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9
Lander LANDER 6-3, 1-0
13
Winner Florida Tech FT 5-0
Lander LANDER
6-3, 1-0
9
Final
13
Florida Tech FT
5-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lander LANDER 4 4 0 1 9
Florida Tech FT 5 3 4 1 13

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Daniel Supraner

Florida Tech Upends No. 16 Lander on Senior Day to Stay Unbeaten

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 13, #16 Lander 9
Records: Florida Tech (5-0), Lander (6-3)
Location: Panther Stadium | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:
  • Bearcats took an early 1-0 lead just 51 seconds into the contest.
  • Senior Caroline MacLeod tied the game off an assist from fellow senior Madison Savje and then dished out an assist to Millie Hurt to give Tech a 2-1 lead with 8:14 left in the quarter.
  • MacLeod's second goal of the game gave the Panthers back the lead, 3-2, with 6:49 to go.
  • Less than a minute later, Kayla Minton netted her first of the game off an assist from Rachel Johnson to put the Panthers up 4-2.
  • Lander tied the game with a 2-0 run to make the score 4-4 with 4:24 left in the first.
  • Carly Niro's goal, off an assist from Savje with 3:21 to go in the frame, gave Tech a 5-4 advantage heading into the second quarter.
 
SECOND QUARTER:
  • Minton scored early in the second to increase the Panthers' lead to 6-4.
  • Bearcats again answered with a 2-0 run to even the score at 6-6 with 10:54 to go before halftime.
  • Senior Kailee O'Brien scored on a free position try to hand Tech a 7-6 advantage with 6:28 left but Lander tallied the equalizer 41 seconds later to knot the game up at 7-7.
  • MacLeod completed her first-half hat trick on a free position goal to give the Panthers an 8-7 lead with 4:47 to go.
  • Bearcats evened the game at 8-8 with 3:08 remaining and the teams would go into halftime with the score tied.

THIRD QUARTER: 
  • Panthers outscored Lander 4-0 in the third quarter to grow their lead to 12-8. 
  • Johnson scored on Tech's first possession of the second half with 13:48 left in the quarter.
  • Minton scored a pair of goals in the frame, including a woman-up tally with 12:52 remaining.
  • Jennifer Boyle accounted for the Panthers other goal at the 6:49 mark of the quarter and Tech took a four-goal advantage into the fourth.

FOURTH QUARTER:
  • Minton's fifth goal of the game came on a woman-down situation off an assist from Niro with 5:33 to go.
  • Lander added one more goal with 29 seconds left in the contest to bring the final margin to 13-9 as the Panthers improved to 5-0 on the season.  
     
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
  • Kayla Minton scored a season-high 5 goals in the game.
  • Caroline MacLeod recorded 4 points on 3 goals and 1 assist to go along with 4 draw controls, 3 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
  • Rachel Johnson tallied 1 goal and 1 assist in addition to 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers and 1 draw control. 
  • Carly Niro finished with 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls and 1 caused turnover.
  • Jennifer Boyle added 1 goal, 3 ground balls, 3 draw controls and 1 caused turnover.
  • Millie Hurt recorded 1 goal, 3 draw controls, 1 ground ball and 1 caused turnover.
  • Kailee O'Brien finished with 1 goal, 3 ground balls and 1 caused turnover. 
  • Madison Savje dished out 2 assists.
  • Elizabeth Christ collected 6 draw controls. 
  • Maggie Reed ended with 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
  • Ashley Walter recorded 3 ground balls and 1 caused turnover.
  • Cailey Canessa improved to 5-0 on the season in the Panthers' net while making a career-high 8 saves. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • Panthers finished with an edge in shots (22-19), shots on goal (20-17) and draw controls (15-11).
  • Bearcats had an advantage in ground balls (25-23) and caused turnovers (16-14).
  • Tech was successful on 16-20 clear attempts compared to 15-18 for Lander.
  • Panthers converted 2-4 free position shots while the Bearcats were 1-3.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • This is the third time in program history that Florida Tech has started the season 5-0 (2018, 2020). 
  • This is the Panthers' first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 5 Regis, 14-13, on March 3, 2020 at Panther Stadium.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back in action on Monday, March 21 hosting Montevallo at Panther Stadium. The game is set to begin at 7 p.m.

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