HONOLULU, Hawaii – 20^th-ranked LMU women's water polo was unable to pull off a win over 13^th-ranked San Jose State on Sunday in the final game of the Rainbow Invitational despite a six-goal performance by Marialena Seletopoulou. The Lions cut a five-goal deficit into just one in the fourth before losing 20-15.
 
Isabella Barajas tied the game at 1-apiece less than a minute and a half into the action. Seletopoulou scored a pair of powerplay goals to tie the score back up at 2-2 then 3-3 in the first. San Jose State took a 5-3 lead before Kelsey Snelgar cut the deficit in half with a converted penalty shot. The Spartans took a 7-4 lead into the second quarter.
 
With the extra player, Snelgar scored on the advantage to cut LMU's deficit to 8-5 with 5:57 on the clock in the second quarter. After a SJSU response, Sophie Kadifa took advantage of a powerplay situation to bring it back to a three-goal game. With 1:02 remaining before halftime, Barajas capitalized with a 5-meter goal. LMU would add one more before intermission as Alexandra Akritidou scored with 25 seconds on the clock to bring it to a 12-8 game.
 
San Jose State opened the second half with a goal before LMU scored three unanswered to pull within two, 13-11. Seletopouloou and Anna Tarantino scored with a player advantage, which Yanah Gerber scored at even strength. The Spartans added one more in the final 33 seconds to make it a 14-11 score.
 
Seletopoulou scored the opening two goals of the fourth quarter with a pair of penalty shots to make it a one-goal game with 6:31 to play. The Spartans responded with two consecutive goals before Barajas scored her third of the day to make it 16-14. The Lions would only score once more, Seletopoulou's sixth goal, before time expired on the comeback bid.
 
LMU split time in goal as Madison Davis played the first 16 minutes and Talia Herbermann played the final 16 minutes.