Fresno State Athletics
Saturday, March 28
Fresno, CA
1 p.m. PT
Fresno State
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Fresno State hosts Pacific for Senior Day
3/27/2026 1:22:00 PM | Water Polo
FRESNO, Calif. - The No. 14 Fresno State water polo team hosts No. 20 Pacific at the Aquatics Center on Saturday, marking the Bulldogs' final regular season game of the season.
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Fresno State will honor seven seniors in a pregame celebration on Saturday, including Hailey Andress, Megan Cranley, Alice Johnson, Alana Lillie, Susanna Martinez, Aryanah Tellez and Ashley Williams.
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No. 14 Fresno State (13-9, 4-1 GCC) vs No. 20 Pacific (10-8, 2-3 GCC)
Saturday, March 28 • 1 p.m. PT • Aquatics Center • Fresno, Calif.
Watch: Overnght
Live Stats: TheFOSH
Twitter: @FresnoStateWP
Series History: Fresno State leads, 10-2
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GCC CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bulldogs host the 2026 Golden Coast Conference Championship on April 10-12.
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Tickets are on sale now at GoBulldogs.com/GCCtix26
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The action for this year's GCC Championship begins Friday, April 10, with three quarterfinal matches, while the top seed receives a bye to the semifinals. Play continues Saturday, April 11, with two semifinals and two consolation games. The tournament concludes Sunday, April 12, with the third-place game followed by the championship match.
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Bulldog Bones
The record holder
Senior Hailey Andress became the program's all-time leading scorer earlier this season. She currently has 252 career goals. This season alone, she has added 61 goals behind 18 multi-goal performances. The senior leads the team and is fifth in the conference in scoring. She has had at least one goal in all but two games on the year.
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Andress has a team-high 12 hat tricks this season, bringing her career total to 44. She has scored in 15 consecutive games.
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The freshman duo
The Bulldogs' second and third leading scorers are both new faces to the program in freshmen Charley Stephens and Riaan Bryant. Bryant has 37 goals and Stephens has 35 as the young duo compliment each other's play. They also combine for 43 assists as Stephens leads the team with 22 this season.
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Of the team's top five goal-scorers, Bryant and Stephen tie with a .493 shooting percentage.
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The freshman in the cage
Fresno State goalkeeper Katelyn Mobley is second in the GCC with 175 saves. She has started in all 21 games played this season.
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Her 175 saves this season are the fifth-most by a goalkeeper in program history, and she continues to climb. She already has the most saves by a Bulldog keeper since Paula Nieto Jasny in 2024 (201). Nieto Jasny is the program's all-time leader in every goalkeeper statistic.
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Win the sprint
Another year of Marit van der Kolk dominating the sprint. The sophomore Bulldog has a 66-9 sprint win-loss record this season. In 2025, she had the third-best single-season sprint record with a 41-4 record.
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With her 66 wins this season, she has moved up to third all-time in single season sprint win numbers. Her career total of 107 sprint wins is second all-time behind Cynthia Rosa (2020-24), who coincidentally, also wore cap number three for the Bulldogs.
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Van der Kolk leads the GCC in sprint wins this season.
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International 'Dogs
Of the 24 players on the Bulldogs' roster, 10 are international student-athletes. The Bulldogs have athletes on the roster from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia and Israel (in addition to the United States).
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Year 9 for the head coach
Natalie Benson was hired as the program's head coach for its inaugural season in 2017. Benson enters her ninth year leading the 'Dogs in the pool and has compiled a 127-88 overall record, including four GCC Championship titles since the first year of competition in 2018.
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Fresno State will honor seven seniors in a pregame celebration on Saturday, including Hailey Andress, Megan Cranley, Alice Johnson, Alana Lillie, Susanna Martinez, Aryanah Tellez and Ashley Williams.
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No. 14 Fresno State (13-9, 4-1 GCC) vs No. 20 Pacific (10-8, 2-3 GCC)
Saturday, March 28 • 1 p.m. PT • Aquatics Center • Fresno, Calif.
Watch: Overnght
Live Stats: TheFOSH
Twitter: @FresnoStateWP
Series History: Fresno State leads, 10-2
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The Bulldogs host the 2026 Golden Coast Conference Championship on April 10-12.
