DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – The Florida Tech women's lacrosse team traveled to Dayton Beach on Saturday afternoon where they faced off against the. No.18 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Eagles.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: (RV) Florida Tech 9, (#18) 14 Embry-Riddle
Records: Florida Tech (8-4, 0-2 SSC) | ERAU  (10-1, 1-0, SSC)
Locations: Embry-Riddle Lacrosse Field | Daytona Beach, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Embry-Riddle scored first to take the early lead.
• Kayla Minton tied the game up off an assist from Sophia Scichilone
• Scichilone then scored her first goal of the game followed by a goal from Rachel Johnson to put Tech up 3-1.
• Both Scichilone and Johnson goals were unassisted.
• The Eagles finished off the first quarter scoring three straight goals to go ahead 4-3.

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• ERAU started off the second where they left off scoring two more goals to make it five unanswered goals against the Panthers.
• Jennifer Boyle would score for Tech with 7:15 to go in the second to trail 6-4.
• Boyle would assist on Kayla Minton's second goal of the game as Tech trailed 6-5.
• Minton would score again to tie up the game with 1:51 to make it a tied at 6-6 heading into the half.

 
THIRD QUARTER:

• The Eagles scored first to take the lead in the second half of the game before Johnson tied it up again for the Panthers at 7-7.
• Two unanswered goals by ERAU increased the Eagles lead to two.
• Johnson would score again for Tech making it a 9-8 Embry-Riddle lead heading into the final quarter of the game.

 
FOURTH QUARTER:

• Embry-Riddle scored first to make it 10-8 until Rachel Johnson's fourth goal of the game left Tech down by one with 11:58 remaining.
• The Eagles would take a big lead scoring four unanswered goals to close out the game and take the 14-9 victory.

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS

• Rachel Johnson led the Panthers scoring charge with a total of four goals.
• Kayla Minton recorded a hat trick finishing with three points.
• Both Scichilone and Boyle finished with two points, each with one goal and one assist.
• Maggie Reed led the team with four ground balls.
• Millie Hurt recorded a team high three caused turnovers and tied a team high four draw control wins with Jennifer Boyle as each recorded four.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Embry-Riddle outshot Florida Tech 31-22 and recorded more shots on going (SOG) with ERAU recording 19 to Tech's 14.
• Both teams' goalies recorded five saves.
• Tech turned the ball over 20 times with the Eagles turning the ball over 17 times.
• The Eagles were 16-19 on clear attempts with Tech going 15-20 on clear attempts.
• Embry Riddle recorded 23 ground balls to the Panthers 14.
• The Eagles won more draw controls with 14 to Tech's 12 draw control wins.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech is now 1-3 all-time against Embry Riddle.
• Tech's only win against the Eagles dates back to April 14, 2018.
• With four points in today's game, Rachel Johnson is now four points shy of reaching 100 career points.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will next travel to West Palm Beach on Wednesday, April 5th for a 7:00 PM game against the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish in Florida Tech's third SSC matchup of the season.
 
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