WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. – The Florida Tech women's lacrosse team traveled to West Palm Beach on Wednesday night to take on the Palm Beach Atlantic (PBA) Sailfish where the Panthers came out victorious 17-7.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 17, PBA 7
Records: Florida Tech (9-4, 1-2 SSC) | PBA (3-7,0-2 SSC)
Locations: PBA Soccer/Lacrosse Field | West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Rachel Johnson was the first to score in the game giving the Panthers an early lead.
• Phoebe Hurt recorded the first point of her collegiate career scoring of an assist from Gabrielle Skowronski which was followed by a goal from Kayla Minton.
• PBA scored its first goal of the contest with 5:34 to go in the first.
• Gillian Craig would go on to score the Panthers fifth goal of the game with Skowronski's second assist of the game.
• Minton's second goal came with 1:53 to go in the first.
• The Panthers would have the 5-1 lead over the Sailfish entering the second quarter. 

SECOND QUARTER:

• PBA started off the second by scoring three unanswered goals making it a 5-4 game.
• Craig's second goal put the Panthers back up by two.
• Kailee O'Brien recorded the final goal of the second to as Tech recorded led 7-4 entering halftime.

THIRD QUARTER:

• Jennifer Boyle opened up the second half with an unassisted goal.
• Minton's third goal of the game came assisted from Johnson putting the Crimson and Grey up by five.
• Boyle's second goal of the quarter increased Tech's lead to six.
• Craig's third goal of the contest came off a free position shot with 8:58 to go in the third.
• Scichilone scored unassisted 45 seconds later.
• Phoebe Hurt's second goal of the game came assisted from older sister Millie Hurt to put Tech up 13-4.
• Minton's fourth goal, assisted by Emma Angelo, allowed the Panthers to increase its lead by 10.
• The Sailfish finished the third scoring to bring the game back to within nine.

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Scichilone scored back-to-back goals to open the fourth quarter with an assist from Boyle on the second goal.
• Phoebe Hurt's hat trick goal of the game assisted by Karly Liebendorfer with 3:52 to go in the game put the Panthers up by 12 and a 17-5 lead.
• PBA closed out the game scored two unanswered goals as time expired giving the Sailfish a 17-7 victory.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Kayla Minton led the tea with five points scoring four goals and one assist.
• Phoebe Hurt recorded the first goal, point and hat trick of her career going 3-for3 on shots on goal.
• Scichilone and Craig also each recorded hat tricks for the Panthers.
• Boyle recorded three points from two goals and an assist.
• Millie Hurt, Elizabeth Christ and Carly Niro each recorded team leading two ground balls.
• Christ also led the team with three caused turnovers.
• M. Hurt recorded a team high five draw control wins against the Sailfish.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida tech outshot PBA 32-19 with 22 shots on goals to PBA's 15.
• Both teas recorded 16 turnovers.
• PBA went 12-18 on clear attempts while the Panthers went 14-17.
• Tech recorded one more ground ball than PBA at 16-15.
• The Panthers won twice the amount of draw controls as the Sailfish at 18-9.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• The Panthers are now 6-0 all time against PBA and 2-0 against the Sailfish in West Palm Bay.
• The Panthers last game in West Palm Beach saw the Panthers win 19-13 on April 14, 2021.
• Four of Tech's six wins against PBA have been decided by double digits.
• With two points today, Rachel Johnson is now two points away from 100 career points.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will next host No. 20 Saint Leo on Saturday, April 8^th for a 10:00 AM game against the Lions in an SSC matchup.
 
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