INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Game 1 Final: Florida Tech 8, Mercy 0
Game 2 Final: Florida Tech 3, Mercy 1
Records: Florida Tech (23-14, 6-9 SSC) | Mercy (2-18, 0-0 NE10)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla. 


STATS OF GAME ONE:

• Panthers score one run or more in each of the first four innings.
• Cheyenne Nelson doubled to right center for Tech's first hit of the day. Chloe French followed with a single to right center to plate Nelson.
• Nelson hit a 3-run homerun over the right field wall in the 2^nd inning.
• In the 3^rd, Mikayla Lewin doubled to right field and was able to score on a throwing error by the Mavericks.
• In the 4^th, Whitney Ellis reached first on a fielding error; Mikayla Wessel singled on a bunt and advanced to second on a throwing error. Ellis was able to reach home on the error.
• Tech plated their final run, reaching the run-rule, in the 6^th. Nelson reached first on a fielder's choice then stole second. French followed with a single to center field to plate Nelson and end the game.
• Wessel, Nelson, and French all had multi-hit games
• Samantha Guider earned her ninth win of the season throwing a complete game, only allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks on three strikeouts.

 
STATS OF GAME TWO:

• Panthers got on the board first in the opening frame when Mikayla Lewin hit a sacrifice fly to plate Cheyenne Nelson.
• A RBI double by Ellis and a RBI sacrifice fly from Mikayla Wessel gave Tech two more runs in the 4^th.
• Mercy put their first run on the board in the 5^th on a sacrifice fly.
• Kelsie Rivers (4-3) got the start in the circle allowing only two hits, one run, and one walk in five innings of work.
• Allie Platon earned her second save of the season allowing one hit, no runs, and one walk on one strikeout in two innings.

 
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• This was the first meeting between the two teams. Tech is now 2-0 all-time against Mercy College.
• Cheyenne Nelson extended her hitting streak to 21 consecutive games.
• Game one was Samantha Guider's third complete-game shutout of the season.
• Nelson's homerun in game one was her second of the season and the fourth of her career.
• Nelson surpassed 100 runs scored in her career. She is only the ninth player to do so in program history.
• Nelson moved into Top-10 all-time in program history for total career bases with 232.

 
 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back at Nancy Bottge Field for a three-game series against Florida Southern, with game one slated for Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.
 
 
 
 
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