INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 13, No. 10 Rollins 10
Records: Florida Tech (9-5, 2-5 SSC), Rollins (13-3, 4-3 SSC)
Location: Panther Stadium | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:

• Panthers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a goal by Madison Savje off an assist from Rachel Johnson. 
• Caroline MacLeod made it a 2-0 lead with 10:53 left in the first quarter. 
• Rollins got on the board 30 seconds later to trim the margin to 2-1. 

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• Kayla Minton pushed Tech's lead to 3-1 off an assist from Kailee O'Brien with 12:28 to go. 
• Rollins answered with three consecutive goals to grab a 4-3 advantage with 6:26 left in the first half. 
• Kayla Minton scored her second of the game off an assist from Charlotte Hardie to tie the game at 4-4 with 5:48 remaining. 
• Jennifer Boyle gave the Panthers a 5-4 lead with 4:05 left with her lone goal of the game. 
• Tars closed the first half with three unanswered goals and took a 7-5 lead into halftime. 

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Panthers opened the second half with six straight tallies to go up 11-7 with 2:48 to go.
• Minton recorded two goals and one assist during the run. Johnson provided two goals while Hardie and MacLeod scored one goal apiece. 
• Rollins trimmed the margin to 11-8 with 54 seconds left in the third quarter.  

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Rachel Johnson scored her third of the game with 12:31 to go and pushed Tech's lead to 12-8. 
• Hardie increased the margin to 13-8 with 1:56 left. 
• Tars closed the game scoring a pair of goals, including one at the buzzer, and the Panthers went on to upset No. 10 Rollins by a score of 13-10. 

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Kayla Minton led all players with 5 points on 4 goals and 1 assist. 
• Rachel Johnson recorded a hat trick to go along with 1 assist. 
• Charlotte Hardie added 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball, 1 draw control and 1 caused turnover. 
• Caroline MacLeod finished with 2 goals, 5 draw controls, 3 ground balls and 1 caused turnover. 
• Jennifer Boyle and Madison Savje each scored 1 goal and combined to pick up 5 ground balls. 
• Kailee O'Brien dished out an assist to go along with 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers and 2 draw controls. 
• Elizabeth Christ collected 4 draw controls. 
• Ashley Walter picked up 3 ground balls. 
• Making her first career start in goal, Kellen Lucchesi finished with 9 saves and a .474 saves percentage to earn her first career win. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech finished with an edge in shots (27-26) and shots on goal (20-19)
• Rollins had more ground balls (23-20) and caused turnovers (13-8). 
• Both teams collected 12 draw controls. 
• Rollins went 4-6 on free position tries while Tech was 0-2.
• Panthers were 18-20 on clears compared to 16-17 for Rollins. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• The Panthers pick up their first win over a top 10 opponent since defeating No. 5 Regis on March 3, 2020. 
• Florida Tech's 9 wins this season are the most under head coach McKenzie Rafferty, and the most since the 2018 season. 
• Tech snapped a two-game losing streak to Rollins. 
• Kayla Minton is now tied for the most woman-down goals in a career with 5, tying the mark set by Caroline Dunleavy. 
• Kailee O'Brien finishes her career ranking tied for 9th in program history with 26 career assists. 
• Caroline MacLeod concludes her collegiate career ranking 6th in program history with 118 career draw controls.
• MacLeod and Rachel Johnson become the 10th and 11th players in program history to record 30+ goals in a season. 

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