Spartans Conquer Valkyries

SPARTANBURG, S.C.– The University of Tampa Spartans women's lacrosse team earned their first win of the season against the Converse College Valkyries.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 21, Converse 5
Records: Tampa (1-2 , SSC 0-1), Converse (1-4)
Location:  Spartanburg, S.C.
All-time Series: This is the first match-up between the Spartans and Valkyries.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Half

• Freshman Claire Swanson opened up the scoring with the first goal for the Spartans less than 30 seconds into the game.
• Converse answered back shortly to tie the game 1-1.
• Allie Popelar made the score 2-1 at 25:06.
• Maggie Gladden scored at 24:18.
• Popelar struck again to increase the lead to 4-1 over Converse.
• Converse made the score 4-2 at 14:18.
• Yet Natalie Carraway struck with 12:13 on the clock to make it 5-3.
• Converse had their third goal of the game at 7:15.
• Amanda Rom had her first goal of the game to make it 6-3 with 6:44 on the board.
• Gladden fired again to increase the Spartans lead to 7-3.
• Swanson tacked on another goal at 4:44.
• Gladden followed her to make it 9-3.
• Amanda Voges scored her first goal of the game at 1:22, increasing the score to 10-3.
• She struck again and was assisted by Rom.
• With one second left, Rom was assisted by Cali Edgar to end the half with Tampa leading 12-3.

2nd Half

• Gladden was assited by Carraway to start the half.
• To jump ahead more, Tampa made it 14-3 with a goal from Caroline Forester.
• A solo goal from Carrraway made it 15-3
• Converse came back with two goals to make it 15-5.
• Swanson fired back to back goal to make it 17-5 with 16:11 left on the clock.
• At 9:52, the score jumped to 19-5 with two goals from Shannon Sweeny, one assisted by Rachel Crawford.
• Carly Vaccaro increased the lead to 20-5 at 4:54.
• Tampa ended the game with a goal at 2:41 to make the final score 21-5. Vaccaro was assisted by Megan Sengelmann for the final goal.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Swanson had four goals, one assist, and five ground balls.
• Gladden had four goals and five ground balls.
• Voges had two goals and three ground balls.
• Rom had two goals, nine groundballs, and two caused turnovers.
• Vaccaro had two goals and one ground ball.
• Sweeny had two goals and three ground balls.
• Popelar had two goals, one assist, and three groundballs.
• Carraway had two goals, one assist, and two groundballs.
• Forrester had one goal and three ground balls.
• Mackenzie Hackett had two saves.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Senior Voges is approaching 100 career goals this season with 95 so far. The Bayshore, N.Y. native will be the first Spartan in program history to reach this milestone.

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns to action on Wednesday, March 1st for the home opener against Young Harris. The match-up will start at 7:00 p.m. at the Naimoli Family Athletic Complex. Live stats and video will be available through TampaStats.com.

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