LAKELAND, Fla. (Women's Lacrosse) – No. 10 Florida Tech (8-2, 0-1 SSC) was only seconds away from upsetting the No. 4 team in the country in Sunshine State Conference foe Florida Southern (13-2, 2-0 SSC), but the Moccasins were able to score the game tying goal with nine seconds remaining. FSC then netted the winner in overtime to pull out the 12-11 victory.
 
Allie Modica and Mary Gormley led the Panthers with three goals apiece, while combining for eight draws and four ground balls. Sara Grenier and Lauren Tybor each finished with two goals and an assist. Tybor also collected five draws in the game.
 
Haley Heggblod registered three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Stephanie Stuart (8-2) made five saves for FIT, while adding five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
Florida Tech finished with more shots, 34-21, and draw controls, 12-9. Florida Southern collected more ground balls, 20-16.
 
The Mocs took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Meghan O'Brien. Sam Schiano evened it up at 1-1 on a free position goal with 25:25 remaining.
 
Both teams ensued on separate three goal runs to bring the score to 4-4 with 10:47 left in the stanza. However, a 3-0 run by FSC to close the half gave the home team a 7-4 advantage at the break.
 
Kendall Kerge pushed her team's lead to 8-4 on a free position goal just 53 seconds into the second half. FIT answered with three of the next four goals, two by Modica, to cut the deficit to 9-7 with 12:57 remaining.
 
Dani Bursinger increased FSC's edge to 10-7 but Grenier responded 19 seconds later to make it a two goal game again with 8:30 left. Grenier scored again, followed tallies by Tybor and Gormley to give FIT its first lead of the game, 11-10, with 4:10 remaining.
 
After winning the ensuing draw, the Panthers were able to work off three minutes of game time before conceding a turnover to the Mocs. FSC converted on their opportunity, with Kerge scoring on a pass from Shannon Gilfredder with just nine seconds left on the clock.
 
Shannon Mazza then netted the game winner on a free position attempt just 52 seconds into the extra period to put an end to the Panthers' upset bid.
 
Florida Tech will look to rebound in its next game hosting non-conference opponent Regis (Co.) on Friday, Apr. 7, at 3 p.m. ET at Florida Tech Panther Stadium. Fans can access live coverage of the action at FloridaTechSports.com/live.