INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #14 Florida Tech 16, Lynn 14 
Records: Florida Tech (7-3, 2-0 SSC), Lynn (2-8, 0-2 SSC)
Location: Bobby Campbell Stadium | Boca Raton, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Panthers jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead as Bennett Duffy scored just one minute into the contest off an assist from Collin Stewart. 
• Stewart made the score 2-0 with an unassisted goal with 8:32 left in the first quarter. 
• Lynn answered with a pair of man-up goals to even the game at 2-2 heading into the second quarter. 

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• Tech scored three straight goals in less than a minute to open the second quarter and build its lead to 5-2. Chandler Hake got the run started with an unassisted tally before Zach Rozgonyi scored his first of five goals on the day on a man-up opportunity to push the lead to two goals. Griffin Martin then found the back of the net off a feed from Sam Sidari and the Panthers led by three with 13:14 to go in the first half. 
• Fighting Knights responded with a 4-1 run to tie the game up at 6-6 with 3:48 remaining in the second quarter. Rozgonyi accounted for the Panthers' tally during the run.
• Rozgonyi finished off his first half hat trick to hand Florida Tech back the lead, 7-6, with 2:12 left on the clock. 
• Martin scored his second of the game off a feed from Matt Gutmann to make it an 8-6 Panther lead with 54 seconds to go. 
• Lynn got a buzzer-beater from Xander Cosenza to cut the margin to 8-7 as the teams went to halftime. 

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Panthers outscored Lynn 5-2 in the third quarter. 
• Rozgonyi opened the second half scoring off an assist from Stewart just second into the third.
• Stewart, Ethan Tosheff, and Justin Williams scored consecutive unassisted goals to push Tech's lead to 12-8 with 5:11 to go. 
• After Lynn trimmed the margin to four with 42 seconds left in the quarter, Duffy answered 17 seconds later off an assist from Rozgonyi to hand the Panthers a 13-9 advantage at the end of the third.

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Stewart increased Tech's lead to 14-9 off an assist from Williams just 32 seconds into the fourth quarter. 
• Rozgonyi scored his fifth goal from an assist by Nate Deplancke and Patrick Stewart added an unassisted goal to push the Panthers' lead to 16-10 with 7:51 left. 
• Lynn tried to come back from the six-goal deficit scoring the final four goals of the game, but it was too little, too late as Tech earned its third straight win. 

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Zach Rozgonyi led the Panthers with 5 goals and 1 assist.
• Collin Stewart finished with 5 points on 3 goals and 2 assists
• Griffin Martin and Bennett Duffy each scored 2 goals. 
• Justin Williams tallied 1 goal and 1 assist. 
• Ethan Tosheff dominated the faceoff X winning a career-best 21-25 attempts to go along with a season-high 14 ground balls and his second career goal.
• Jack Maranto won 6-8 faceoffs with 2 ground balls.
• Sam Balch recorded 5 ground balls and 3 caused turnovers.
• John Hulsman made 13 saves in between the pipes to improve his season record to 7-3.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Tech finished with an edge in shots (42-38), ground balls (32-24) and faceoffs (26-7).
• Panthers were 14-15 on clear attempts compared to 20-23 for Lynn.  
• Tech went 3-5 on man-up opportunities while Lynn was successful on 3-6 tries. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Zach Rozgonyi has now scored 5 goals in consecutive games and recorded at least 6 points in three straight outings. He moves into a tie for 5th in program history for single-season points with 40, while his 27 goals are 6th most in a season. 
• Ethan Tosheff's 21 faceoff wins and his 14 ground balls both rank 5th most in a game in program history.
• Florida Tech improves to 2-0 in SSC play for the first time since the 2018 season. 
• Panthers move to 6-3 all-time versus Lynn and 3-1 when playing in Boca Raton. 

UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back in action on Wednesday, April 6, as the Panthers host No. 1 Tampa at 4 p.m. at Panther Field. 
 
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