MELBOURNE, FLA. – The Florida Tech Panthers hosted its final regular season home game on Wednesday night against the No. 5 Florida Southern Moccasins (Mocs). The Panthers struggled to keep up with one of the Top five teams in the country but showed signs of grit throughout the game.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 11, #5 Florida Southern 20
Records: Florida Tech (9-7, 1-5 SSC) | Florida Southern (14-2, 5-1 SSC)
Locations: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Millie Hurt scored first for the Panthers off an assist by Gillian Craig, putting Tech up 1-0 1:18 into the game.
• The Mocs then pulled ahead scoring nine unanswered goals all in the first.
• Emma Angelo broke Tech's scoreless streak with 1:26 to go in the quarter.
• Rachel Johnson gave the Panthers three goals to put the Panthers back within six after a free position goal with one second left in the first.

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• The Mocs scored the first two goals in the second quarter with the first of their two goals being a woman-up.
• Kayla Minton soon scored with an assist from Rachel Johnson with 3:58 remaining in the second.
• Emma Angelo recorded her second goal of the night off an assist from Caroline Finn with 1:33 remaining before halftime.
• The Mocs put up one more point on the board before the half making it a 12-5 Florida Southern lead at halftime.

 
THIRD QUARTER:

• Just like the second quarter, Southern scored the first two goals of the quarter, before Rachel Johnson could answer back with a Panther goal as tech trailed 14-6.
• The Mocs would go on to score three unanswered goals before Caroline Finn would find the back of the net with an assist from Phoebe Hurt for the final goal from either side before the fourth quarter.

 
FOURTH QUARTER:

• Jennifer Boyle and Finn scored the opening goals of the fourth quarter with the Panthers still trailing 17-9 before the Mocs answered back with a goal of their own.
• Sophia Scichilone would score her first of the game with 5:31 remaining as Southern would score to lead the Panthers 19-10.
• Emma Angelo would go on the score the Panther's only hat trick with 2:14 to go.
• The Mocs had the final goal in the game with 1:26 to go as Florida Southern would take home the 20-11 win over the Crimson and Gray.

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Angelo, Finn, and Johnson all recorded three points.
• Angelo scored three goals with Finn and Johnson recording two goals and one assist.
• Karly Liebendorfer led the Panthers with a career-high four ground balls.
• Brooke Albert recorded a career-high and team-leading three caused turnovers while also recording two ground balls.
• M. Hurt recorded the most draw-control wins of any Panther with four.
• Minton was 2-3 on her free position shots.
• Emily Harris recorded a season-best nine saves against the No. 5 team in the country.

 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Southern outshot Florida Tech 37 to 24 as the Mocs recorded 31 shots on goal to Tech's 20.
• Between Harris and Kellen Lucchesi, Tech made 11 saves compared to Southern nine.
• The Panthers turned the ball over 19 times with the Mocs recording 15 turnovers.
• Florida Southern was 14-15 on clear attempts while the Panthers were 12-19.
• The Panthers recorded 27 more ground balls than the Mocs who picked up 20.
• Florida Southern outdrew Tech 20-13 in draw-control wins.
• The Mocs took eight free position shots while the Panther only took four.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech is now 0-15 all-time against Florida Southern.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will next travel to No. 8 Rollins where they will face off against the Tars in the final regular season game of the 2023 season. The game is scheduled for Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM

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