Tampa Soars Over Montevallo
March 4, 2017

Tampa Soars Over Montevallo

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa women's lacrosse defeated the University of Montevallo, now on a three-game win streak.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 15 , Montevallo 1
Records: Tampa (3-2, SSC 0-1), Montevallo (3-4)
Location: Naimoli Field, Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series:  This is the second match-up, Tampa leads the series 2-0.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Half

  • Freshman Maggie Gladden started the scoring for the Spartans at 27:50, assisted by Rachel Crawford.
  • Amanda Rom from Natalie Carraway came in at 25:23 to make Tampa's lead 2-0.
  • Carraway earned the assist again with a goal from Gladden.
  • Gladden scored her third goal of the game at 22:11, Tampa now leading 4-0.
  • Shannon Sweeney padded the score to 5-0 with an assist from Rachel Crawford.
  • Senior Amanda Voges with Crawford tacked on another one at 17:23.
  • 14:04 marked a goal from Carly Vaccaro with an assist from Mallary Weinsz, now 7-0 over Montevallo.
  • Crawford was assisted by Rom with 12:13 left on the clock.
  • Voges scored her second goal of the game with an assist from Rom.
  • Sweeney scored her first goal of the game, assisted by Carraway to start the running clock with Tampa leading 10-0.
  • The final goal of the half came from Voges with an assist from Carraway, her third of the half. The Spartans ended the half leading the Falcons 11-0.

2nd Half

  • Rom opened the half with a goal at 26:01 to cushion the Tampa lead 12-0. 
  • Twelve minutes later, she struck again. 
  • Freshman Claire Swanson was assisted by Gladden to make the score 14-0, with 12:14 left in the half.
  • Weinsz scored her first goal of the game with 3:41 left in the half. To make it 15-0
  • Montevallo scored with less than a minute left in play, to make the final score 15-1.

INSIDE THE STATS:

  • Gladden tallied three goals, one assist, and two groundballs.
  • Voges had three goals and one draw control.
  • Rom had three goals, one assist, and one ground ball.
  • Vaccaro scored one goal and had one ground ball.
  • Swanson had one goal, draw control and ground ball.
  • Sweeney tallied two goals, two ground balls, and one draw control.
  • Carraway led the team in assists today with five.
  • Crawford scored four points, one goal and three assists.
  • Weinsz scored two points, one goal and one assist.
  • Allie Popelar, Paige Johnson, and Abby Coccagna had two draw controls each.
  • Goalie Mackenzie Hackett had three saves and three ground balls.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

  • Today's victory marks the first time in program history that Tampa has a record above .500.
  • Tampa scored fourteen unanswered goals.

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns to action on Monday, March 6th against Tusculum College. The match-up will start at 1:00 p.m. at Naimoli Field in Tampa, Fla.  Live stats will be available through TampaStats.com.

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