Crusaders Out Duel Spartans

TAMPA, Fla. –  The University of Tampa Spartans held strong through three periods of play, but the Belmont Abbey College Crusaders won the war with a break through in the final period.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Belmont Abbey 11, Tampa 9
Records: Tampa (5-3), Belmont Abbey (5-1)
Location: Alumni Field | Belmont, N.C.
All-time Series: Tampa now leads the series 2-1.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Period

• Belmont Abbey started the game with a two goal lead with in the first six minutes.
• Senior Conor Whipple took action with an unassisted goal at 9:17 to decrease the lead by one goal.
• The Crusaders battled back with another goal.
• Andrew Kew came through with a goal at 1:23 to end the period only down by one goal. Belmont Abbey lead Tampa by a score of 3-2.

2nd Period

• A reved up squad led to two goals for Tampa in the period.
• Chris Vetter scoredunassisted at 13:43 and one minute later Kew's second goal of the game gave Tampa the lead at 4-3.
• The Crusaders shot for two goals.
• Kew for his third goal of the game, with help from Bryan Wright, tied up the game 5-5.
• Back and forth goals from both makes the game tied before half-time. Thanks to man-up goal from Matt Vetter, assisted by Whipple.

3rd Period

• M. Vetter started off the period for Tampa to take a 7-6 led.
• At 8:17, Belmont Abbey tied the game to 7-7.
• With only 00:09 left in the period, Whipple took back the lead for Tampa.

4th Period

• Crusaders tied the game less than a minute into the period at 8-8.
• C. Vetter took back the lead for Tampa for a score of 9-8 over Belmont Abbey.
• Knights offense regained the lead seconds later and kept going with two goals to follow with a final score of 11-9, Belmont Abbey.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Alex Patton went 5-8 on face-offs today.
• Whipple had three points, two goals and one assist with two ground balls.
• Kew tallied three goals with two groundballs.
• C. Vetter had two goals with four groundballs.
• M. Vetter had two goals with two groundballs.
• A.J. Ferraro snagged three goroundballs and one caused turnover.
• Bryan Uva tallied two groundballs.
• Blaine Birch added one groundball and one caused turnover.
• Charlie Cummins caused two turnovers, with two groundballs.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Sophomore Andrew Kew is approaching 100 career goals. Currently with 93 so far, he is ranked number three in career goals. He will be the second spartan to reach this milestone. 

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns to action on Tuesday against Westminster (Utah) for an 8:00 p.m. start, at Naimoli Field in Tampa, Fla. Live stats and video will be available through TampaSpartans.com.

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