Tampa Wins Fourth Consecutive SSC Tournament

TAMPA, Fla. –  The No. 9 University of Tampa wins fourth straight Sunshine State Conference Tournament Championship with 12-8 victory over Florida Tech.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa Spartans 12, Florida Tech Panthers 8
Records: Tampa (12-4), Florida Tech  (8-7)
Location: Naimoli Field l Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the all-time series 8-0.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Period

• The first goal of the game came from Tampa's Matt Vetter with an assist from Andrew Kew at 13:28.
• Sean Herdman fired another goal shortly after to give Tampa a two-goal lead.
• The Panthers responded with two goals to tie the game.
• Herdman scored again with an assist from Bryan Wright for Tampa to take the lead.
• Panthers tied the game with 1:25 left in the period.
• With just two seconds left in the period Bryan Wright scored with an assist from Matt Vetter to take a 4-3 lead.

2nd Period

• Florida Tech had back-to-back goals to take the lead 5-4.
• Jake Mosher McGraw with an assist from Chris Vetter tied the game to 5 points each.
• Conor Whipple had an unassisted goal to take a 6-5 lead.
• A man-up goal from the Panthers tied the game to 6 points each.
• Another unassisted goal from Whipple gave Tampa a one-goal lead with 5:19 left in the period.
• Jake Schmidt tacked on another one for Tampa, assisted by Jud Huxtable.
• Tampa led 8-6 going into half-time.

3rd Period

• Tampa opened the half with a goal from M. Vetter, assisted by Whipple at 13:28.

4th Period

• Andrew Kew opened the final period with a goal at 14:07, leading 10-6.
• Florida Tech responded with two goals to bring their total to 8.
• Schmidt had his second goal of the game with an assist from Huxtable.
• An unassisted goal from M.Vetter gave Tampa a 12-8 lead with 2:56 left in the period. 

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Kew has scored a goal in 32 consecutive games, with one goal and one assist today.
• Whipple led Spartans offense in points with four, also tallied two groundballs.
• M. Vetter had three goals and one assist.
• A.J. Arnold had 18 saves in net.
• Herdman and Schmidt had two goals apiece.
• Wright, and Mosher McGraw tallied a goal each. 

2017 Men's Lacrosse All-Tournament Team

UP NEXT:

Tampa will wait to see the seeding for the NCAA DII South Regional Semi-Finals.

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