The No. 2 seed University of Tampa Spartans were shut out for first time all year as the Barry Buccaneers won the SSC final 2-0.

Mark Anderson, the tournament’s most outstanding player, sealed the deal against Tampa at the 84^th minute as he put a shot past Ryan Thompson from the top of the box. Anderson trailed the play and a deflection came right to him. Without thought he was able to put it in the top corner of the net past the Defensive Player of the Year, Thompson.

Just three minutes later Tampa was pressing with an offensive attack. A shot from the UT offense was deflected by Joao Garcia. Barry’s Anderson was able to take the rebound across midfield where he hooked up with Mark Kilpatrick in a two on one break away. Anderson fed Kilpatrick and Kilpatrick was able to put it past Thompson for the second goal of the game.

The Spartans controlled the offense virtually the entire game. “We gotta finish,” said Adrian Bush, head coach.  “You can have all the chances you want, if you don’t finish they mean nothing.”Tampa finished with 23 shots, six on goal, while Barry managed 14 shots and seven on goal.

For Thompson, the two goals allowed were just his 13^th and 14^th allowed on the year while also marking 74 saves to date.

Pascal Milien, National Player of the Year candidate, had a few good looks, tallying six shots total in the match, but unable to add to his team leading 11 goals. Lister Warren, tied with Milien for 11 goals, and Greg O’Connor also had good looks for the Spartans. Warren and O’Connor had eight shots total, four of which were on goal.

The Division II selections for the Regional Tournament will be released Monday, Nov. 10. “We’ll play Barry again,” said Bush. “[Our guys] will get a chance to redeem themselves against the team that just beat them on our home field on Friday night.”

Coach Bush felt that Tampa lacked emotion through much of the game until their backs were against the wall late. “If they wanna play with emotion then we’ll have a pretty successful postseason,” he said. “If they don’t, we’ll be back on Friday night and they’ll be in their rooms enjoying their weekend.”

The Spartans will need to bounce back in large fashion to stay in contention and make a push for any future in the post season.