SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State water polo team returns to the friendly confines of the Aztec Aquaplex this weekend, where it has a 5-1 record this year, for a single game on Friday and then hosts the Aztec Mini Invite 2 on Saturday which will feature three contests and a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX prior to the team's game against Santa Clara.
Carla Gilmore and Kristy Fraijo, who played club water polo at San Diego State in the 1980s and 1990s and are the program's Title IX ambassadors, pushed women's water polo forward and showed others what was possible simply by playing a game that women did not have the opportunity to play at the collegiate level before it was elevated to a varsity sport. These women paved the way for athletes who have followed in their footsteps and they will be honored prior to the game.
This Week
Friday, March 25
No. 19 San Diego State vs. Azusa Pacific (Golden Coast Conference) – 4 p.m. PT
Aztec Aquaplex – San Diego, Calif.
Saturday, March 26
Aztec Mini Invite 2
Azusa Pacific vs. Santa Clara – 11 a.m. PT
No. 19 San Diego State vs. Santa Clara (Golden Coast Conference) – 12:30 p.m. PT
(50 years of Title IX celebration)
No. 19 San Diego State vs. No. 11 UC Davis – 4 p.m. PT
Aztec Aquaplex – San Diego, Calif.
Know This
Versus Azusa Pacific (6-10, 0-2 Golden Coast Conference)
• This will be the 10th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 2014 season, with the Aztecs holding an 8-1 advantage in the all-time series.
• San Diego State took the first seven meetings, but lost 9-10 in the last matchup in San Diego, in the 2019 season, and beat the Cougars in Glendora last year.
• In games played at the Aquaplex, San Diego State holds a 2-1 lead in the all-time series.
• In its victories at home against the Cougars, SDSU is averaging 8.5 goals and holding APU to 5.5.
• In its lone loss to Azusa Pacific at the Aquaplex, the final score was 10-9.
• Azusa Pacific is 1-4 on the road this year, including a loss in its GCC opener at Concordia, 8-7.
Versus Santa Clara (6-12, 1-1 Golden Coast Conference)
• This will be the 14th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 2006 season, with the Aztecs holding a 12-1 advantage in the all-time series.
• On Feb. 12, the Aztecs defeated Santa Clara 14-7 at the Triton Invitational. That game was a non-conference matchup.
• San Diego State has won the last nine meetings, regardless of location.
• In games played at the Aquaplex, San Diego State holds a 3-0 lead in the all-time series and is averaging 10.3 goals and holding SCU to 5.3.
• San Diego State won the first three matchups from 2006 to 2013, lost in a neutral site game in 2014, and is undefeated in its last nine meetings with Santa Clara.
• The Broncos are 2-1 away from home this year, including a loss in its GCC opener at Fresno State, 19-6.
Versus No. 11 UC Davis (11-9)
• This will be the 28th meeting between these two programs, dating back to the 1995 season, with the Aztecs holding a 20-7 advantage in the all-time series.
• San Diego State has played UC Davis at the Aquaplex just once, in the 2013 season, and defeated the Aggies 9-7.
• Of the 27 previous meetings, just four have been in either program's home pool: the 2013 matchup in San Diego and three times in Davis, in 1998, 1999 and 2009. All other meetings have come in neutral pools.
• San Diego State won 14 of the first 17 meetings, from 1995 to 2007, lost both matchups in 2008, and is 6-2 in its last eight encounters with UC Davis.
• San Diego State has three win streaks of at least five games in the all-time series, while the Aggies have three two-game win streaks, as its longest measure of success against the Aztecs.
• Since 2002, UC Davis has been a top-25 ranked team in each of the 14 matchups with the Aztecs.
• San Diego State has won six of its last eight against UC Davis, regardless of location.
About the Aztecs
• San Diego State is 7-11, 0-1 Golden Coast Conference and No. 20 in the nation at the start of the week.
• Raquel de Pinho leads the team's goalies with 80 saves and 264:16 minutes and has a goals against average of 14.77.
• Karli Canale, Rose Kanemy and Laurene Padilla lead the Aztecs offense with 24 goals each.
• Four other San Diego State players have reached double-digits in tallies (Sydney Hurst – 17, Spencer Samuel – 13, Kendall Houck – 11 and Lucia Carballo - 10).
• In addition to her lead in goals, Canale paces the Aztecs in assists (18). Kanemy has 16, Padilla 15, and Delaney Binette and Lucia Carballo have 11.
• Among Golden Coast Conference performers Karli Canale ranks No. 10 in points (42), No. 8 in assists (18) and No. 6 in steals (21) & sprints won (9). Kendall Houck ranks No. 5 in sprints won with 11 and Raquel de Pinho is No. 7 in save percentage (.396), No. 8 in saves (80) and No. 9 in goals against average (14.77
• 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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Aztecs Celebrate Title IX This Weekend
