Spartans Victorious Over No. 7 Saints

ST LOUIS, Mo. – Tampa takes down No. 7 Maryville to improve to 8-0 on the season as well as 3-0 against top-10 ranked teams.

How It Happened

• The Spartans offense started hot, scoring the game's first goal just forty-nine seconds in after Davis Lindsey found the back of the net.
• Tommy Ortega followed suit and tacked on a man-up goal to put Tampa up by two goals.
• Maryville would respond later on, but Lindsey would tally his second of the game after a beautiful feed from A.J. Pascarella to lead after one quarter of play.
• Tampa would continue to see different goal-scorers emerge in the game, with Ryan Kemp and Ronan Sanchez each scoring.
• Maryville and Tampa each finished the half with nineteen total shots, but the Spartans would lead by three goals.
• The Saints would be a threat to start the second half, cutting the Spartans' lead to just one.
• Lindsey would find Kemp for the Spartans' only goal of the quarter to put the team up by two.
• Much like the third quarter, the Saints would score the first two goals, which would put the two teams level.
• However, Grant Green would respond after a Gavin Bomstad assist.
• With the strong play of Connor Theriault in the net, along with the Spartans' defense, Tampa would never look back.
• Goals from Ortega and Lindsey would see Tampa through to a 9-6 victory.

Spartans Performances

• Lindsey capped off a hat trick with a beautiful behind-the-back goal. 
• Theriault produced 14 saves for a season-high .700 save percentage.
• Michael Flores and Jordan Naso dominated the faceoff circle, giving Tampa a 14-19 advantage.

Up Next

• Tampa has now won five games this season against ranked opponents and will look to do so again on Saturday, March 15, versus Indianapolis at Naimoli.

• The opening faceoff is set for noon ET with the game airing on TampaSpartans.tv.