MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Tech men's lacrosse closes out the regular season against No. 3 Tampa. The Panthers earned the three seed heading into the conference tournament.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: RV Florida Tech 7, #3 Tampa 21
Records: RV Florida Tech (5-8, 4-3 SSC) | #3 Tampa (15-1, 7-0)
Locations: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER: 

• Tampa wasted no time scoring three goals in the first four minutes.
• The Spartans would tack on three more before Tech got their first goal from Jakob Terpak off a feed from Zach Rozgonyi with 22 seconds remaining.

SECOND QUARTER: 

• The second quarter saw a defensive stalemate as neither team scored in the first eight minutes.
• Tampa posted four unanswered goals over the final 6:19 to extend their lead 10-1 at the break.

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Tampa opened the second half scoring less then one minute into the quarter.
• Cam Mckee netted back-to-back goals over a two-minute span, with the second goal assisted by Colin Olson.
• The Spartans recorded four more goals, before McKee completed the hat trick off a feed from Danny Richmond.

FOURTH QUARTER: 

• The Panthers recorded back-to-back goals to bring it back to a single-digit game with 13:01 to go. Goals were scored by Danny Richmond and Ethan Hodges.
• Tampa ensued on a 6-1 run to end the game, 21-7. The Panthers lone goal in the run was scored by Gavin Stecher, assisted by Colin Olson.

NOTABLE PANTHERS: 

• Cam McKee recorded a hat trick.
• Danny Richmond posted two points on one goal and one assist.
• Gavin Stecher, Jakob Terpak, and Ethan Hodges each tallied one goal.
• Colin Olson recorded two assists.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Tampa ended with more shots (44-23), shots on goal (32-17) and ground balls (32-17).
• Spartans won 24-32 on faceoffs compared to 8-32 for Tech.
• Tech recorded less turnovers (14-11).
• Panthers were 14-19 on clears while Tampa finished 16-18.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech moves to 1-19 all-time against Tampa
• With his assist in the first quarter, Zach Rozgonyi tied the programs all-time career assist record with 56 career assists.
• Ricky Fedorchak moved to fourth all-time on the programs single season caused turnover list with 42.
• Colin Olson's two assists are a career-high.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will open post-season play at Rick Stottler Field on Saturday, April 20^th. The Panthers will host six-seeded Lynn in the SSC Quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m.
 
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