SSC Men: #1 Tampa glides past #12 FSC 17-8 – Both Recaps
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No. 1 Ranked Spartans Run All Over No.12 Mocs
TAMPA, FL. – The No. 1 ranked University of Tampa Spartans men’s lacrosse team runs all over the No. 11 ranked Florida Southern Mocs at home.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: No. 1 Tampa 17, No. 12 Florida Southern Mocs 8
Records: Tampa Spartans (12-0) (4-0 SSC), Florida Southern Mocs (9-4) (3-1 SSC)
Location: Naimoli Family Athletic Complex || Tampa, FL
HOW IT HAPPENED:
FIRST QUARTER
The Spartans would waste no time putting the ball in the back of the net, as Harry Kilkowski put Tampa on the scoresheet two minutes into the game. Both teams played well on the defensive side of the ball, proving this to be a great matchup. With just over six minutes left the Spartans cut the Mocs’ lead to one goal, pressuring their defense. Daniel Fitzpatrick‘s second goal of the contest tied the game at three, with three minutes left in the quarter. With a late goal scored by Owen Matukas, the Spartans ended the quarter with the narrow lead.
13:11 – Harry Kilkowski, unassisted
05:58 – Daniel Fitzpatrick, unassisted
03:54 – Daniel Fitzpatrick, unassisted
00:52 – Owen Matukas, unassisted
Score: 4-3 Tampa
SECOND QUARTER
Both teams continued their great defensive play to open the second quarter. The Mocs would open the scoring in the quarter, tying the game at four goals. With just over 12 minutes left, the Mocs called a timeout to try and decipher the Spartans’ game plan. Owen Miller scored with just over 11 minutes left before the half, causing the Mocs to call another timeout. Fitzpatrick completed his hat trick five minutes before the half, building the Spartan leads to two goals. The Spartans continued to find the back of the net and took a commanding five goal lead headed into the half.
11:07 – Owen Miller, unassisted
05:36 – Daniel Fitzpatrick, unassisted
04:42 – Luke McAnaney, assisted by Charlie Bolesh
03:41 – Colin White, assisted by Owen Miller
02:46 – Colin White, assisted by Harry Kilkowski
Score: 9-4 Tampa
THIRD QUARTER
The Spartans would come out to start the second half blazing on defense. The Mocs scored an early goal to cut the Spartans’ lead into four goals. Kilkowski connected with Luke McAnaney to pull the Spartans back into a five goal lead. Jackson Day scored his third goal of the season, putting the Spartans up by six.
With McAnaney finishing his hat trick, the Spartans offense would dominate the Mocs in this quarter. Tampa would go into the final 15 minutes with a decisive eight goal lead.
11:41 – Luke McAnaney, assisted by Harry Kilkowski
08:26 – Jackson Day, assisted by Owen Matukas
04:36 – Luke McAnaney, assisted by Daniel Fitzpatrick
02:25 – Colin White, assisted by Luke McAnaney
01:35 – Owen Matukas, unassisted
Score: 14-6 Tampa
FOURTH QUARTER
Tampa would begin the fourth quarter similarly to the others, and open the scoring with White finding Christian Cechini. The Spartans would continue to find the back of the net and run all over the Mocs.
11:59 – Christian Cechini, assisted by Colin White
09:48 – Christian Cechini, assisted by Owen Miller
04:44 – Kellen Hoke, unassisted
Score: 17-8 Tampa
INSIDE THE STATS:
The Spartans had three players that netted hat tricks, White (3), Fitzpatrick (3), and McAnaney (3)
Hunter Turner and Cormac McCarthy would record a game high 5 ground balls
The Spartans outshot the Mocs 45-30
UP NEXT: The Spartans travel to Saint Leo to play a conference matchup against the Lions on Wednesday at 7:00p.m.
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#12 Mocs Unable to Upset #1 Spartans on the Road
TAMPA, Fla. – Meeting for the second time this season, the 12th-ranked Florida Southern men’s lacrosse team tried to avenge an early season loss against top-ranked Tampa Saturday night on the road but the Spartans used a strong defensive effort and timely goals to take away a 17-8 victory. The Moccasins held an early lead but strong second and third quarters by the Spartans gave Tampa the edge.
The loss snaps a five-game win streak by the Mocs who move to 9-4 on the season with all four losses coming to current top-10 ranked teams. It also marks the first Sunshine State Conference loss for the Mocs who move to 3-1 in league play. The Spartans improved to 12-0 on the season and 4-0 in SSC play.
Junior Jay Minor and freshmen Matt Flammenspeck and Brendan Glasser led the offensive effort as the Spartans held Florida Southern points leaders Jeff Atlas and Sean Nolan to just one point combined. Minor picked up his third hat trick of the season with three goals off of seven shots including five on goal. Flammenspeck also picked up a hat trick, his fourth in the past five games. He scored his trio of goals off of six shots including five on frame. He also grabbed a pair of ground balls. Glasser earned three points with a pair of goals and an assist. He took just two shots in the game, both finding the back of the net.
Senior Kevin Horwitz picked up a team-high seven ground balls while winning 14 of his 25 faceoffs. Junior Maxwell Freestone suffered the loss in goal moving to 7-3 on the season, Freestone made 13 saves in the loss.
A trio of Spartans all scored three goals and had an assist to share the team lead with four points each. Spartan goalkeeper Blake Ulmer made 12 saves while allowing eight goals.
Florida Southern turned the ball over a season-high 28 times while the Spartans had 12 turnovers. Tampa’s defense was able to cause 15 if FSC’s 28 turnovers while the Mocs were credited with just two caused turnovers.
After the Spartans opened the scoring just under two minutes into the contest, the Mocs scored three-straight goals to take an early 3-1 advantage. The Mocs lead would hold until the 3:54 mark of the opening quarter as the Spartans found an equalizer. Another Spartan goal with just under a minute left in the period gave UT a 4-3 lead after 15 minutes of action.
Flammenspeck scored the opening goal of the second quarter just over two minutes in to tie the game at 4-4. The Spartans responded with five unanswered goals to open up a 9-4 advantage heading into halftime. The Spartans used another dominant quarter in third to lead 14-6 with 15 minutes left to play. The two teams played a close fourth quarter with the Spartans edging the Mocs 3-2 in the period for a final of 17-8.
The Mocs will not have much time to dwell on the loss as another ranked opponent waits on the schedule as 11th-ranked Rollins visits Berend Field this Wednesday, April 13 for a 7:30 p.m. contest.
