MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech women's soccer team got back in the win column with a 4-1 win over Saint Leo Saturday night at Rick Stottler Field.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 4, Saint Leo 1
Records: Florida Tech (4-1-2, 1-1-0 SSC), Saint Leo (2-2-2, 0-1-1 SSC)
Location: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
STATS OF THE MATCH

• The Panther got on the board early after Marem Ndiongue used a second-chance header in the eighth minute to put Tech up 1-0.
• In the 24th minute, Saint Leo threatened to score, but Ayana Aoyagi made the stop in goal to preserve the lead.
• On the next Panther possession, Lauryn Wood sent a cross into the box that found Katherine Cunningham on the other side. She deposited her shot past the diving Lions keeper to give Tech a 2-0 lead heading into halftime.
• Saint Leo notched a score in the 47th minute with an unassisted goal from Ainsley Meyer to cut into the lead.
• 10 minutes later, Cunningham had an opportunity to score again but the keeper made a great diving save to keep the game at 2-1.
• After a back-and-forth battle for possession, a Saint Leo yellow card gave Tech a free kick from about five yards outside the box. Halla Helgadottir smashed her shot into the corner of the net to extend the Panthers lead out to 3-1 in the 79th minute.
• Tech dominated possession for the rest of the match. In the final 10 seconds, Gema Carreno chipped a pass up to Raisa Lugo who made her way into the box and scored to give the match its final score of 4-1.
• The Panthers outshot Saint Leo 14-7 on the night and put 11 shots on target.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Florida Tech improves to 10-13-3 all-time against Saint Leo.
• The Panthers are now 6-2-1 in the last nine matches with the Lions.
• Marem Ndiongue's goal moved her into sole possession of 10th all-time in career goals (15) and eighth all-time in career points (40) in the Panthers record books.
• Katherine Cunningham and Raisa Lugo both scored their first goals as Panthers.

 
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