INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 10, Flagler 6
Records: Florida Tech (1-1, 0-0 SSC) | Flagler (1-2, 0-0 PBC)
Locations: Flagler Lacrosse Field | St. Augustine, Fla.
FIRST QUARTER:
- Flagler took a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into the contest on a man-up opportunity.
- Nate Deplancke provided Tech's lone goal to tie it up with 7:25 to go.
- The Saints would go on to tally two consecutive goals to pull ahead 3-1.
SECOND QUARTER:
- Flagler struck first in the second with 11:43 left, before Deplancke answered back a minute later.
- Garrett Moore stretched the Saints lead to 5-2 with 9:15 on the clock.
- Deplancke once again found the back of the net, recording a hat trick with 5:23 left.
- Moore would end the half for the Saints beating Tech's defender to extend their lead 6-3 going into the break.
THIRD QUARTER:
- Panthers opened the third quarter on a 5-0 run to take their first lead of the game, 8-6.
- The run began on a Saints turnover caused by Sam Balch. Zach Rozgonyi tallied a goal off a feed from Brett Nastos.
- Luke Policke kept it going with back-to-back goals to tie the game with 6:33 remaining, assisted by Jacob Terpak and Rozgonyi.
- Another Flagler turnover caused by Balch gave Tech another opportunity. A full field effort from Nastos gave Tech the lead 7-6, 5:28 to go.
- With 10 seconds remaining Collin Stewart extended the lead by two, 8-6, on a feed from Noah Stecher.
FOURTH QUARTER:
- Rozgonyi scored his second goal of the game, assisted by Balch with 13:41 on the clock.
- Justin Carte rebounded a wide shot and took it in to tally the final goal of the game.
NOTABLE PANTHERS:
- Nate Deplancke scored three goals on six shots to go along with two ground balls
- Zach Rozgonyi finished with three points on two goals and one assist, four ground balls and one caused turnover.
- Luke Policke recorded his first two goals with the Panthers on just four shots.
- Sam Balch collected four caused turnovers and two ground balls.
- Brett Nastos scored his first career goal and assist to go along with two ground balls and one caused turnover.
- Collin Stewart and Justin Carte each tallied one goal.
- Jax Francisco made 14 saves while facing 20 shots on goal to earn his first career win in net.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
- Florida Tech improves 2-0 all-time versus Flagler.
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will be back in action Monday, March 6 taking on Wentworth Insititute of Technology at home at 3:30 p.m.
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