Whipple Wins Third SSC Player of the Week Award
Junior Conor Whipple picked up his third offensive honor for his record-breaking performance against Florida Southern College on Friday.
MELBOURNE, Fla. – For the third time this season, University of Tampa men's lacrosse junior Conor Whipple has been selected as the Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the period spanning March 28-April 3, as announced by the conference office Monday.
Whipple led the Spartans to a 22-7 win over rival Florida Southern College in SSC action. The junior scored five goals while adding seven assists for 12 total points to set the new record for points in a single game. The previous mark was set by Whipple his freshman year against another SSC foe Florida Tech, a contest in which the attacker totaled 11 points on March 19, 2014. The seven assists ties the attacker's career-high, a number he set in the 20-3 win over Adams State on March 25 of this year.
The Tampa, Fla. native leads the SSC in points per game with 6.90 as well as assists per game with 3.30 on average. Whipple has 69 points this season, 15 more than the next closest student-athlete as the junior has totaled over 100 goals and 100 assists on his career. The 228 points ranks first in program history, as the Spartan junior is the record holder in career assists (108) and career goals (120).
Tampa is 9-1 on the season with a pristine 2-0 record in SSC play, taking wins over Lynn and Florida Southern.
The Spartans continue SSC play on the road as they battle Florida Tech on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Live stat links as well as a live video webcast will be made available through www.tampaspartans.com.
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