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Tickets are on sale now at GoBulldogs.com/GCCtix26
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The action for this year's GCC Championship begins Friday, April 10, with three quarterfinal matches, while the top seed receives a bye to the semifinals. Play continues Saturday, April 11, with two semifinals and two consolation games. The tournament concludes Sunday, April 12, with the third-place game followed by the championship match.
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Bulldog Bones
- Fresno State returns home for its last of the three-game homestand to close out the regular season
- The Bulldogs went 2-0 last weekend, defeating CBU and San Diego State in a pair of critical GCC matchups
- The Bulldogs are 6-1 at home this season
- Of its nine losses this season, all have been to Top 20 opponents
- Of its nine losses, six have been decided by four or fewer goals
- In conference play, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 83-46
- Fresno State is 10-0 when allowing fewer than 10 goals to its opponents this season
- Of the Bulldogs' 22 games this season, only four have been against an unranked opponent
- Fresno State has an all-time record of 44-11 in Golden Coast Conference play
- Fresno State is led in scoring by senior Hailey Andress with 61 goals. She also adds 21 assists on the season.
- Earlier this year, Andress became the program's all-time leading scorer. She currently has 252 career goals.
- Sophomore Marit van der Kolk registered her 100th career sprint win this season, becoming only the second player in program history to have that many.
- Van der Kolk has a 107-13 career win-loss record in the sprint
- Freshman goalkeeper Katelyn Mobley has been a wall in the cage, totaling 175 saves this season. She has the fifth-most in a single season, and is fourth-most all-time.
- Three different Bulldogs have scored a season-high six goals in a game this season with Riaan Bryant being the latest to do so at Azusa Pacific. She joined Hailey Andress and Georgia Daly to do so this season
- Twelve different Bulldogs have scored hat tricks on the year, including a team-high 12 from Hailey Andress
- Fresno State has 10 international players on its roster
- Fresno State is coached by Natalie Benson, in her ninth season at the helm. She has a 127-88 record as the Bulldogs' head coach
The record holder
Senior Hailey Andress became the program's all-time leading scorer earlier this season. She currently has 252 career goals. This season alone, she has added 61 goals behind 18 multi-goal performances. The senior leads the team and is fifth in the conference in scoring. She has had at least one goal in all but two games on the year.
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Andress has a team-high 12 hat tricks this season, bringing her career total to 44. She has scored in 15 consecutive games.
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The freshman duo
The Bulldogs' second and third leading scorers are both new faces to the program in freshmen Charley Stephens and Riaan Bryant. Bryant has 37 goals and Stephens has 35 as the young duo compliment each other's play. They also combine for 43 assists as Stephens leads the team with 22 this season.
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Of the team's top five goal-scorers, Bryant and Stephen tie with a .493 shooting percentage.
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The freshman in the cage
Fresno State goalkeeper Katelyn Mobley is second in the GCC with 175 saves. She has started in all 21 games played this season.
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Her 175 saves this season are the fifth-most by a goalkeeper in program history, and she continues to climb. She already has the most saves by a Bulldog keeper since Paula Nieto Jasny in 2024 (201). Nieto Jasny is the program's all-time leader in every goalkeeper statistic.
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Win the sprint
Another year of Marit van der Kolk dominating the sprint. The sophomore Bulldog has a 66-9 sprint win-loss record this season. In 2025, she had the third-best single-season sprint record with a 41-4 record.
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With her 66 wins this season, she has moved up to third all-time in single season sprint win numbers. Her career total of 107 sprint wins is second all-time behind Cynthia Rosa (2020-24), who coincidentally, also wore cap number three for the Bulldogs.
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Van der Kolk leads the GCC in sprint wins this season.
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International 'Dogs
Of the 24 players on the Bulldogs' roster, 10 are international student-athletes. The Bulldogs have athletes on the roster from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia and Israel (in addition to the United States).
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Year 9 for the head coach
Natalie Benson was hired as the program's head coach for its inaugural season in 2017. Benson enters her ninth year leading the 'Dogs in the pool and has compiled a 127-88 overall record, including four GCC Championship titles since the first year of competition in 2018.
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