LAKELAND, Fla. – No.20 Florida Tech women's lacrosse ventured out to Lakeland, Fla. to face No.4 Florida Southern in a Sunshine State Conference matchup. After a strong first quarter from the Panthers, the Mocs overpowered Tech to the win by a score of 18-7.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #20 Florida Tech 7, #4 Florida Southern 18
Records: Florida Tech (7-8, 1-4 SSC), FSC (12-3, 5-0 SSC)
Locations: Berend Field| Lakeland, Fla.  
 
FIRST QUARTER:

• Madison Tare of Florida Southern was the first to score 48 seconds into the game.
• One minute later, Kayla Minton tied the contest for Tech off an assist from Sophia Scichilone.
• The Moccasins (Mocs), managed to take a two-goal lead scoring at the 11:45 and 10:10 mark of the first to jump ahead 3-1.
• Both goals for Florida Southern were scored by Kolby Cohen.
• Minton recorded her second goal of the quarter at 5:22 to make it a 3-2 contest.
• Jackie Stoller of FSC put the Mocs back up by two with 4:39 to play in the first.
• Carly Niro managed to score the final goal of the quarter from either side with 2:15 to play to keep it a close contest, 4-3.
• Niro's goal would come off an assist from Scichilone.

 
SECOND QUARTER:

• The Second quarter saw the Mocs leave Tech scoreless as FSC scored six unanswered goals to take a 10-3 lead.
• Hannah Hale played a key role in Southern's offense recording three points from one goal and two assists.

 
THIRD QUARTER:

• The Mocs tacked on two more goal in the first three minutes of the third to jump ahead 13-3.
• Caroline Finn successfully converted a free position shot as the Panthers still trailed 12-4.
• Stoller would score the next two goals, extending the Mocs lead to 14-4 with 4:34 left in the third.
• Jenna Vetter pushed Southern's lead to 15-4, scoring the final goal of the third as the Panthers trailed by 11 entering the fourth quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER: 

• Lizzy Christ and Charlotte Hardie opened the fourth quarter as both scored for the Panthers as FSC still led 15-6.
• Chloe Weber improved the Mocs lead back to 10 goals, 16-6 at 6:56.
• Minto found the back of the net for the third time in the game with 5:23 left in the fourth as the Panthers deficit was brought to nine goals.
• Hailey O'Donoghue and Kaylee Stoky scored the final two goals of the game as the Mocs recorded the 18-7 win over Tech.

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Kayla Minton tallied a hat trick for Tech scoring three goals.
• Michaela Wittman led the Panthers with three ground balls.
• Both Charlotte Hardie and Maggie Reed caused two turnovers in the contest.
• Emma Angelo recorded a team high six draw control wins against FSC.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Florida Tech falls to 0-16 all-time against Florida Southern.
• Southern outshot the Panthers 29-16 with Tech shooting 12 shots on goal while FSC recorded 25 shots on goal.
• Techs goalies recorded seven saves while Southern's goalie stopped the ball five times.
• The Panthers turned the ball over 18 times compared to Florida Southern's 14 turnovers.
• FSC went 16-17 on clear attempts while the Crimson and Gray were 14-17 on clears.
• The Mocs won 15 of the 27 total draw controls.
• Both FSC and Tech were 4-5 on free position shots.

 
 
UP NEXT: The Panthers will return home on Saturday, April 14^th to face No.13 Lynn at Rick Stottler Field. The Sunshine State Conference matchup is schedule to begin at 1:00 P.M. prior to the contest Florida Tech will hold its Senior Day Celebration at the field at approximately 12:20 P.M.

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