Griffins Clipped By Spartans
Head Coach Rory Whipple earns his 300th career win. He is now the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division II history, in his sixth season at UT and now has 72 wins as a Spartan.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Team Stats
Chestnut Hill
| Game Statistics | Chestnut Hill | #9 Tampa |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 30 | 44 |
| Ground Balls | 25 | 37 |
| Saves | 15 | 11 |
| Clears | 18-20 | 20-20 |
| Turnovers | 17 | 12 |
| Face Offs Won | 9 | 10 |
| Man Up | 2-6 | 1-2 |
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa Spartans defeated the Chestnut Hill College Griffins. The victory gives UT head coach Rory Whipple another milestone victory.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Tampa 11, Chesnut Hill 4
Records: Tampa (4-2), Chesnut Hill (1-1)
Location: Naimoli Family Athletic & Intramural Complex | Tampa Fla.
All-time Series: Tampa leads the series 2-0, defeating the Griffins each of the past two years.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
1st Period
- Sam Watts won the first face-off to start the game for Tampa.
- Senior Jake Schmidt opened up the firing squad with the first goal of the game at 9:32.
- Less than one minute later a goal from Chris Vetter, assisted by Bryan Wright gave Tampa a 2-0 lead.
- C. Vetter struck again at 4:37 to make it 3-0.
- The Griffins answered back to make it 3-1, Tampa.
- Matt Vetter had an unassisted goal with 00:02 to end the period with a 4-1 lead over Chestnut Hill.
2nd Period
- The first goal of the second came from Jake Mosher McGraw to bring the score to 5-1 over the Griffins.
- Chestnut Hill answered back to make it 5-2.
- Sophomore Andrew Kew gave Tampa 6-2 lead with 5:27 left on the clock.
- Conor Whipple was assisted by Charlie Cummins to end the first half of the game 7-2 over Chestnut Hill.
3rd Period
- Whipple from C. Vetter at 4:23 to give Tampa an 8-2 lead.
- Chestnut Hill responded with a goal to make it 8-3 with 2:16 left in the period.
- Luke Robideaux scored the final goal of the period with an assist from Whipple to make it 9-3 before the final period.
4th Period
- Kew was the first to score in the period at 11:24.
- Chestnut Hill answered back two minutes later with a goal to make it 10-4.
- Kew fired again to give Tampa the lead at 11-4 with 5:00 left on the clock.
INSIDE THE STATS:
- C. Vetter had two goals and one assist.
- Whipple had two goals and one assist.
- Kew had three goals and two groundballs.
- Watts went 9-14 with face-off wins and five groundballs.
- Cummins had five caused turnovers and three groundballs.
- Marty Heyn had four groundballs and two caused turnovers.
- Senior A.J. Arnold started and played the entire first half in goal for the Spartans. He would finish with four saves.
- Bryan Karn played the final 30-minutes in net, coming away with seven saves.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Head coach Rory Whipple hit a career milestone as he now sits at 300 career wins. The all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division II history is in his sixth season at UT and now has 72 wins as a Spartan.
UP NEXT:
Tampa returns to action on Wednesday against Notre Dame de Namur for an 8:00 p.m., start. Live stats and video will be available through TampaStats.com.
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