INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
 
Final: Florida Tech 8, #18 Embry-Riddle 1
Records: Florida Tech (31-18, 14-13 SSC) | #18 Embry-Riddle (21-10, 13-6 SSC)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla.   

 
STATS OF THE ONE:

• The Panthers got on the board with four runs in the first. Mikayla Wessel scored on a bases-loaded walk, Mikayla Lewin took home on a wild pitch, and Jolie Miracle doubled to right field to plate Ella Gibson and Victoria Szrom.
• Eagles threatened in the second with bases-loaded on two outs, but Tech ended the inning with a lineout.
• RBI singles from Cheyenne Nelson and Lewin put Tech up, 6-0, heading into the third.
• A homerun over the centerfield wall put ERAU on the board in the third.
• Miracle hit her second two-run double of the game to advance the Panthers lead, 8-1, in the fifth.
• Miracle led the Panther offense going 2-3 with four RBI.
• Samantha Guider threw a complete-game to earn the win in the circle. Guider allowed nine hits, one run and one ball on three strikeouts.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• The Panthers move to 11-8 all-time against the Embry-Riddle Eagles.
• Mikayla Wessel moved up to ninth all-time in program history for hits with 184.
• This is the fourth win of the season over a ranked opponent.
• Wessel's triple was her second of the season.

 
 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech closes out the season with a three-game series against Rollins at Nancy Bottge Field, with game one slated for Friday, April 22 at 6 p.m.
 
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