Tampa Women's Lacrosse Falls in Season Opener to No. 9 Rollins

WINTER PARK, Fla. –The University of Tampa women's lacrosse team falls to the No. 9 Rollins College Tars, 21-16 in its season opener. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: No. 19 Tampa Spartans 16, No. 9 Rollins College Tars 21

Records: Tampa (0-1), Rollins (1-0)

Location:  Barker Family Stadium at Cahall-Sandspur Field | Winter Park, Fla.

All-time Series: The Spartans are now 1-6 against the Tars.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:



1st Half

• Four minutes into the game, the Rollins College Tars were the first team on the board. 
• However, with 23:53 remaining in the half, junior Claire Swanson netted Tampa's first goal of the 2019 season, the assist from Maggie Gladden. 
• Rollins then scored three more goals before UT's Rachel Crawford scored a man-down goal with 9:00 left in the half. 
• Rollins once again went on a scoring frenzy, netting six more before the half. 
• Then with :41 seconds left, newcomer Kristyn Staley scored for UT, the assist by Swanson. 
• At the end of the half, the Tars were defeating the Spartans 10-3.

2nd Half

• Just :20 seconds into the second half, Staley picked up right where she left off and scored her second goal of the day. 
• The Tars scored once more before Swanson decided she wanted another goal as well. 
• Rollins responded with two more goals. 
• Carly Vaccaro then netted her first goal of the 2019 season, with the assist from Rachel Crawford. 
• Swanson then earned her third goal of the game, lessening Rollins lead to 13-7. 
• Following Swanson's goal, less than a minute later Crawford scored for the Spartans off the assist from Caroline Forester. 
• Vaccaro then scored her second and final goal of the game with an assist by Swanson. 
• Rollins refused to back down scoring three more goals on the Spartans. 
• Staley then netted another goal for Tampa, followed by another goal from Swanson off the free position shot. 
• The Spartans didn't score again until there were 10 minutes left in the game, and Vaccaro netted one off the pass from Crawford. 
• With 8:42 remaining, junior Maggie Gladden scored the first goal of her junior campaign. 
• Swanson then scored, making it 17-14 in favor of Rollins. Swanson's goal was off the assist from Crawford. 
• Rollins then netted three more goals. 
• Gladden scored again with 2:18 remaining in the game off the assist from Staley. 
• Staley then scored Tampa's final goal of the game with 1:40 remaining. 
• The Rollins Tars defeated the Tampa Spartans by a final score of 21-16.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Claire Swanson lead all Spartans offensively with five goals and two assists. Following her efforts was that of Kristyn Staley who earned four goals and one assist. 
• Rachel Crawford led the Spartans in assists with three.
• Defensively, Claire Swanson led the Spartans with 9 draw controls and three caused turnovers. Alexa Scudillo also had three caused turnovers for UT. 

UP NEXT:
The Spartans will play in their home opener as they welcome the Queens Royals on Saturday, February 16^th.  The game will be held at Naimoli Family Field and is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m.

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