Spartans Conquer The Fighting Knights
April 1, 2017

Spartans Conquer The Fighting Knights

Senior Bryan Uva scored the final goal of the game to claim an 18-7 victory.

TAMPA, Fla. –  The No. 13 University of Tampa men's lacrosse team took it's Saturday afternoon Sunshine State Conference match-up over visiting Lynn University. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa Spartans 18, Lynn Fighting Knights 7
Records: Tampa (9-3, 2-0 SSC), Lynn (4-5, 0-2 SSC)
Location: Naimoli Athletic & Intramural Complex | Tampa Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the all-time series 5-0.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Period

  • The Lynn University Fighting Knights took an early lead of 2-0 over Tampa.
  • Jake Mosher McGraw had the first goal for Tampa at 3:48.
  • With 1:40 left in the period, Andrew Kew scored his first goal of the game to tie the game for Tampa at 2-2.
  • Lynn had the final goal of the period to take a 3-2 lead.

2nd Period

  • Tampa opened the scoring for the period with Mosher McGraw's second unassisted goal of the game, less than two minutes into play to tie the game.
  • The Fighting Knights took back a lead of 4-3.
  • Chris Vetter teamed up with Conor Whipple to tie the game again.
  • Whipple shoots to take the lead for Tampa, now 5-4 over Lynn.
  • Kew strikes again with an assist from Jake Huxtable to cushion the lead to two goals.
  • Lynn answers back with a goal to make it 6-5, Tampa.
 

3rd Period

  • The Spartans fired with a goal from Jake Schmidt, assisted by Whipple, his second of the day.
  • Kew has his third goal of the game to take a 8-5 lead.
  • Mosher McGraw also has his third goal of the game with 10:24 left in the period.
  • Bryan Wright takes advantage of a man-up situation to bring the score to 10-5 with an assist from Whipple.
 
 

4th Period

  • Whipple teams up with Matt Vetter at 11:58 to take a 11-5 lead 
  • A.J. Ferraro with help from Whipple bring the lead to 6 goals.
  • Lynn takes advantage of a man-up situation to answer back and decrease Tampa's lead to 12-6.
  • They strike again to make it 12-7.
  • Whipple teams up with Wright to make it a six-goal game again.
  • Kew has his fourth goal of the game with an assist from Whipple.
  • The duo strikes again for back to back goals and assists to take a 17-7 lead.
  • The final goal of the game comes from Bryan Uva to make it a 18-7 victory over Lynn University.
 

INSIDE THE STATS:

  • Whipple led all Spartans in points with seven assists and four goals.
  • Kew, the nation's leader in goals per game, had five goals and
  • Wright added two goals, as C. Vetter, Ferraro, and Schmidt each had one goal.
  • A.J. Arnold started in goal and had six saves.
  • Sam Watts won 14 of 24 faceoffs and had 5 groundballs.
  • Marty Heyn led Tampa with three caused turnovers.
  • Bryan Uva had his second career goal with one ground ball and one caused turnover.

 

UP NEXT:

Tampa travels to SSC opponent Florida Southern University on Wednesday at 7 p.m., in Lakeland, Fla. Fans may follow via live stats at TampaStats.com or watch at TampaSpartans.tv.

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