MELBOURNE, Fla. – Men's Lacrosse honored nine seniors on Saturday afternoon after falling to Rollins 15-12.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 12, #5 Rollins 15
Records: Florida Tech (7-7, 3-4 SSC) | Rollins (12-1, 6-0)
Locations: Melbourne, Fla. | Panther Field

FIRST QUARTER: 

• Zach Rozgonyi tallied two straight to get the Panthers started and take the 2-0 lead just six minutes into the game.
• Rollins got one on the board before Luke Policke added one for Tech on an assist from Nate Deplancke.
• Tars tallied three unanswered goals over the final four minutes of the opening frame to go up 4-3.

SECOND QUARTER: 

• Tech outscored Rollins 3-1 in the second period.
• Cooper Leonard won the faceoff and took it straight in for his first goal of the day, 10:19 to go.
• A minute later, Gary Lozito found the back of the net on a feed from Rozgonyi to tie up 5-5 with 9:09 on the clock.
• Deplancke's shot bounced off Collin Stewart's leg and into the net to give Tech the 6-5 lead going into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Leonard won the opening faceoff and scored his second goal just seven seconds into the period.
• Stewart added one on a feed from Jakob Terpak to increase Tech's lead 8-5, 8:59 to go.
• Rollins scored five unanswered goals to take a 10-8 lead going into the final frame.

FOURTH QUARTER: 

• Rollins' four straight goals extended their lead 14-8 with 7:39 remaining.
• Collin Stewart answered back, scoring back-to-back goals for Tech, 6:02 left.
• Rollins added one more before Tech scored two straight to cut the margin to three goals.
• Stewart scored his fourth of the day with the assist from Chandler Hake before Hake scored his own on a feed from Patrick Stewart.

NOTABLE PANTHERS: 

• Collin Stewart led the Panthers with 5 goals and two ground balls
• Zach Rozgonyi finished four points on two goals and two assists
• Chandler Hake tallied a goal and an assist
• Gary Loztio and Luke Policke each added a goal
• Nate Deplancke recorded two assists and two ground balls.
• Sam Balch finished with two caused turnovers and one ground ball.
• Cooper Leonard went 18-30 at the X and collected 7 ground balls while adding two goals.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Rollins finished with the advantage in shots (51-46), shots on goal (30-25), and ground balls (27-24).
• Tech won the battle at the X (18-13).

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech moves to 6-8 all-time against the Tars.
• Men's Lacrosse finishes with an all-time record of 25-14 at Panther Field.
• Collin Stewart moves up to fifth all-time with 77 career goals. His 39 goals are second most in a single season by any Panther.
• Zach Rozgonyi's two assists move him to second all-time with 46 career assists.
•  Sam Balch finishes his career with the second most career caused turnovers with 85.

 
 
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