INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #14 Florida Tech 15, Embry-Riddle 12
Records: Florida Tech (9-4, 4-1 SSC), Embry-Riddle (4-11, 1-4 SSC)
Location: Panther Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Embry-Riddle got on the board first just 57 seconds into the game, but Zach Rozgonyi tied the score at 1-1 with 13:05 left in the first. 
• After the Eagles regained a 2-1 lead, Austin Engeler and Rozgonyi both scored off assists from Nate Deplancke, and the Panthers took a 3-2 advantage into the second quarter. 

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• ERAU scored a pair of goals to open the quarter to grab a 4-3 lead with 10:44 to go in the first half. 
• Collin Stewart scored off an assist from Sam Balch to tie the game at 4-4 with 5:16 left. 
• Gavin Wessel tallied a rebound goal with 4:13 to go to hand Tech a 5-4 advantage. 
• Rozgonyi netted consecutive goals, his first on a man-up off an assist from Justin Williams and his second coming from a feed by Stewart, to push the Panthers' lead to 7-4 with 1:27 remaining in the quarter. 
• Eagles snuck one in with 13 seconds to go in the frame and the Panthers went into halftime with a 7-5 lead. 

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Tech scored four straight goals by four different players to open the third quarter to increase the margin to 11-5 with 7:16 to go. Bennett Duffy, Jakob Terpak, Williams, and Matt Gutmann scored goals during the run.
• After ERAU trimmed the different to 11-6, Williams scored his second of the game to make the score 12-6 with 2:10 left in the quarter. 
• Eagles scored with 52 seconds to go in the third to get the margin to 12-7 heading to the fourth quarter.  

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Rozgonyi tallied his fifth goal of the game with 11:48 remaining in the fourth to push Tech's lead to 13-7. That was his 37th goal of the season, which ties the single season goals record. 
• Embry-Riddle fought its way back into the game with five unanswered goals to cut the Panthers' lead to 13-12 with 4:58 left. 
• Tech responded with unassisted goals by Stewart and Terpak over a 46 second span to make it a three-goal lead, 15-12, with 2:04 to go. 
• Panthers ran out the rest of the clock en route to their fourth SSC win of the season and clinched a spot in this year's SSC Tournament. 

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Zach Rozgonyi recorded 5 goals and 5 ground balls. 
• Collin Stewart tallied 2 goals and 2 assists to go along with 3 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• Justin Williams finished with 2 goals and 2 assists. 
• Jakob Terpak scored 2 goals.
• Nate Deplancke dished out 2 assists.
• Andrew Ward collected 4 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
• Matthew Hill and Cole Marini picked up 3 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• JP Panchookian finished with 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• Sam Balch had 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover and 1 assist. 
• Jack Maranto won 10-25 faceoffs and picked up 4 ground balls. 
• John Hulsman improved to 9-4 overall while making 9 saves in the game. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech finished with an edge in shots (47-43), shots on goal (26-21) and caused turnovers (12-9).
• Both teams collected 44 ground balls. 
• Eagles won 19-30 faceoffs.
• Panthers were 2-3 on man-up tries while limiting ERAU to 0-3.
• ERAU turned the ball of 21 times compared to 17 for the Panthers. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• With the win, Florida Tech clinches a spot in the 2022 SSC Tournament. 
• Zach Rozgonyi tied the program's single season goals record held by Jason Terry with his 37th goal of the season at the 11:48 mark of the fourth quarter.  
• Florida Tech improves to 3-0 all-time versus Embry-Riddle.

UP NEXT: Panthers are back in action on Saturday, April 16, hosting No. 12 Florida Southern for Senior Day at Panther Field. The game is set to begin at 11 a.m.
 
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