INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 17 Florida Tech 11, No. 13 Embry-Riddle 16
Records: Florida Tech (7-1, 0-1 SSC), Embry-Riddle (11-0, 1-0 SSC)
Location: Panther Stadium | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:

• Jennifer Boyle opened the scoring for the Panthers as she converted a woman-up goal to tie the contest at 1-1 with 12:23 left in the first quarter. 
• After ERAU scored three unanswered goals, Rachel Johnson tallied her first goal of the day to cut the margin to 4-2 with 5:16 to go. 
• Eagles netted a woman-up goal late in the quarter and carried a 5-2 led heading to the second quarter. 

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• Boyle scored her second the of the game off an assist from Caroline MacLeod to trim the Panthers' deficit to 6-3 with 11:57 to go. 
• ERAU answered 29 seconds later to push its advantage to 7-3. 
• Tech closed the half scoring three straight goals to make it a 7-6 game at halftime. Kayla Minton scored off an assist from MacLeod to begin the run and then Boyle found the back of the net twice, the second coming off an assist from MacLeod with 13 seconds remaining, to cut the margin to one at the break. 

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Panthers continued their strong offensive play as Minton scored her second of the game off another assist from MacLeod 63 seconds into the third to tie the game at 7-7. 
• Johnson gave Tech its first lead of the game, 8-7, scoring off an assist from Millie Hurt with 11:44 to go in the frame. 
• Eagles regained their lead, 9-8, at the 5:56 mark of the third.
• Kailee O'Brien tied the game up at 9-9 with 3:36 left and Johnson scored on a free position try to complete her hat trick and put the Panthers back in front, 10-9, with 2:49 remaining. 
• ERAU closed the third with a pair of goals over a 58-second span to take back the lead, 11-10, just before the end of the quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Eagles controlled the fourth quarter as they piled on five unanswered goals to build a 16-10 lead. Four of ERAU's tallies were woman-up goals as the Panthers' foul troubles mounted during the quarter.   
• O'Brien ended the game's scoring with two seconds left off an assist from Minton to bring the final margin to five as Tech was dealt its first loss of the season and drop to 0-1 in SSC play.
   

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Jennifer Boyle finished with 4 goals, 2 ground balls and 2 draw controls.
• Caroline MacLeod recorded 4 assists, 3 ground balls, 1 draw control and 1 caused turnover.
• Rachel Johnson added 3 goals.
• Kayla Minton tallied 2 goals, 1 assist and 2 ground balls.
• Kailee O'Brien had 2 goals, 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers and 1 draw control. 
• Ashley Walter finished with 3 caused turnovers and 1 ground ball.
• Cailey Canessa made a season-high 11 saves in net for the Panthers, her first career double-digit save performance.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• ERAU ended with an advantage in shots (34-27) and draw controls (21-9).
• Tech collected more ground balls (18-15).
• Panthers converted just 1-7 on free position attempts while the Eagles were successful on 4-10 tries.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech drops to 1-2 all-time versus Embry-Riddle.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will look to bounce back on Wednesday, April 6 as the Panthers host Palm Beach Atlantic at 7 p.m. at Panther Stadium. 

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