
UT Men: #6 Spartans Fall to #10 Crusaders in Season Opener 13-9
via UT press release
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The No. 10 Belmont Abbey College Crusaders defeat the No. 6 University of Tampa Spartans by a final score of 13-9 in UT’s 2019 season opener.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: No. 6 Tampa Spartans 9, No. 10 Belmont Abbey Crusaders 13
Records: Tampa (0-1), Belmont Abbey (1-0)
Location: Savannah, Ga.
All-time Series: The BAC Crusaders lead the all-time series against the Tampa Spartans 3-1.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
1st Period
- The No. 10 ranked Crusaders were on the board first, scoring a man-up goal with 8:37 left in the quarter.
- The Spartans then answered at the 6:00 minute mark with a goal from Jake Levine
.
- In the last ten seconds of the quarter, both BAC and UT scored again. BAC netted its second goal with :10 seconds left, and then Ross Dickerson tied the game at 2 with :03 seconds left in the quarter.
- At the end of the first period, the Spartans and the Crusaders were tied at 2.
- Starting the second period, the Spartans were the first team to score with a goal from Andrew Kew
, the assist by Jake Mosher McGraw
.
- Belmont Abbey then answered with 11:16 remaining in the half.
- The Spartans then scored back-to-back goals to regain the lead. The first goal was scored by Matt Vetter
, assisted by Andrew Kew
. The second goal was netted by freshman Harry Kilkowski
, his first collegiate goal, also assisted by Kew.
- BAC scored the last goal of the half with 1:17 remaining.
- At the end of the first half, the No. 6 Spartans lead the No.10 Crusaders 5-4.
- Coming out of halftime, the Spartans were the first team to score with another goal from Matt Vetter
, his second of the day. This goal gave the Spartans the 6-4 lead.
- Shortly after, at 13:11, Harry Kilkowski
scored a man-up goal, his second goal of the game.
- The BAC Crusaders then responded with three unanswered goals, tying the game at 7.
- Kilkowski then earned his third and final goal of the game with 5:59 remaining in the period.
- Matt Vetter
scored the final goal of the period, the assist by Dom Mazza
.
- Heading into the fourth quarter the Spartans lead the Crusaders 9-7.
- In the fourth period, BAC scored six goals to end the game.
- The No. 10 BAC Crusaders defeated the No. 6 UT Spartans by a final score of 13-9.
- Matt Vetter
and Harry Kilkowski
lead the Spartans offense, each with three goals.
- Additionally, Andrew Kew
contributed greatly to the offensive efforts with one goal and two assists.
- Ross Dickerson won 19-24 faceoffs he took, in addition to leading the team in ground balls with 10.
- B.J. Borowski
recorded 13 saves in the contest.