MELBOURNE, Fla. - The No. 15-ranked Florida Tech men's lacrosse team (8-4, 5-0 SSC) increased its win streak to seven with a dominant 17-3 home victory over conference opponent Embry-Riddle (1-10, 0-5 SSC) on Wednesday at Panther Field.
 
The seven-game streak matches a program record for the Panthers that was established during the 2015 campaign. FIT's five SSC victories this season are also the most in program history.
 
With the win, the Crimson & Gray climbs into the top spot in the Sunshine State Conference standings. No. 6 Saint Leo (10-1, 4-0 SSC) is the only other undefeated team in league play but the Lions have just four wins under their belt. The Panthers and Lions will meet on Apr. 21 in both team's regular season finale at Panther Field. 
 
There were eleven different goal scorers for the Panthers in their win over the Eagles. Tajee Mobley led the way with his second five-goal performance in the last four games. 
 
Tyler Covey finished with a goal and three assists and Logan Sweeney added a goal and two assists. Brett Pohlmeyer and Matt Weinstein each tallied two goals in the contest.
 
The Panther defense stifled ERAU offensively, forcing the Eagles into 15 caused turnovers. David Welsh collected three caused turnovers, while Jake Berger and Kyle Sergio each had two caused turnovers. 
 
Defending SSC Specialist of the Week Lance Pavlina continues to dominate at the faceoff x, winning 16-of-17 attempts and collecting a program single-game record 14 ground balls on Wednesday.

Florida Tech collected more ground balls, 51-28, and out shot ERAU, 51-18, including a 30-7 edge in shots on goal. 
 
Justin Williams kicked off the scoring on an assist from Covey to give FIT a 1-0 lead with 9:33 left in the first quarter. The Panthers scored seven straight goals the rest of the period and took an 8-0 edge into the second.
 
ERAU finally got onto the board on a goal by Kyle Dalrymple with 12 minutes to go in the first half. Tommy Bowser answered the Eagles' score 1:03 later with his second tally of the season. 
 
Three straight goals by Mobley gave the senior the natural hat trick and handed FIT a 12-1 advantage at halftime. 
 
After a scoreless third quarter, Mobley struck again 2:01 into the fourth off an assist from Bowser. Brad Schillinger's only tally of the game made the score 14-1.
 
Consecutive goals by the Eagles cut the Panthers' lead to 14-3 with 5:45 remaining.
 
FIT would find the back of the net three more times before the final buzzer as the Panthers won their first ever meeting with Embry-Riddle by a 14-goal margin.
 
Florida Tech is back in action on Saturday, Apr. 14, traveling to Lakeland, Florida for a SSC showdown with Florida Southern at the Barnett Athletic Complex. Start time for the matchup is set for 12 p.m. Fans can access links to live coverage of the action at FloridaTechSports.com.