INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: Florida Tech 4, Florida Southern 2
Game Two Final: Florida Tech 7, Florida Southern 0
Records: Florida Tech (25-15, 8-10 SSC) | Florida Southern (13-16, 2-10 SSC)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla.
STATS OF GAME ONE:
- Panthers got an early run on the board on a RBI groundout from Chloe French.
- Samantha Guider retired 9 of Mocs' first 10 batters.
- Bottom of the 5th, Tech added two more. Ashley Campbell took a hit by pitch, Whitney Ellis followed with a double to left field to plate Campbell. Two batters later, Ellis scored on a sacrifice fly from Cheyenne Nelson.
- Tech's final run came in the 6th on a RBI sacrifice fly by Victoria Szrom.
- Attempting a 7th inning rally, Mocs's were able to put up two but ultimately came up short.
- Mocs' two runs came on a bases-loaded fielder's choice and a RBI groundout.
- Guider (10-6) threw a complete game allowing five hits, two runs, and one walk on three strikeouts.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
- Game two started off quick with four Panther runs in the first inning. Highlighting the inning was a three-run homerun over the left field wall by Ella Gibson.
- Two innings later, Gibson singled to left field taking second on the throw, plating Mikayla Lewin to advance the lead, 5-0.
- Bottom of the 6th, with runners on the corners, Whitney Ellis doubled but was tagged out a third. Ellis's at bat scored Mya Ogbodiewg and Peyton Anders.
- Gibson went 3-3 with one run and three RBI.
- Alex Hendrian (8-6) threw a complete-game two hit shutout allowing just one walk on three strikeouts.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- The Panthers move to 33-96 all-time against the Florida Southern Mocs.
- Cheyenne Nelson ended her hitting streak at 22 consecutive games.
- Ella Gibson's homerun was her first in a Panthers uniform.
- Alex Hendrians complete-game shutout was her fourth of the season.
UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back at Nancy Bottge Field for a three-game series against Lynn, with game one slated for Friday, April 1
st at 6 p.m.
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