TAMPA, Fla. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's lacrosse team fell to No. 15 Tampa by a final score of 16-8 on Friday evening to start the squad's four-game tour of the Sunshine State. UAH dips to 6-3, while UT rises to 8-3.
 
Turning Point
- Tampa utilized a strong first half in which the Spartans outscored the Chargers 9-2 in the initial 30 minutes of play on the way to the 16-8 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- The Chargers had a total of six players score in the loss, led by a pair of two-goal scorers in Megan Hartnett and Abbey O'Brien.
- Hartnett led the offense overall with four points with two goals and a team-best two assists.
- Nicole Federovitch chipped in one goal and one assist, while Sophia Fiorino, Shannon Kruse and Savanna Robbins scored one goal apiece.
- Seven Chargers had two ground balls or more, paced by goalie Leslie Allen Brown with three pickups.
- Ava Boethig, Federovitch, Fiorino, Karissa Glover, Hartnett, and Robbins had two ground balls each.
- Caroline Dodd and Hartnett tied for the team lead in caused turnovers with two apiece.
- Kinta Schott grabbed a team-high three draw controls.
- The Chargers had 21 shots total in the contest, including 17 on goal.
- Brown's record slips to 6-2 on the year in goal, despite accruing four saves.
 
Inside the Flow
- After Tampa opened the scoring with a pair of early goals, UAH scored twice to knot the game at 2-2 thanks to goals by Fiorino at 22:38 and O'Brien at 15:31.
- Tampa closed out the first half on a 7-0 run to lead 9-2 at the half.
- The Spartans outscored the Chargers 6-2 in the initial 10 minutes of the second half to push their lead to 15-4, but UAH put together a four-goal rally with markers at 8:35 by Federovitch, 7:37 by Robbins, and 7:15 and 6:00 by Hartnett.
- Tampa's Natalie Carraway notched the final goal of the game at 1:56 to bring the game to its final score of 16-8.
 
Noteworthy
- Hartnett's four points are her most in a game this season.
- O'Brien has scored two or more goals in seven of the Chargers nine games in 2018.
 
Next Time Out
- The Chargers return to action on Monday at 11 a.m. CT with a game at Ave Maria.