Spartans come alive in spring scrimmage
San Jose State football showed off its potential with five pass plays of 30 or more yards Saturday during its spring game in CEFCU Spartan Stadium.
Junior Josh Love completed 7-of-11 passes for 148 yards. He completed passes of 32 yards to wide receiver Tre Walker, 48 to tight end Josh Oliver and 56 to slot receiver Leki Nunn. Redshirt freshman Terrell Carter connected on a 46yard pass play to wide receiver Tre Hartley, but it was Montel Aaron, who started eight games last season, as the only Spartan signal caller to connect on a touchdown pass with his 75-yarder to wide receiver Bailey Gaither.
With fifth-year senior Michael Carrillo and redshirt freshman Ryan Johnson, the Spartans passed for 389 yards and did not have a pass intercepted.
Carter accounted for two of the three rushing touchdowns in the Spring Game on runs of 2 and 4 yards.
Bryce Crawford’s 50yard field goal accounted for the rest of the scoring in the Spring Game.
Linebacker Tysyn Parker, who started four games a year ago as a freshman, and sophomore defensive lineman Sinjun Astani each had a quarterback sack.
The Spartans will be back on the practice field April 3, following a week off for the university’s spring break.
Baseball
STANFORD ROLLS >> Stanford made it five wins in a row with an 11-1 win over USC at Sunken Diamond. Kris Bubic (3-0) took a perfect game into the seventh inning before a leadoff walk, and Jesse Kuet reached base five times for the Cardinal (16-2 overall, 2-0 Pac-12), going 3 for 3 with one double and two walks. The Trojans (11-8, 2-3) broke up Bubic’s nohitter with two outs in the seventh. The junior went seven innings, striking out six and allowing one hit and one walk. Maverick Handley was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.
SAINT MARY’S RALLIES >> Saint Mary’s scored six runs in the seventh inning to come from behind to beat Santa Clara (14-6, 3-2 WCC) 6-5 and even the teams’ three-game West Coast Conference series at Stephen Schott Stadium.
The Gaels (11-8, 2-3 WCC) notched six straight two-out hits in the seventh to fuel the rally.
SAN JOSE STATE FALLS >> UC Santa Barbara’s (8-11-1) Andrew Martinez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Gauchos topped the Spartans (9-12) 4-3.
CAL STALLS >> Cal dropped both ends of a doubleheader against host Oregon, falling 8-5 and 7-2 to the Ducks.
Swimming
CAL MEN TAKE SECOND >> Cal had a solid final night of the NCAA men’s swim championships and rallied to a second-place finish. Texas claimed its fourth national championship in a row with 449 points, ahead of Cal (437.5), Indiana (422), North Carolina State (385), Florida (347) and USC (253). Stanford finished seventh with 205 points.
Rugby
CAL ROLLS >> On the weekend of Charter Day celebrating the 150th anniversary of the University of California, 13 Golden Bears scored a total of 17 tries, including three by winger Justin Dunn, as Cal beat Dartmouth College 101-31 on Witter Rugby Field.
Cal (19-1, 6-0 PAC) scored several long-distance tries and reached the century mark on the scoreboard for the fifth time this spring, doing it on Saturday against the Ivy Conference champion in Dartmouth, which fell to 6-4 on the year ( 6-0 Ivy).
The Bears’ close the regular season April 7, at Saint Mary’s. The following weekend, Cal is expected to host a match in the first round of the national playoffs.
Women’s water polo
SPARTANS BEAT BRONCOS >> Guara Garcia Delgado (three) and Lilli Urvari (two) combined for five goals, including one each during a key run early in the third quarter, to help lead San Jose State to a 9-5 victory over Santa Clara at West Valley College.
Taylor Peters was credited with 10 saves for the Spartans (9-13) who snapped a two-game skid by scoring three times within two minutes after halftime and holding Santa Clara to 1-for-9 with the man advantage.