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2019 Women's Water Polo Roster

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13 Marcela Portales

13 Marcela Portales

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Attacker
  • Major:
    Marine & Coastal Science
  • Hometown:
    Orange, Calif.
  • High School:
    Villa Park HS '15

Summary

Biography

2019: UC DAVIS TEAM CAPTAIN… Played in all 31 games this season… Saved best season for last, finishing with 25 goals, 20 assists, and 15 steals… Completed second career hat trick against Cal State Monterey Bay on Feb. 23… Had four multi-goal games this season… Put up three assists against No. 3 UCLA (Jan. 26), and three steals each against Cal State Monterey Bay and Santa Clara in back-to-back games on Feb. 23. 

2018: Made an appearance in 27 games for 192 minutes… Tallied 10 goals, four assists, eight steals, three drawn exclusions, and one drawn five-meter foul… Completed a hat trick against Sonoma State on Feb. 25, leading the team in scoring… Also led the team against Long Beach State on Apr. 29… Has been selected to be one of the three captains for the 2018-2019 season. 

2017: Made an appearance in 28 games for a total log of 170 minutes… Had six goals, two assists, eight steals, six drawn exclusions, and three field blocks… Two of the six goals were from the game against CSUMB (2/25), which was tied between four others as top scorers in that game… Most game steals was also in the CSUMB game with two. 

2016: Saw action in 18 games for 108 total minutes... Scored 5 goals with an assist, 4 steals, 5 drawn kickouts and a field block... Netted season-high 2 goals with a steal in regular-season finale vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (4/17).

VILLA PARK HS '15: Earned third-team All-Southern Section, first-team All-Century League honors in both junior and senior years... Added team MVP in each season... Scored 147 goals to lead Orange County in 2014-15, following 103 goals in her junior season... Played club ball for SET (Saddleback-El Toro) WPC, which finished 11th at 2015 Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL: Born in Orange, Calif.... Majoring in Marine & Coastal Science... Parents are Edgar & Rebecca Portales... Event in history she wishes she could have witnessed: the invention of the chocolate-chip cookie... Career sports highlight is wheeling a goalie out of the cage to score.

Career Statistics

Year G Min Gls Ast Pts Shots Pct Stl ExD Blk
2016 18 108 5 1 6 17 .294 4 5 1
2017 28 170 6 2 8 18 .333 8 6 3
Career 46 278 11 3 14 35 .314 12 11 4

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2019
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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'6"

  • 2017Sophomore

    Atk
    5'6"
  • 9

    2018Junior

    Atk
    5'6"
    9
  • 13
    C

    2019Senior

    Attacker
    5'6"
    13
    C
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