Aztecs
• San Diego State is 7-9 overall and No. 20 in the nation after going 3-1 last weekend at the Aztec Invitational.
• Raquel de Pinho leads the team's goalies with 81 saves and 264:16 minutes and has a goals against average of 14.41.
• Karli Canale and Laurene Padilla lead the Aztecs offense with 20 goals each and Rose Kanemy has scored 19 times.
• Three other San Diego State players have reached double-digits in tallies (Sydney Hurst – 14, Spencer Samuel – 12 and Kendall Houck – 11).
• In addition to her lead in goals, Canale paces the Aztecs in assists (16). Kanemy has 15, Padilla 14, and Delaney Binette has 10.
• In her 24th year leading the San Diego State water polo program, head coach Carin Crawford has amassed 469 career victories.
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