INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #13 Florida Tech 9, #1 Tampa 15
Records: Florida Tech (10-6, 5-2 SSC), Tampa (17-0, 7-0 SSC)
Location: Naimoli Family Stadium | Tampa, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Tampa got on the board first to go up 1-0 with 11:36 left in the first but the Panthers scored four unanswered goals to grab a 4-1 lead with less than a minute remaining in the opening quarter. 
• Collin Stewart tallied the first two goals for Tech, the second coming off an assist from Zach Rozgonyi with 8:57 to go.
• Bennett Duffy found the back of the net off an assist from Griffin Bowie with 4:46 left to make the score 3-1. 
• Rozgonyi then pushed the lead to 4-1 with his first of the night with 59 seconds to go. 
• A late goal by the Spartans with 6 seconds left on the clock trimmed the margin to 4-2. 

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• Consecutive goals by Rozgonyi increased Tech's lead to 6-3 with 11:51 to go in the first half. 
• Jakob Terpak netted a behind the back goal off an assist from Matt Gutmann to give the Panthers a 7-4 advantage with 9:32 remaining in the half. 
• Tampa scored with 1:01 left in the second quarter and Tech carried a 7-5 lead into halftime. 

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Spartans outscored the Panthers 7-2 in the third quarter to take a 12-9 lead into the fourth. 
• Chandler Hake accounted for a man-up goal during the third, scoring off an assist from Rozgonyi with 11:03 left to hand Tech an 8-7 lead. 
• Duffy then scored later in the quarter to tie the contest at 9-9 with 4:05 to go. 

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Tampa added three more goals in the fourth and walked away with a 15-9 win to advance to Sunday's SSC Final. 

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Zach Rozgonyi recorded 3 goals, 2 assists and 2 ground balls.
• Bennett Duffy and Collin Stewart each contributed 2 goals.
• Chandler Hake and Jakob Terpak scored one goal apiece.
• Josh Vetter finished with 6 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• Matthew Hill added 4 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• Cole Marini picked up 3 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• John Hulsman made 13 saves in goal for the Panthers.  

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Tampa ended with an edge in shots (47-40), faceoffs (19-8) and ground balls (31-28). 
• Panthers went 20-25 on clears while Tampa was 20-22. 

 
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