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Goal Celebration vs Flagler
Lauren Moore
17
Winner Florida Tech FT 1-0
15
Flagler FLG 2-1
Winner
Florida Tech FT
1-0
17
Final
15
Flagler FLG
2-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Florida Tech FT 4 5 5 3 17
Flagler FLG 3 3 2 7 15

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Daniel Supraner

Panthers Outlast Saints in Season Opener

Seven different Panthers score as Florida Tech picked up a hard fought 17-15 road victory over Flagler

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 17, Flagler 15
Records: Florida Tech (1-0), Flagler (2-1)
Location: Flagler Lacrosse Field | St. Augustine, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:
  • Jennifer Boyle opened the scoring with the Panthers' first goal of the season, and the first of her career as a Panther, off an assist from Caroline MacLeod just 1:38 into the game.
  • Saints rattled off three straight goals to go ahead 3-1 with 4:07 left in the first quarter. 
  • Tech answered with three consecutive free position goals by Rachel Johnson, MacLeod and Jennifer Boyle to grab a 4-3 advantage with 38 seconds to go in the quarter.
 
SECOND QUARTER:
  • Niro tallied her second goal of the game just 38 seconds into the second quarter off an assist from Millie Hurt to put Tech up 5-3. 
  • MacLeod netted her second free position goal of the night to increase the Panthers' lead to 6-3 with 13:43 left in the half. 
  • Saints scored three consecutive goals to tie the game at 6-6 with 9:32 remaining in the second quarter. 
  • Kayla Minton ended the Flagler run with her first career goal off an assist from Johnson to give Tech back the lead, 7-6, with 8:49 to go. 
  • Charlotte Hardie dished out consecutive assists, first finding Hurt for her first goal of the season with 6:33 left before assisting Minton to increase Tech's lead to 9-6 with 4:12 remaining. 
  • Panthers carried their three-goal advantage into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER: 
  • Johnson opened the third quarter with consecutive tallies to put Tech up 11-6. She netted her second goal of the night on a woman-up free position try just 51 seconds into the second half and then completed her hat trick on an unassisted goal with 11:44 left in the quarter. 
  • Niro completed her own hat trick 51 seconds later to push the Panthers' lead to 12-6 with 10:53 to go in the frame. 
  • Kailee O'Brien got into the mix with her first goal of the season off an assist from Niro to put the Panthers up 13-6 with 10:17 left.
  • Saints ended Tech's 7-0 run with 6:12 to go in third to cut the margin to 13-7.
  • Niro beat her defender on a roll dodge in front of the Saints net and scored her fourth of the game to give Tech a 14-7 lead with 2:30 remaining in the third. 
  • Saints added one more late in the quarter and the Panthers took a 14-8 advantage into the fourth.

FOURTH QUARTER:
  • Flagler scored consecutive goals to begin the fourth and trimmed Tech's lead to 14-10 with 11:28 to go. 
  • It looked as though Florida Tech was in trouble after Maggie Reed was dealt a yellow card. However, the Panther defense came up with several key stops and Minton made the Saints pay on the other end with back-to-back woman-down goals to give Tech a 16-10 advantage with 9:33 left. The goals were Minton's third and fourth of the game. 
  • Saints used three consecutive free position goals to cut the Panthers' lead to 16-13 with 5:07 remaining.
  • MacLeod got the Panthers back on the board with her third goal of the game on a free position attempt with 4:19 to go to increase the lead to 17-13.
  • Flagler cut the Panthers' lead to 17-15 with 1:13 left on the clock on a free position goal. 
  • Tech was able to earn a defensive stop in the final minute and then held on for the season-opening win over Flagler. 
     
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Kayla Minton recorded 4 goals on 5 shots on goal to go along with 2 ground balls.
  • Carly Niro finished with 4 points on 3 goals and 1 assist on 6 shots on goal.
  • Caroline MacLeod ended with 4 points on 3 goals and 1 assist in addition to collecting 7 draw controls, 6 ground balls and 1 caused turnover.
  • Rachel Johnson recorded 4 points on 3 goals and 1 assist with 5 shots on goal.
  • Jennifer Boyle tallied 2 goals and 4 ground balls.
  • Millie Hurt recorded 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 draw controls and 1 caused turnover.
  • Charlotte Hardie dished out 2 assists and collected 5 draw controls.
  • Kailee O'Brien recorded 1 goal, 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
  • Elizabeth Christ had 5 draw controls.
  • Cailey Canessa earned her first win in goal in her collegiate debut while making 3 saves against the Saints. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • Panthers finished with an edge in shots (35-27) and shots on goal (27-18).
  • Saints collected more ground balls (25-21).
  • Tech went a perfect 16-16 on clears compared to 16-20 for Flagler.
  • Panthers had less turnovers in the game (13-17).
  • Tech was 7-10 on free position attempts while Flagler went 9-17.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • This was the first ever meeting between Florida Tech and Flagler. 
  • Panthers improve to 3-1 in season opening games under head coach McKenzie Rafferty.  

UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back in action on Wednesday, March 2, as the Panthers open their home schedule against Findlay. The game is set to begin at 7 p.m. at Panther Stadium.

For the latest news, updates and information on the Florida Tech women's lacrosse team, visit FloridaTechSports.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Panthers news by following Florida Tech Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
 
 
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