Jake Schmidt Earns SSC Player Of The Week Honors
Senior Jake Schmidt earns SSC Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the UT men's lacrosse team to victory over No. 20 Saint Leo University.
Melbourne, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference announced it's men's lacrosse Player of the Week awards Monday afternoon via the conference office. Representing the University of Tampa was Jake Schmidt earning Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Athletes of the Week are chosen from a pool of nominees for their performances during the week of April 11 - 17, 2016. Athletes are nominated by Sports Information Directors of member institutions.
Schmidt takes SSC Offensive Player of the Week with a five-point performance against No. 20 Saint Leo last week. The Rochester, New York native scored four times on eight shots including the game-winning goal against the Lions. Schmidt also added an assist in the 12-7 Spartan victory. Tampa is now 11-2 overall, 4-0 in SSC Play.
The No. 6 University of Tampa men's lacrosse team will be back in action this week as they face off against The Rollins College Tars on Friday, April 23. in Winter Park, Fla., game time is set for 7:30 P.M. Live stats, as well as a web broadcast, will be available for fans to follow the action via TampaSpartans.com.
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