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Collin Stewart vs Rollins
10
Winner Rollins ROLLINS 1-0, (0-0)
9
Florida Tech FT 0-1, (0-0)
Winner
Rollins ROLLINS
1-0, (0-0)
10
Final
9
Florida Tech FT
0-1, (0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rollins ROLLINS 1 5 2 2 10
Florida Tech FT 2 4 1 2 9

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Daniel Supraner

Panthers Fall in Battle with Tars

Rollins holds off Florida Tech 10-9 in season opener

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 9, Rollins 10
Records: Florida Tech (0-1), Rollins (1-0)
Location: Panther Field | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:
  • Panthers opened the scoring with Chandler Hake netting the first tally of the season off an assist from Justin Williams just 1:07 into the game.
  • After the Tars tied the game with 5:19 left in the first, Jakob Terpak scored his first career goal with 9 seconds to go in the quarter to put Tech up 2-1. 
 
SECOND QUARTER:
  • Williams tallied his lone goal of the contest off an assist from Ben Claffee to put Tech up 3-1 early in the second. 
  • Tars rattled off four straight goals before Williams assisted Stewart for his first goal as a Panther to cut Rollins' lead to 5-4 with 5:36 to go.
  • Rollins added one more goal to go up 6-4 with 4:59 remaining.
  • Panthers scored two goals over the final 2:53 on shots by Stewart and Hake to tie the game at 6-6 heading into halftime. 

THIRD QUARTER: 
  • Tars opened the scoring in the second half and pushed their lead to 8-6 with 6:41 left in the third. 
  • Sam Sidari beat his defender down the wing and scored to trim the deficit to 8-7 heading into the fourth. 

FOURTH QUARTER:
  • Stewart tied the game up at 8-8 just 41 seconds into the fourth off an assist from Claffee, and then one minute later Williams gave the Panthers the lead, 9-8, with 13:19 to go.
  • Rollins answered with back-to-back goals over a 54-second span to regain a 10-9 lead with 8:27 remaining.
  • Tech was unable to find the equalizer the rest of the game and the Tars held on for the season-opening win.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Collin Stewart recorded 3 goals and 1 assist on 10 shots to go along with 4 ground balls and 1 caused turnover
  • Justin Williams tallied 2 goals and 2 assists on 8 shots while also collecting 2 ground balls and 1 caused turnover
  • Chandler Hake scored 2 goals on 4 shots with 2 ground balls
  • Jakob Terpak added a goal and an assist on 5 shots
  • Ben Claffee dished out a pair of assists while taking 7 shots
  • Sam Balch recorded 4 caused turnovers and 4 ground balls
  • Matthew Hill finished with 1 caused turnover and 3 ground balls
  • Ethan Tosheff won 11 of 19 faceoffs with 6 ground balls
  • Jack Maranto won 2 of 3 faceoffs 
  • John Hulsman made 8 saves and had a save percentage of .444 while facing 39 shots 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • Panthers finished with an edge in shots (44-39), shots on goal (20-18) ground balls (35-28) and faceoffs (13-9).
  • Tars went 3-7 on man-up opportunities while Tech went 0-7
  • Rollins was 19-21 on clears and Panthers were 14-18

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • With the win, Rollins evens the all-time series at 6-6.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back in action next weekend on the road in North Carolina. Panthers will take on a pair of top 10 opponents in No. 9 Belmont Abbey on Feb. 12 and No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne on Feb. 14.  
 
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