INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 17 Florida Tech 15, Palm Beach Atlantic 4
Records: Florida Tech (8-1, 1-1 SSC), PBA (2-7, 0-2 SSC)
Location: Panther Stadium | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER:

• Panthers outscored the Sailfish 5-0 and had an 11-3 edge in shots during the first quarter. 
• Caroline MacLeod opened the scoring with an unassisted goal with 11:35 to go in the frame.
• Kayla Minton scored 33 seconds later to give Tech a 2-0 lead. 
• Carly Niro tallied her first goal of the game on an unassisted effort with 5:56 remaining.
• Karly Liebendorfer made it a 4-0 lead with 3:29 left before Niro scored another unassisted goal for push the advantage to 5-0 with 2:24 remaining in the first quarter.  

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• PBA opened the second quarter with consecutive goals to cut the margin to 5-2 with 11:42 left.
• Panthers answered with three straight tallies, one each from MacLeod, Jennifer Boyle and Minton to increase Tech's lead to 8-2 with 10 seconds to go before halftime.  

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Just like the first quarter, the Panthers outscored the Sailfish 5-0 in the third to make the score 13-2 heading into the fourth. 
• Rachel Johnson scored twice during the third quarter, the first one coming off an assist from Niro just 1:05 into the frame. 
• MacLeod completed her hat trick to increase the lead to 10-2 with 12:16 left. 
• Fallon Mears tallied her third goal of the season off an assist from Niro with 7:55 to go.
• Johnson found Niro near the crease for the score with 5:08 left, and then Johnson scored with 2:41 remaining in the third to push Tech's lead to 11.    

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Sailfish scored 2:02 into the fourth to cut the margin to 13-3 but Elizabeth Christ answered on the ensuing draw control, as she collected the ball and raced down the field and scored her second of the season. 
• Later in the quarter, Madison Savje scored off a pass from Caroline Finn to make the score 15-3 with 5:41 to go. 
• PBA added one more goal late in the fourth and the Panthers went on to earn their first SSC victory of the season.  
   

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Carly Niro led all players with 3 goals and 2 assists to go along with 2 caused turnovers and 1 ground ball. 
• Caroline MacLeod recorded 3 goals, 1 assist, 5 draw controls, 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers. 
• Rachel Johnson added 2 goals and 1 assist. 
• Kayla Minton tallied 2 goals and 4 ground balls. 
• Charlotte Hardie picked up 5 draw controls.
• Millie Hurt finished with 3 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
• Mackenzie Smith and Ashley Walter each had 2 ground balls and 1 caused turnover.
• Cailey Canessa earned her 8th win of the season in goal for the Panthers, making 8 saves while facing 21 total shots. .

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech finished with an edge in shots (31-21), shots on goal (22-15), ground balls (21-20) and draw controls (13-10).
• Panthers converted just 4-6 free position attempts compared to PBA who went 1-6.
• PBA was 15-17 on clears while Tech was successful on 19-22 attempts.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech improves to 5-0 all-time versus Palm Beach Atlantic. 
• Kayla Minton became the 8th different Panther in program history to have a 30-goal season. 
• Caroline MacLeod surpassed the 100-draw control mark in the game and is now 6th in the program record book with 101 career draw controls. 

UP NEXT: Florida Tech is on the road this Saturday, April 9 as the Panthers continue SSC play against Saint Leo. The matchup with the Lions is set to begin at 7 p.m. at University Stadium.

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