INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:Â #12 Florida Tech 15, #13 Rollins 16
Records:Â Florida Tech (10-5, 5-2 SSC), Rollins (12-2, 5-2 SSC)
Location:Â Barker Family | Winter Park, Fla.
Â
FIRST QUARTER:
- Zach Rozgonyi opened the scoring to put Tech up 1-0 just 47 seconds into the game.Â
- Collin Stewart increased the Panthers' lead to 2-0 with 13:02 left.Â
- Rollins ensued on a 3-1 run to tie the game at 3-3 with 3:41 to go. Sam Sidari tallied the Panthers goal during the run with 4:52 remaining.Â
- Panthers closed out the first quarter with three consecutive tallies to push their lead to 6-3. Bennett Duffy scored twice, the second off an assist from Justin Williams with 1:27 to go. Rozgonyi provided the final goal of the quarter off a feed from Collin Stewart with 18 seconds left.Â
Â
SECOND QUARTER:
- Tars outscored Tech 6-2 in the second quarter and took a 9-8 advantage into halftime.Â
- Nate Deplancke accounted for one of the Panthers' goals during the quarter, scoring off an assist from Sidari with 7:12 left.
- Stewart tallied Tech's other goal off an assist from Rozgonyi with 4:14 remaining in the frame. Â
THIRD QUARTER:Â
- Rozgonyi scored the first goal of the second half with 12:46 left in the third to tie the game at 9-9.Â
- Rollins answered with three straight goals to push its lead to 12-9 with 5:50 remaining.Â
- Williams scored twice during the final 5:15 of the third and the Panthers went into the fourth trailing 13-11.Â
FOURTH QUARTER:
- Williams and Chandler Hake tallied the opening goals of the fourth, both off assists from Rozgonyi, to tie it up at 13-13Â with 12:56 to go.Â
- After Rollins scored to push the lead back to two, 14-13, with 7:33 left.Â
- Duffy completed his hat trick off an assist from Griffin Bowie to even the score at 14-14Â with 6:20 remaining.Â
- Deplancke gave Florida Tech its first lead since the second quarter, 15-14, on an unassisted goal with 4:32 left.Â
- Rollins was able to score two goals over the next two minutes to push their lead back to two, 16-15, with 2:38 to go.Â
- Florida Tech was unable to come up with the equalizer in the waning minutes and dropped its second SSC game of the season.Â
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
- Rollins finished with an edge in shots (45-37), shots on goal (28-21), faceoff wins (19-15), ground balls (32-30)Â and caused turnovers (12-8).Â
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- John Hulsman's 12Â saves in the game gave him the single season record for saves with 182Â this season.
- Jack Maranto surpassed 100 career faceoffs wins and now sits at 103. He is the 5th Panther to win 100 faceoffs.
- Zach Rozgonyi becomes the 7th player to record 80 points in a career, and now has 82Â for his career.
UP NEXT:Â Florida Tech is set to face No. 1 seeded Tampa in the semifinals of the SSC Tournament on Thursday, April 28 in Tampa, Florida. Start time for the contest is yet to be announced.Â
Â
For the latest news, updates and information on the Florida Tech men's lacrosse team, visit FloridaTechSports.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Panthers news by following Florida Tech Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Â