
UT Men: #14 Spartans Cage Griffins 21-7
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
via press release – photo via UT web site
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa Spartans defeat the Westminster College (Utah) Griffins in a wind-chilled match-up.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 21, Westminster 7
Records: Tampa (6-2), Westminster (1-2)
Location: Naimoli Field, Tampa Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the series 1-0.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
1st Period
- Sam Watts won the face-off to start the game.
- Which gave Tampa the first goal of the game from Andrew Kew, assisted by Conor Whipple.
- Westminster wasted no time to respond at 11:14.
- Kew strikes again with Whipple to give Tampa a 2-1 lead.
- At 7:10 Hunter Van Horn took an unassisted goal to strengthen Tampa’s lead.
- Less than a minute later, Bryan Wright with Kew score.
- With 4:00 minutes left the Vetter brothers team-up. Goal by Matt Vetter from Chris Vetter.
- The brothers strike again to make it 6-1, Tampa.
- The Griffins come back with one goal.
- The final goal of the period comes from Whipple, assisted by Wright. Tampa leading 7-2 before the 2nd period.
- Westminster took the first goal with 14:29 on the clock.
- With 1:24 left in the period, Kew tacks on another with help from Whipple.
- Westminster manages to sneak one by.
- Tampa leading 8-4 going to half-time.
- 11:15 into the period, Wright picks up a groundball to score for Tampa.
- 9:05 marks Kew’s 100th career goal. Tampa now leading 10-4.
- He strikes again to cushion the lead with an assist from Whipple.
- Jake Mosher McGraw with Whipple scored a man-up goal.
- Sean Giampietro scores, unassisted to give Tampa a 13-4 lead.
- Wright snags his third goal of the game with an assist from A.J. Ferraro.
- Senior Jake Schmidt scores to make Tampa’s lead 16-3.
- Whipple scores his seventh point of the night with an unassisted goal.
- Westminster responds back, Tampa still leading 17-4.
- Cameron Wolfe with 9:59 left tacks on another goal for Tampa.
- Chris Cox at 8:13 makes the lead 19-4 for Tampa.
- Westminster comes back with two goals.
- James Pugliese comes through with a goal, assisted by Giampietro.
- Freshman Connor Scanlin with 1:39 left in the game scores for Tampa.
- Westminster answers with a goal, Tampa winning 21-7.
- Sam Watts went 14-21 in face-offs with 11 groundballs.
- Kew scored six goals, including his 100th with one assist.
- Whipple led the team to seven points with two goals and five assists.
- Wright had three goals, one assist, and four groundballs.
- Charlie Cummins led the defense in groundballs with six and five caused turnovers.
- Marty Heyn tallied one groundball with four caused turnovers.
- Freshman Chris Cox scored his first goal as a Spartan.
- Luke Posner had three groundballs and one caused turnover.