INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Game One Final: Florida Tech 5, Lynn 1
Game Two Final: Florida Tech 5, Lynn 3
Records: Florida Tech (28-15, 11-10 SSC) | Lynn 1 (11-25, 0-18 SSC)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla.
STATS OF GAME ONE:
- Both teams earned a run in the first to open the scoring. Janella Dominguez hit a sacrifice fly to score Taylor Scala for Lynn, while Mikayla Wessel stole home for Tech.
- Panthers scored two more in the third, when Victoria Szrom hit a singled to right center plating Ella Gibson, unearned, and Chloe French.
- Tech added a run in each of the next two innings to advance the lead, 5-1. Wessel singled to plate Whitney Ellis and a bases-loaded fielder's choice from Ashley Campbell scored Peyton Anders.
- Five different Panthers recorded atleast one hit in the win.
- Alex Hendrian (9-6) threw a complete game allowing just three hits, one run, and one walk on two strikeouts.
STATS OF GAME TWO:
- Each team would once against earn a run in the first to open the scoring. Janella Dominguez hit a RBI single to left field for Lynn, while Chloe French recorded a RBI single to left center.
- In the third, French singled to right field, taking second a throwing error while Cheyenne Nelson took third. In the same play, another throwing error allowed for Nelson to score and French to reach third base.
- A batter later, French scored on a wild pitch.
- Lynn cut the lead, 3-1, on a bases-loaded walk in the fourth.
- The Fighting Knights tied it up in the following inning on a RBI single to left field.
- Panthers answered back, bottom of the fifth, thanks to a two RBI single by Ella Gibson.
- French and Gibson each went 2-3, while French tallied two runs and Gibson two RBI.
- Samantha Guider got the start in the circle allowing five hits, two runs, and two walks on three strikeouts in four innings of work.
- Kelsie Rivers improved to 5-3 allowing one hit, one run, and two walks on one inning of work.
- Alex Hendrian recorded her fifth save of the season allowing just three hits, no runs and no walks in two innings.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- The Panthers move to 60-26 all-time against the Fighting Knights.
- Alex Hendrian's broke the program record for single season saves with five.
- Cheyenne Nelson moved to ninth all-time in program history for career hits with 181.
- Mikayla Wessel moved to tenth all-time in program history for career hits with 178.
- Victoria Szrom's double in game two ties for tenth all-time in program history for career-doubles with 30.
UP NEXT: Florida Tech heads to Saint Leo for a three-game series against the Lions, with game one slated for Friday, April 8
th at 7 p.m.
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