MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Tech men's lacrosse honored its 21 seniors on Saturday afternoon after earning a comeback victory over Embry-Riddle.
 
The Panthers took a three-goal lead after the opening quarter but faltered in the second frame allowing the Eagles to ensue on a 7-1 run. The Panther's offense exploded in the fourth quarter to make the comeback, earn a Senior Day win, and improve to 3-1 in Sunshine State Conference play.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: RV Florida Tech 16, RV Embry-Riddle 14
Records: RV Florida Tech (4-6, 3-1 SSC) | #2 Rollins (6-4, 2-2)
Locations: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER: 

• The Panthers outshot the Eagles 5-2 in the opening frame.
• The Eagles took a quick 2-1 lead, with Tech's first goal scoring by Cam Johnson.
• With under seven minutes to go, Tech's offensive found their spark, scoring four straight.
• Collin Stewart scored his first of the day, before Nate DePlancke found Ben Foster for a man-up goal
• Griffin Martin accounted for the next two goals, both unassisted.

SECOND QUARTER: 

• The Panthers opened the second quarter extending their lead 6-2 as Martin found Stewart with 13:50 on the clock.
• Embry-Riddle ensued on a 7-1 run with their final goal of the period coming with just three seconds left of the clock to take a 9-7 lead into the break.
• Tech's lone goal during the run was by Joe Coveleski, assisted by Ben Foster.

THIRD QUARTER: 

• Teams traded the first four goals of the quarter.
• Joe Covesleski found the back of the net off a feed from Brooks Van Esselstyn with 12:37 to go.
• Tech's second goal came on an unassisted effort by Luke Policke with 7:46 to go.
• Embry-Riddle posted two more goals to take a four-goal advantage.

FOURTH QUARTER: 

• The Panther's offense exploded in the final quarter, scoring seven consecutive goals to take back the lead.
• Martin scored the first goal, unassisted, to make the score 13-10.
• Stewart then posted his second goal of the day before assisting Zach Rozgonyi to cut the deficit to one.
• Coveleski scored back-to-back goals to take the lead, 14-13 with 8:08 to go.
• Martin and Gavin Stecher provided the final two tallies for push their lead to three with three minutes remaining.
• After a Panther penalty, the Eagles were able to get one more on the board but it wasn't enough as Tech ran out the clock to take a 16-14 win on Senior Day.

NOTABLE PANTHERS: 

• Griffin Martin led with five points on four goals and one assist. He also collected one ground ball.
• Collin Stewart posted four points on three goals and one assist.
• Joe Coveleski recorded four points on four goals.
• Ben Foster added two points on one goal and one assist.
• Nate Deplancke contributed two points on two assists.
• Zach Rozgonyi, Gavin Stecher, Like Policke, and Cam Johnson each added one goal.
• Brooks Van Esselstyn and Andrew Walenty each recorded an assist.
• Ricky Fedorchak led the defense with eight caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• Brian Barlotta caused two turnovers.
• Cooper Leonard went 11-19 at the 'X' and collected six ground balls.
• Jack Maranto went 8-12 at the 'X' and collected five ground balls.
• Jax Francisco posted 12 saves for a .462 save percentage.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Embry-Riddle ended with an advantage in shots (49-36) and shots on goal (26-25).
• Florida Tech recorded more ground balls (30-27) and less turnovers (11-10).
• Embry-Riddle was 3-7 on man-up opportunities while Tech finished 1-2.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech moves to 5-0 all-time against the Embry-Riddle Eagles and 3-0 at home.
• Collin Stewart's four points moved him to fifth on the program's all-time career points list with 125.
• Jax Francisco moves up to third all-time in career wins in net.
• Joe Coveleski's four goals marked a career-high.
• Griffin Martin's five points and four goals are both career-highs.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech is back at home on Wednesday, April 10 to take on No. 18 Florida Southern at 7 p.m.
 
 
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