Lady Flames fall to the defending national champions

CLEVELAND, Tenn – The Lee University lacrosse team fell to the defending national champions, the University of Tampa, 23-4 on Saturday. Tampa scored four goals in the first five minutes and never looked back in the win. With the loss, Lee fell to 1-4 while Tampa is now 5-0 having won 16 straight games dating back to last season.

Callie Curtis scored the first goal of the game in the first quarter with 19 seconds left on an assist from Katelyn Sweeney. Makenna Luzier got the second goal in the second quarter on a pass from Kamille Kremkau.

Callie Curtis scored the first goal of the game.

Curtis and Sweeney each scored a goal in the fourth quarter for the four goals for Lee.

Tampa outshot Lee 46-10 with 31 of their shots on goal. Savannah Weisman made eight saves in goal for Lee.

Peyton Howell had seven goals to pace the Spartans.

The Lady Flames next game will be at home on Thursday, March 6 as they will take Florida Southern College who was a national semifinalist last season.

Coach Megan Smith’s Thoughts:

“Proud of my team and the fight they put up against the number one team in the nation. Props to Tampa and the program they have. As a team we bounced back from our game last Wednesday and really cleaned up our fouls and turnovers. We saw lots of positives and little wins today and I’m super excited for the future.”