Tampa Trailblaze Through Pioneers

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa women's lacrosse defeated Tusculum College, now on a four-game win streak.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 21 , Tusculum 7
Records: Tampa (4-2, SSC 0-1), Tusculum (3-3)
Location: Naimoli Field, Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the series 2-0.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Half

• Allie Popelar started the game with the first goal as she was assisted by Amanda Rom at 28:29.
• Shortly after Popelar struck again to give Tampa a 2-0 lead.
• Natalie Carraway fired at 23:33.
• Rachel Crawford has her first goal of the game with an assist from Carraway.
• A goal by Carraway from Rom at 22:00 makes it 4-0.
• Crawford with her second goal of the game with 19:03.
• Tusculum scored back to back goals to make it 6-2.
• Back to back goals from Caroline Forester with an assist from Rom and Popelar respectively cushioned the lead to 8-2.
• Maggie Gladden took the free position shot and scored for Tampa.
• Tusculum scored again to make it 9-3.
• Gladden scored her second goal of the game at 9:49.
• Senior Amanda Voges took back to back goals to give Tampa a 12-3 lead.
• Alexa Scudillo was assisted from Rom with 4:52 left in the half.
• Voges scored the final goal of the half to make it 14-3 with an assist from Cali Edgar.

2nd Half

• Forester opened the second half with a goal at 28:38, assisted by Carraway. 
• Edgar followed her with Gladden to give Tampa a 16-3 lead. 
• Gladden scored her third goal of the game with a free position goal.
• Mallary Weinsz tallied a goal at 22:12 with a man-up goal.
• Tusculum came back with three goals to make it 18-6.
• Carraway struck at 13:10 with an unassisted goal.
• Voges with her second goal of the game was assisted by Carraway gave Tampa a 20-6 lead.
• Gladden scored for the fourth time to tie the school record with goals in a game with 21.
• Tusculum brought the score to 21-7 with 3:38 on the clock.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Carraway led the team with six points, three goals, and three assists.
• Gladden had five points, four goals, and one assist, with one groundball and one assist.
• Voges had four goals.
• Rom had four assists and one groundball.
• Forester had three goals with one groundball.
• Crawford had four points, two goals and two assists.
• Claire Swanson led the team in draw controls at four and two caused turnovers.
• Alexa Scudillo had one goal, three groundballs, and two draw controls.
• Edgar had two points, one goal and on assist with one drawcontrol.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Tampa tied the school record for most goals in one game today at 21.

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns to action on Thursday, March 9^th against Saint Anselm College. The match-up will start at 1:00 pm at Naimoli Field in Tampa, Fla.  Live stats will be available through TampaStats.com.

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