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Hear from winning head coach Beth Harberts<\/a> after the 15-14 overtime win against No. 12 Marist. #AllSpartans<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xakWzZBKEt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 San Jose State Women’s Water Polo (@SanJoseStateWWP) February 14, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

SANTA CLARA, Calif.\u2014Darcy Spark<\/a> scored five times Friday, including the golden goal, to give the No. 18 San Jos\u00e9 State women\u2019s water polo team a 15-14 victory over No. 12 Marist at the Bronco Invitational.<\/p>\n

Spark got a pass on the right side of the cage from Nynke Willemsen<\/a> and put the ball in the back of the net with just 10 seconds remaining in the third overtime.
\nRose Jensen<\/a> forced the game to overtime with back-to-back, even-strength goals less than a minute apart in the fourth quarter. Down 12-10, she brought the Spartans to within one with a goal at 1:40 on the clock. The tying goal came with just 51 seconds left as she was able to get the ball to go off the Marist goalie\u2019s fingertips and continue into the goal.
\nJensen\u2019s first goal of the game gave SJSU an early 2-1 lead in the first quarter.
\nThe Spartans scored twice in the first overtime period as Sarah Woren<\/a> took a Spark pass to score her only goal of the game. \u00a0Just 43 seconds later, Bridget Cranley<\/a> scored her third goal of the match, getting a pass from Emma Ruzic<\/a> to set up the goal.
\nSan Jos\u00e9 State did not score in the second overtime as Marist tied the match with an even-strength goal with 1:18 left in the period. Neither team scored in the third overtime period until Spark\u2019s goal with 10 seconds remaining.
\nSpartan goalie Tatianna Raffin<\/a> made seven saves in the match for the victory<\/p>\n

UP NEXT \u2013 The Spartans continue play at the Bronco Invitational on Saturday with matches against No. 25 CSUN at 8:30 a.m. and No. 20 Brown at 1:30 p.m. San Jos\u00e9 State finishes the weekend with a match on Sunday against Pomona-Pitzer at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

San Jos\u00e9 State 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marist 14 OT<\/p>\n

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MC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 —\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14<\/p>\n

Win:\u00a0Tatianna Raffin<\/a>,\u00a0Loss:\u00a0Ines Sanchez
SJSU Goals:\u00a0Darcy Spark<\/a>\u00a0(5),\u00a0Bridget Cranley<\/a>\u00a0(3), Rose Jensen<\/a>\u00a0(3),\u00a0Isabella Adams<\/a>\u00a0(2),\u00a0Sarah Woren<\/a>,\u00a0Jennine Osorio<\/a>
MC Goals: Kendell DeBeer (4), Jolanta Szentpali (3), Emily Scheerer (2), Madilyn Ekstrom (2), Paige Naegle, Victoria Kiss, Lela McCarroll<\/p>\n

#AllSpartans<\/p>\n