Golden Bears Tranquilized by Spartans

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa women's lacrosse defeated the Concordia St.Paul University Golden Bears after a five-goal deficit in the first half. The Spartans had 17 unanswered goals in the victory. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa  20, Concordia St. Paul 7
Records: Tampa (5-5, SSC 0-1), Concordia St. Paul (6-5)
Location: Naimoli Field, Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series:  This is the first match-up, Tampa leads the series 1-0.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Half

• The Golden Bears took an early lead against Tampa of 5-0.
• Tampa finally fought back at 12:08 with a goal from Carly Vaccaro assisted by Cali Edgar.
• Maggie Gladden came through with an unassisted goal, now down by three goals.
• Madison Ewing takes a free position attempt and converted it for a goal for Tampa.
• With 5:10 on the clock Allie Popelar with help from Gladden made the score within one goal.
• The tying goal comes from Ewing assisted by Amanda Rom.
• Tampa takes a 6-5 lead with Ewing, assisted by Edgar.
• The final goal of the half with 20 seconds left was unassisted by Shannon Sweeney.

2nd Half

• Tampa's goal streak continued to eight goals with a free position goal from Amanda Voges. 
• Rom has her first goal of the game at 28:59 with an assist from Voges, Tampa leading 9-5. 
• Caroline Forester continues the streak with an assist from Voges.
• Freshman Claire Swanson with her first of the game and another assist from Voges, Tampa leading 11-5.
• Forester strikes with 26:31 with an assist from Vaccaro
• Voges shoots her second goal of the game with help from Edgar, Tampa leading 13-5.
• A free position is converted to a goal by Rom.
• Abby Coccagna takes a man-up goal to start a running clock.
• Swanson with her second goal of the game with 20:37 left, assisted by Voges.
• Forester and Gladden team up to make it 17-5.
• The Golden Bears answer back with two goals at 13:15.
• Voges with her third goal of the game comes with 5:11 left, assisted by Gladden.
• Less than two minutes left, Ewing with an assist from Megan Sanchez give Tampa 12 goal lead.
• The final goal of the game comes from Tampa's Mallary Weinsz with 30 seconds left. Tampa wins the game by a score of 20-7

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Voges had a total of seven points with three goals and four assists, taking three draw controls.
• In her first game back returning from an injury, Ewing led the team in goals with four.
• Forester had three goals with two draw controls.
• Rom tallied three points with two goals, one assist and one caused turnover.
• Gladden totaled four points with three assists and one goal.
• Swanson scored twice for Tampa with one caused turnover and one draw control.
• Popelar led the team in draw controls with four, also scored a goal.
• Coccagna led the team in caused turnovers with three, also scoring a goal.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Junior Rom is approaching 100 career points with 95 so far. She will be the second Spartan to reach this milestone.

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns to action on Friday, March 24th against Colorado Mesa. The match-up will start at 7:30 p.m. at Naimoli Field in Tampa, Fla.  Live stats will be available through TampaStats.com.

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