{"id":210970,"date":"2026-03-09T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210970\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:04:09","slug":"no-24-womens-water-polo-caps-huge-weekend-with-overtime-victory-at-no-17-san-jose-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210970\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 24 Women\u2019s Water Polo Caps Huge Weekend with Overtime Victory at No. 17 San Jose State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764132790_517_LMU_LogoUpdated.png\" alt=\"LMU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> LMU<\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/2026 | 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 11 a.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764132790_517_LMU_LogoUpdated.png\" alt=\"LMU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0LMU&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/opponent-history\/lmu\/84\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 For the second day in a row, the No. 24 Pacific women&#8217;s water polo program took down a higher ranked opponent as it defeated No. 17 San Jose State in a 15-14 overtime thriller Sunday at the Spartan Recreation and Aquatic Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIt came after the Tigers (9-6, 1-1 GCC) locked down No. 14 UC Davis yesterday in an 8-7 home win.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPacific trailed 11-9 in the fourth quarter when goals by junior Laia Marsinach Ortego and freshman Eleni Ikonmou tied it with 2:46 left. After San Jose State (6-11, 0-4 MPSF) scored on a penalty, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/ella-cowan\/5628\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5628\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Cowan<\/a> tallied the equalizer to send it to overtime.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe game-winner was a strike by Ortega, assisted by Ikonomou to lead 15-14 with 2:00 left in the final frame. It capped a career day for Ortega, who registered six goals and three assists.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNot to be overlooked, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/alicia-petkov\/5639\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5639\" target=\"_blank\">Alicia Petkov<\/a> recorded four goals, while sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/lauryn-lucero\/5985\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5985\" target=\"_blank\">Lauryn Lucero<\/a> netted a pair. Cowan distributed five assists to quarterback the offense.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOf Pacific&#8217;s 15 goals, 14 were assisted. The Tigers also grabbed five steals in the game including a pair from Cowan.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJunior <a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/maja-lizy-dulic\/5630\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5630\" target=\"_blank\">Maja Lizy Dulic<\/a> played the whole way in net and was credited with the win for the second straight day.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNeither team led by more than two goals the entire match. Pacific has now won four of the last five against SJSU.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Tigers will resume conference play Saturday, March 14 when they host No. 7 LMU at 11 a.m. at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTigers Tickets<br \/>\nTickets for upcoming events can be purchased through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/19\/tickets.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PacificTigers.com<\/a>\u00a0tickets tab, or by calling the Box Office at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pacifictigers.com\/news\/2026\/3\/8\/tel:209-946-2474\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">209-946-2474<\/a>.\u00a0 Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a group discount and exclusive fan experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Social<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor all the latest on Pacific women&#8217;s water polo, be sure to follow the team on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@UOPWaterPoloU<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pacificwaterpolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@pacificwaterpolo<\/a>) and &#8220;like&#8221; the team&#8217;s official Facebook page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pacificwomenswaterpolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pacific Women&#8217;s Water Polo<\/a>).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n#PacificProud<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: LMU 3\/14\/2026 | 11 a.m. &#13; Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 11 a.m.&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-210970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}