BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Tech struggled to create much momentum on offense in its SSC road tilt at Lynn on Wednesday night, and the Panthers fell to the Fighting Knights, 17-9, at Bobby Campbell Stadium.

"We got outplayed tonight by a good team," said head coach Mark Penn. "Lynn came in with a good game plan and executed it. We failed to execute and the results showed.
 
"Our offense never got going tonight. We did not react well to Lynn's defensive scheme and forced the issue too much. We have too much talent on the offensive side to allow that to happen."
 
Reid Chaconas and Logan Sweeney each scored three goals in the game. Justin Williams, Tommy Bowser and Matt Weinstein tallied one goal apiece while Brett Pohlmeyer dished out one assist.
 
Chaconas also had five ground balls in the game while Addison Abramson collected three ground balls and three caused turnovers. Daniel Flock finished with seven saves in the Panthers' net.
 
Florida Tech got off to a tremendous start to the game, leading 2-0 less than four minutes into the game thanks to a pair of unassisted tallies by Logan Sweeney.
 
LU's Nick McCabe connected with Xander Cosenza for consecutive goals, followed by a man-up goal by Keegan Maxwell off an assist from Cosenza, and Lynn led 3-2 with 2:52 left in the first.
 
A man-up tally by Sweeney, off a feed from Pohlmeyer, tied the game at 3-3 but McCabe scored with four seconds to go in the quarter and Lynn went into the second quarter ahead, 4-3.
 
After Williams tied the game up, again, just after the 12:00 mark of the second quarter. However, from there the Fighting Knights ensued on a 6-1 run the rest of the frame, and Lynn went into the intermission leading 10-5.
 
Mikey Urso extended LU's advantage to 11-5 less than a minute after halftime. Chaconas finally got into the mix with three straight goals, and three of the next four overall, to trim Lynn's edge to 12-8 with 9:30 to go in the third quarter.
 
LU answered Chaconas' last goal with a score by Dryden Brous off the ensuing face-off. Lynn added another with 44 seconds left in the quarter to make its lead 14-8. Bowser was able to beat the third quarter buzzer with his eighth goal of the year and cut the margin to five.
 
Lynn tightened up the defense in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Panthers 3-0 en route to a 17-9 win.
 
LU ended with an advantage in shots (43-28), ground balls (32-47) and face-offs (8-29). Lynn went 5-of-8 on man-up tries while Tech ended 1-2.
 
"We have to put this behind us and get ready for Saturday," Penn stated. "In this conference, you have to bring your "A" game each time out. We have two days to learn from our mistakes and get better. We still have a lot of lacrosse to play and we are still in the postseason hunt."

Florida Tech is back in action on Saturday, April 6, as the Panthers host Palm Beach Atlantic in SSC action at Panther Field. Opening face-off is set for 11 a.m.
 
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