Women's Lacrosse Earns First Win of 2019 Season

TAMPA, Fla. –The University of Tampa women's lacrosse team earned their first win of the 2019 season, defeating the Queens University Royals by a final score of 18-15.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: No. 19 Tampa Spartans 18, Queen University Royals 15

Records: Tampa (1-1), Queens (0-1)

Location:  Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex | Tampa, Fla.

All-time Series: The Spartans are now 1-5 against the Royals.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:


1st Half

• The University of Tampa Spartans were the first team on the board with an unassisted goal from Caroline Forester. However, the Royals answered less than 20 seconds later.
• Carly Vaccaro then netted a free position shot with 27:06 left in the half. 
• The Royals then scored the next five goals of the contest taking the lead 6-2. 
• Junior Claire Swanson then got her first goal of the game off a free position attempt. 
•  The Royals then scored, however, the Spartans were able to answer with back-to-back goals from senior Megan Sengelmann and by freshman, Lizzie Pierpont. These were both of their first goals of the 2019 season, Pierpont's first collegiate goal. 
• Vaccaro then scored her second goal of the day, narrowing the Royals lead to one at 7-6. 
• Both teams scored once more in the first half. Tampa's final goal came from Maggie Gladden off the assist from Rachel Crawford. 
• At the end of the half, the Royals were defeating the Spartans 8-7.

 2nd Half

• Two minutes into the second half the Royals scored again increasing their lead to two. 
• However, Foresteranswered off the assist by Kristyn Staley. 
• The Royals scored once more before the Spartans scored five unanswered goals. 
• The first was from Gladden on a free position, then with 22:13 remaining Kayla Kosubinskynetted her first goal of the day off the assist by Kristyn Staley. 
• Shortly after Forester scored a man-up goal, also assisted by Staley. Crawford then fed Gladden for a goal, and Gladden then fed Forester to take the 13-10 lead. 
• Queens scored three more times before Swanson got her second and then third goal of the day with 11:22 remaining. 
•  Kosubinskythen gave UT the 16-13 lead before Queens retaliated with two more goals. 
• Rachel Crawford then netted another goal for the Spartans off the assist by Caroline Forester. 
• Vaccaro then earned her third and final goal of the game. 
• The No. 19 University of Tampa Spartans defeated the Queens University Royals by a final score of 18-15.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Caroline Forester led the Spartans offense with four goals and one assist. Following her efforts was that of Carly Vaccaro, Claire Swanson, and Maggie Gladden who all earned three goals. 
• Kristyn Staley led the Spartans in assists with four.
• Defensively, Claire Swanson led the Spartans with 11 draw controls, while freshman Danielle Waters had a team-high of three caused turnovers. 
• Freshman Lizzie Pierpont earned her first collegiate goal. 

UP NEXT:
The Spartans face the Limestone College Saints on Thursday, February 21 in Gaffney, S.C. This game is slated to begin at 4:00 p.m. 

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