UT Women: Rock Slip Past Spartans In Downpour 13-12
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
via press release – photo via UT web site
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa women’s lacrosse fell to Slippery Rock University in a downpour.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Slippery Rock 13, Tampa 12
Records: Tampa (4-4, SSC 0-1), Slippery Rock (2-0)
Location: Naimoli Field, Tampa, Fla.
All-time Series: Slippery Rock leads the series 1-0.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
1st Half
- The Rock opened up the game with an early two-goal lead.
- At 20:29, Caroline Forester was assisted by Amanda Rom to make it 2-1.
- SRU came back with three goals to make it 5-1 with eight minutes left in play.
- Allie Popelar, with help from Rom, made it 5-1.
- SRU takes another two-goal jump to take a 7-2 lead before half-time.
- Tampa rallied back to decrease the deficit by four with a goal from Forester, her second of the game with an assist from Amanda Voges.
- SRU took a free position shot to make it 8-3.
- A man-down goal from Rom, her third point of the game made it 8-4.
- Yet the Rock scores again.
- With 22:33 left in the game Forester has back to back goals, one assisted by Rom. Now Tampa trailing by only three.
- SRU makes it 10-6 with 18:40 left in the game.
- Shannon Sweeney utilizes a free position to decrease SRU’s lead to 10-7.
- Natalie Carraway does the same at 13:43, Tampa trailing by only two.
- The Rock takes three goals, tallying 13 now.
- Freshman Maggie Gladden with help from Popelar took Tampa to nine total goals.
- Twenty seconds later Rachel Crawford has an unassisted goal.
- Gladden comes through with two goals, less than a minute on the clock.
- Despite a strong rally back, Tampa falls by one goal.
- Mackenzie Hackett racked up six groundballs with five saves.
- Forester tallied four goals with three groundballs.
- Rom snagged seven draw controls, two groundballs, three assists with one goal.
- Gladden had three goals and one draw control.
