2024-25 CSUN Top Moments - Water Polo's Telek and Pal Break School Records
7/14/2025 12:00:00 PM | General, Women's Water Polo
From June 11 to August 11, GoMatadors.com will present the top CSUN Moments from the 2024-25 sports season. Today, we celebrate the Women's Water Polo team's senior duo of Dorottya Telek and Anna Pal on setting Matador school records and milestones during the 2025 season.Â
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CSUN Water Polo's Hungarian senior duo of Dorottya Telek and Anna Pal completed their historic Matador careers this spring, leaving the program as record holders in multiple categories. Two of the top players in Matador women's water polo history, Telek and Pal would each receive a fourth consecutive All-American award after the season, capping extraordinary careers that few can rival.Â
Already CSUN's all-time career and single-season goal leader coming into the season, Telek reached another historic milestone in 2025 by surpassing 300 career goals. In fact, she she blew by that mark, eventually finishing the year at 376 career tallies, which is 147 more than second place in CSUN history. Telek would also break her own single-season goal record, topping the benchmark with a Big West-best 104 goals. An All-Big West Second Team selection, Telek finished her CSUN career leading the Big West in goals in each of her four collegiate years.Â
In addition to leading CSUN in goals for a career and a season, Telek also leaves CSUN with the most goals scored in a game with nine, which she reached on three separate occasions in her career.Â
Overall, Telek holds the record in goals along with career field goal percentage (.537) and exclusions drawn (367). On the school's single-season goals list, Telek is first with 104, second with 101 scored in 2023, third with 84 goals scored in 2024 and fifth with 77 goals scored as a freshman in 2022.Â
Pal had a banner year in her own right in 2025, recording a Big West-best and a personal-best 67 assists. She would receive an All-Big West Honorable Mention after leading the Matadors with a career-high 51 steals while she was second on the team with 59 goals and 126 points.Â
Pal made CSUN history as well in 2025 by becoming the Matadors' all-time career assist record holder with 209 total helpers. She also climbed up CSUN's all-time career goals list into sixth place with 200 and up the field blocks list into ninth place with 34. She will also forever be known as CSUN's founding member of the 200-goal, 200-assist club in school history, reaching the milestone in her final collegiate match.Â
In awards, few in school history can match Telek and Pal. The duo are two of just three Matadors in program history to earn four All-American awards in school history with the other being Marisa Young (2012-15). Telek also joined Young as the only Matador in history to receive four all-conference awards while she is the all-time record holder with five Big West Player of the Week awards.Â
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CSUN Water Polo's Hungarian senior duo of Dorottya Telek and Anna Pal completed their historic Matador careers this spring, leaving the program as record holders in multiple categories. Two of the top players in Matador women's water polo history, Telek and Pal would each receive a fourth consecutive All-American award after the season, capping extraordinary careers that few can rival.Â
Already CSUN's all-time career and single-season goal leader coming into the season, Telek reached another historic milestone in 2025 by surpassing 300 career goals. In fact, she she blew by that mark, eventually finishing the year at 376 career tallies, which is 147 more than second place in CSUN history. Telek would also break her own single-season goal record, topping the benchmark with a Big West-best 104 goals. An All-Big West Second Team selection, Telek finished her CSUN career leading the Big West in goals in each of her four collegiate years.Â
In addition to leading CSUN in goals for a career and a season, Telek also leaves CSUN with the most goals scored in a game with nine, which she reached on three separate occasions in her career.Â
Overall, Telek holds the record in goals along with career field goal percentage (.537) and exclusions drawn (367). On the school's single-season goals list, Telek is first with 104, second with 101 scored in 2023, third with 84 goals scored in 2024 and fifth with 77 goals scored as a freshman in 2022.Â
Pal had a banner year in her own right in 2025, recording a Big West-best and a personal-best 67 assists. She would receive an All-Big West Honorable Mention after leading the Matadors with a career-high 51 steals while she was second on the team with 59 goals and 126 points.Â
Pal made CSUN history as well in 2025 by becoming the Matadors' all-time career assist record holder with 209 total helpers. She also climbed up CSUN's all-time career goals list into sixth place with 200 and up the field blocks list into ninth place with 34. She will also forever be known as CSUN's founding member of the 200-goal, 200-assist club in school history, reaching the milestone in her final collegiate match.Â
In awards, few in school history can match Telek and Pal. The duo are two of just three Matadors in program history to earn four All-American awards in school history with the other being Marisa Young (2012-15). Telek also joined Young as the only Matador in history to receive four all-conference awards while she is the all-time record holder with five Big West Player of the Week awards.Â
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