{"id":221528,"date":"2026-03-16T02:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221528\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:56:08","slug":"spark-leads-spartans-at-aztec-invitational-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221528\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Leads Spartans at Aztec Invitational &#8211; SJSU Athletics &#8211; Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hear from Coach Harberts after the team played at the Aztec Invitational on Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllSpartans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AllSpartans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yoedRtZ5LR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yoedRtZ5LR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose State Women&#8217;s Water Polo (@SanJoseStateWWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseStateWWP\/status\/2033351136602914856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/darcy-spark\" title=\"Darcy Spark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darcy Spark<\/a> led the team in scoring in two matches Sunday as the No. 18 San Jos\u00e9 State women\u2019s water polo team played twice at the Aztec Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Spark scored twice in the first match of the day as SJSU fell to No. 12 Harvard, 13-4. Her goals came in the second and fourth quarters. <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/sarah-woren\" title=\"Sarah Woren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Woren<\/a> gave the Spartans the early 1-0 lead on a penalty shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/sienna-cimoli\" title=\"Sienna Cimoli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sienna Cimoli<\/a> scored the team\u2019s final goal in the fourth quarter. Goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/tatianna-raffin\" title=\"Tatianna Raffin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatianna Raffin<\/a> made seven saves.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans then fell to No. 16 UC San Diego, 13-12, as Spark scored six goals in the loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/bridget-cranley\" title=\"Bridget Cranley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Cranley<\/a> scored twice, while Woren, <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/jennine-osorio\" title=\"Jennine Osorio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennine Osorio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/mackenzy-clark\" title=\"Mackenzy Clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzy Clark<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/rose-jensen\" title=\"Rose Jensen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Jensen<\/a> each had one goal. Raffin made 10 saves in goal.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT \u2013 The Spartans host No. 9 Indiana this Friday, March 20, at 1 p.m. PT, inside the SRAC.<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 Harvard\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No. 18 San Jos\u00e9 State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<\/p>\n<p>HU<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>13<\/p>\n<p>SJSU<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>0<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>HU Goals:\u00a0M.O&#8217;Dea\u00a0(2),\u00a0L.Britt\u00a0(2),\u00a0L.Levenberg-Penklis\u00a0(2),\u00a0L.Berkman,\u00a0H.Heffelfinger,\u00a0S.Wang,\u00a0P.Klemm,\u00a0S.Del Villar,\u00a0E.Gilbert,\u00a0N.Piovan<br \/>SJSU Goals: <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/darcy-spark\" title=\"Darcy Spark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darcy Spark<\/a>\u00a0(2),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/sarah-woren\" title=\"Sarah Woren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Woren<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/sienna-cimoli\" title=\"Sienna Cimoli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sienna Cimoli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No. 16 UC San Diego\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No. 18 San Jos\u00e9 State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12<\/p>\n<p>UCSD<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>13<\/p>\n<p>SJSU<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>Win:\u00a0Bria Zwaschka,\u00a0Loss:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/tatianna-raffin\" title=\"Tatianna Raffin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatianna Raffin<\/a><br \/>UCSD Goals:\u00a0 E.Cloherty (4), A.Schechter (4), C.Stensland (2), C.Stayt, S.Munatones, A.Bartholomew<br \/>SJSU Goals:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/darcy-spark\" title=\"Darcy Spark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darcy Spark<\/a>\u00a0(6),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/bridget-cranley\" title=\"Bridget Cranley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Cranley<\/a>\u00a0(2),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/sarah-woren\" title=\"Sarah Woren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Woren<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/jennine-osorio\" title=\"Jennine Osorio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennine Osorio<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/mackenzy-clark\" title=\"Mackenzy Clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzy Clark<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/womens-water-polo\/roster\/player\/rose-jensen\" title=\"Rose Jensen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Jensen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#AllSpartans<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hear from Coach Harberts after the team played at the Aztec Invitational on Sunday. #AllSpartans pic.twitter.com\/yoedRtZ5LR \u2014 San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-221528","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\/221528","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=221528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}