Spartans Earn Historic Win Over the NGU Crusaders

TAMPA, Fla. – The No. 23 University of Tampa women's lacrosse team set a program record for most goals scored in a game, defeating the North Greenville Crusaders by a final score of 22-4.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: University of Tampa 22, North Greenville University  4
Records: Tampa (5-2, SSC 1-0), North Greenville (6-3)
Location:  Naimoli Family Field | Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series:  The Spartans lead the Crusaders in the all-time series, 1-0.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

1st Half

• 1:45 into the game, senior Amanda Rom put Tampa on the board first with a goal, the assist by freshman Graeme Eber.
• Less than a minutes later, Maggie Gladden scored her first goal of the day, the assist by Rachel Crawford.
• With 25:04 left in the first half, Gladden then netted her second goal of the day, this time from fellow sophomore Claire Swanson.
• 13 seconds after Gladden's second goal, Rom logged her second goal, the assist once again from Swanson.
• Swanson then decided she wanted a goal of her own, giving Tampa a 5-0 lead with 24:32 remaining in the half.
• Carly Vaccaro then netted back-to-back goals for Tampa. The second goal was off an assist by Crawford.
• With 16:00 remaining in the half, Crawford got a goal of her own, the assist from Rom.
• Then after eight unanswered goals, the North Greenville Crusaders earned their first point with 15:06 remaining in the first.
• Swanson scored her second goal of the day, the assist by Rom with 13:51 remaining in the half.
• Amanda Rom then earned her third goal of the day, the assist by Eber, giving Tampa a ten-point lead and initiating the running clock.
• With 12:31 left in the half, Swanson netted her third goal of the game.
• Senior Shannon Sweeney then logged a goal, the assist from fellow senior Natalie Carraway. Tampa now leads 12-1.
• Carraway then scored a goal of her own, the assist from Allie Popelar.
• Giving Tampa the 14-1 lead, Kayla Kosubinsky earned a goal for the Spartans off the assist by Carraway. This assist by Carraway marked her 100^th career point, making her just the third Spartan in program history to reach this milestone.
• Heading into halftime, the Spartans led the Crusaders 14-1.
   

2nd Half

• Coming out of halftime, the running clock was still in effect due to the Spartans 10+ point lead.
• Carraway was the first Spartan to score after the half, her goal coming off a free position shot.
• Kosubinsky gave UT the 16-1 lead with 23:32 remaining in the game. The assist by Crawford, her third assist of the day.
• NGU the scored their second goal of the day with 21:28 remaining in the game. UT still leads NGU 16-2.
• With 16:34 remaining, Crawford scored again for the Spartans.
• The Crusaders then scored another goal now behind 17-3.
• Caroline Forester logged her first goal of the game for the Spartans with 10:42 remaining.
• Carraway then got her third goal of the game off the assist by Megan Sengelmann. This marked Sengelmann's first assist of her junior campaign.
• With 4:57 left, freshman Lauren McNeill recorded the first goal of her college career.
• Two minutes later, Popelar got her first goal of the game, the assist once again from Sengelmann.
• North Greenville then scored their fourth and final goal of the game with 1:16 remaining.
• Then with 13 seconds left in the contest, Carraway got another goal for the Spartans, this time from Abby Coccagna.
• The University of Tampa Spartans defeated the North Greenville University Crusaders by a final score of 22-4.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• On offense, 11 different Spartans all recorded goals. Natalie Carraway led the Spartans with four goals and two assists, followed by Amanda Rom and Claire Swanson with three goals and two assists each.
• Rachel Crawford led UT in assists with three, she also recorded two goals.
• Defensively, the Spartans were led by Abby Coccagna, who in addition to stating an assist, recorded two caused turnovers and picked up two ground balls.
• Bridget Sutter , Taylor Sisk, and Mackenzie Hackett all logged time playing goalie for the Spartans. Sutter recorded one save while Sisk logged three.

BEYOND THE BOX:

• 22 goals in one game is a new program record for most goals scored in a game.
• 11 different Spartans had goals for Tampa.
• Freshman Lauren McNeill scored the first goal of her collegiate career.
• Megan Sengelmann recorded her first two assists of her junior campaign.
• Junior Abby Coccagna earned her first assist of her collegiate career.

UP NEXT:
On Wednesday, March 14^th the Spartans will host the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears at 5:00 p.m. Live stats will be available through TampaSpartans.com.

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