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BOX SCORE

The No. 15 Ranked Spartans Win Their Senior Day Matchup Against Palm Beach Atlantic in Decisive Fashion

TAMPA, FL. – The No.15 ranked University of Tampa Spartans women’s lacrosse team wins their senior day matchup against Palm Beach Atlantic in decisive fashion.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: University of Tampa Spartans 22, Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish, 5

Records: #15 Tampa (6-6), Palm Beach Atlantic (2-8)

Location: Naimoli Family Athletic Complex | Tampa, FL

HOW IT HAPPENED:

First Quarter

The Spartans would begin the first quarter with a quick goal scored by Cece Colombo, less than a minute into the matchup. The Sailfish would respond quickly, but the Spartans’ offense kept finding the back of the net. With a hat trick scored by Madison Birch, the Spartans would hold a four-goal lead headed into the second quarter. The Spartans scored as follows:

14:02 – Cece Colombo, unassisted

09:06 – Madison Birch, unassisted

08:39 – Madison Birch, assisted by Julia Kolderman

07:42 – Madison Birch, unassisted

06:43 – Christina Romano, assisted by Madison Birch

01:42 – Lizzie Pierpont, assisted by Olivia Mott

Score: 6-1 Tampa

Second Quarter

The Spartans offense would continue to dominate in the second quarter, with Georgia Glowaki opening the scoring for Tampa. The Spartan defense would impress in the quarter, keeping the Sailfish off the board for the first six minutes. The Spartans would go into halftime with a significant lead over the Sailfish. The Spartans scored as follows:

11:39 – Georgia Glowaki, assisted by Dani Waters

10:54 – Julia Kolderman, unassisted

10:23 – Sarah Hinkle, unassisted

07:59 – Christina Romano, unassisted

06:16 – Abby Hope, unassisted

04:08 – Julia Kolderman, unassisted

Score: 12-3 Tampa

Third Quarter

The Spartans offense opened the quarter with Lizzie Pierpont‘s second goal of the contest. The Sailfish scored their fourth goal of the game, after Tampa scored three unanswered goals to open the quarter. The Spartans would finish the quarter strong, with O’Neill Galinson netting a late goal. The Spartans scored as follows:

12:13 – Lizzie Pierpont, assisted by Olivia Mott

10:51 – Sarah Hinkle, assisted by Olivia Mott

08:50 – Olivia Mott, assisted by Christina Romano

01:21 – O’Neill Galinson, unassisted

Score: 16-4 Tampa

Fourth Quarter

The fourth quarter would begin similarly to the first three, with the Spartans offense asserting their dominance. Julia Kolderman netted her third and fourth goals in the quarter, making her the team leader for the game. Christina Romano finished off her hat trick, and the game, with one minute left to play. The Spartans scored as follows:

11:42 – Julia Kolderman, unassisted

08:50 – Julia Kolderman, unassisted

06:26 – Emma McLoughlin, assisted by Lizzie Pierpont

04:39 – Abby Hope, assisted by Christina Romano

02:29 – Lizzie Pierpont, unassisted

01:00 – Christina Romano, assisted by Sarah Hinkle

Final: 22-5 Tampa

INSIDE THE STATS:

Four Spartans would record a hat trick, Birch (3), Kolderman (4), Pierpont (3), Romano (3)

Birch and McLoughlin each had 4 ground-balls

Birch recorded 6 draw controls

BEYOND THE BOX:

Tampa would outshoot Palm Beach Atlantic 39-13

Tampa would score six goals in the first, second, and fourth quarters.

UP NEXT: The Spartans stay home for a conference matchup against Florida Tech on Wednesday at 5:00p.m.

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PBA’s Upset Bid Fails at No. 15 Tampa

by Brad Seitz, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

TAMPA, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s lacrosse team headed to take on the University of Tampa Spartans this afternoon. PBA’s bid to pull the big upset over the No. 15 ranked Spartans fell away as Tampa went up early and went on to win 22-5.

After surrounding the opening goal of the contest, the Sailfish were able to tie the game 1-1 at the 10:21 mark. Kelly Lyons was able to find the back of the net on a free-position attempt as she decided to fire from deep instead of running the ball in towards goal. From that point on though, the Spartans scored the next five goals to close out the opening quarter. PBA was outshot 14-3 in the opening 15 minutes of play and goalie Courtney Rausch was able to make four saves to limit the deficit.

Tampa kept the scoring momentum in the second quarter as they scored the opening three to take a 9-1 lead before PBA scored their second goal through Katie Karlson who scored her second goal of the season. Kiki Cinotti would add a goal one minute before the halftime break as the ‘Fish trailed 3-12 at the half. 

Chelsea Smith scored her third goal of the season to open the third quarter for the Sailfish, but it was the only shot they were able to muster in the quarter. They were outshot 39-13 in the game and lost 23-of-30 draw controls which allowed the Spartan offensive onslaught to continue. Tampa scored six in every quarter except the third in which the ‘Fish held them to four. Rausch finished the game with 11 saves which ties her season-high. Addyson Johnson scored the lone goal for the Sailfish in the fourth quarter as the Spartans were within control throughout. 

The Sailfish will return home for their next game on Wednesday, April 13 when they host Embry-Riddle. The Eagles are 11-1 on the season and ranked No. 13 in the country.