No.5 NYIT Defense Holds No.10 Tampa

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. –  The No. 10 University of Tampa men's lacrosse fell to No.5 New York Institute of Technology.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: NYIT 13, Tampa 11
Records: Tampa (10-4, 3-0 SSC), NYIT (9-1)
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y.
All-time Series: NYIT leads the series 2-1.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Period

• Tampa had the first goal of the game from Andrew Kew.
• The Bears responded back with three goals to take a 3-1 lead.
• Kew fired again with five seconds left in the period, assisted by Conor Whipple.

2nd Period

• NYIT tacked on another goal for a lead of 4-2.
• Jake Mosher McGraw has his first goal of the game at 11:32.
• The Bears answered with three goals to take a four-goal lead of 7-3.
• Mosher McGraw has another goal with 1:14 left in the period.
• With one second left, NYIT takes an 8-5 lead going into half-time.

3rd Period

• NYIT starts the period with back-to-back goals to have a lead of 10-5 over Tampa.
• Whipple has his first goal of that game at 6:10, assisted by Kew.
• The Bears answered back with two more goals, now leading the Spartans 12-6.

4th Period

• The Spartans offense came alive in the final period of the game.
• Three minutes into the period, Whipple has an unassisted goal.
• At 3:43, Whipple attacks again with an assist from Sean Herdman.
• Two minutes later, Bryan Wright teams up with Whipple to decrease the deficit to 12-9.
• NYIT answers back at 1:19.
• Whipple has an unassisted goal to bring the game within three points.
• The final goal of the game comes from Wright, assisted by Whipple at 00:26, Tampa falling by two goals to NYIT.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Whipple led the team in points with four goals and three assists.
• Charlie Cummins had three caused turnovers and two groundballs.
• Kew and Wright each tallied two goals.
• Luke Posner led the team in ground balls with four, also tallying a caused turnover.
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Beyond the Box Score: 

• Sophomore, Andrew Kew broke the school record for goals in a season (62) with 67 thus far. The Oakville, Ontario native is on track to break the NCAA goals in a single season record of 72 this season.

UP NEXT:

Tampa will host the Florida Tech Panthers on Saturday starting at 8 p.m., at Naimoli Family Field in Tampa, Fla. Fans may follow via live stats and video through TampaSpartans.com.

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