Ave Maria, Fla. – The Florida Tech women's lacrosse team travelled to Ave Maria on Friday evening to face off against the Gyrenes which resulted in a Florida Tech victory by a score of 15-4.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech, Ave Maria
Records: Florida Tech (2-1, 0-0 SSC) Ave Maria (0-1, 0-0 Sun Conference)
Locations: Gyrene Field | Ave Maria, Fla.  
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Jennifer Boyle got the Panthers on the scoreboard first with an assist from Caroline Finn with 7:21 to go.
• The Gyrenes tied it up with 6:35 remaining before the second quarter.
• Boyle got into the assist column after setting up Sophia Scichilone for a goal.
• Emma Angelo then recorded a man up goal with 1:50 to go in the first.
• With a setup assist from Gabrielle Skowronski, Caroline Finn recorded her first goal of the game.
• Jennifer Boyle scored her second goal of the game with three seconds to go before the end of the first.
• Tech led 5-1 going into the second quarter.

SECOND QUARTER:

• Rachel Johnson got herself in the goals column after 4:50 of play in the second.
• Gillian Craig then then scored to put Tech up 7-1 with 8:20 remaining.
• Carly Niro then scored her team leading sixth goal of the season with an assist from Johnson.
• Elizabeth Christ of the Panthers would later score her second goal of the season with 3:11 before the half.
• Millie Hurt went on to record a free position goal, her second goal this year.
• At the Half the Panthers lead by a big 10-1 lead.

THIRD QUARTER:

• Preseason All-American honoree Kayla Minton recorded her first goal of the season after 3:50 in the third quart, her first goal of the year.
• The Gyrenes, answered back with a goal of their own making it an 11-2 game.
• Minton then scored her second goal of the game with 8:01 to go in the third off an assist from Kailee O'Brien.
• Scichilone's second goal of the contest came with 4:10 to go in the third to put the Panthers up 13-2 before the final quarter. 

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Ave Maria would get back to within 10 goals after scoring 1:36 into the final quarter of play.
• Jennifer Boyle scored herself a hattrick for the game with 10:13 remaining.
• Johnson scored her second of the game leading Tech up by twelve and 6:20 to go in the quarter.
• Ave Maria scored with 24 second left in the game, making the final score 15-4 in Tech's favor to win their second game of the season. 

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Carly Niro scored her sixth goal of the season against the Gyrenes.
• Jennifer Boyle led all Panthers with four points from three goals and an assist.
• Rachel Johnson finished with three points from two goals and ana assist.
• Gabrielle Skowronski led the team with four ground balls.
• Five different Panthers caused two or more turnovers in the contest.
• Kellen Lucchesi picked up her first win of the season saving two shots in the game while only allowing one goal. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech had the advantage is almost every team category.
• Panthers had 24 shots to Ave's eight
• Tech recorded three fewer turnovers than the Gyrenes.
• The Panthers were a perfect 5-5 on clear attempts.
• The Crimson and Grey scooped up 19 ground balls.

UP NEXT: The Panthers will return to action in Harrogate, Tennessee where they'll take on Lincoln Memorial University at 3:00 PM on Friday, February 24^th at the LMU Lacrosse Complex.
 
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