MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech women's soccer team dominated its way to a 5-0 Sunshine State Conference win over Saint Leo on Wednesday, Oct. 1. With the win, Florida Tech moves to 5-1-3 (2-0-2 SSC) while Saint Leo falls to 1-5-1 (0-2-1 SSC).
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: No. 19 Florida Tech 5 | Saint Leo 0
Records: No. 19 Florida Tech 5-1-3 (2-0-2 SSC) | Saint Leo 1-5-1 (0-2-1 SSC)
Location: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla. 
 
GAME NOTES

• Florida Tech tallied the first shot of the match in the 5^th minute as Mia Otero missed top left.
• After a corner kick, Rio Naganawa just missed high of the Saint Leo goal.
• Naganawa came back in the 18^th minute and earned her first goal of the year as she was assisted by EllinorBlaasternes.
• Saint Leo tallied their first save in the 24^th minute off a shot from Rio Naganawa.
• Only one more shot was fired from then on. The Lions notched a shot in the 37^th minute to no avail.
• The Panthers came out hot out of half as Rebecca Storr found the back of the net for the third time this season to put the Panthers ahead 2-0.
• Three minutes later, Tech scored again, this time Mia Otero in the 51^st minute off a pass from Lauryn Wood.
• Otero and Wood would connect again in the 52^nd minute for Otero's second goal of the match and 2025 season.
• Wood placed a shot on goal in the 57^th minute but it was saved by the Lions goalkeeper.
• In the 63^rd minute, Rio Naganawa fired the ball into the back of the net for her second goal of the match.
• Tech had a chance to extend their 5-0 lead with shots from Nina Santiago, Savannah Oxley and Sara Batchadji in the 66^th and 67^th minute, but two missed high while the third was saved by Saint Leo.
• Anae Malbete just missed her first goal of the season in the 76^th minute but her shot just nicked the left woodwork to deny her goal.
• The Panthers had two last shots in the 89^th and 90^th minute but neither were able to hit the back of the net.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Rio Naganawa and Mia Otero both notched multi-goal matches while also scoring their first goals of the season.
• Kaitlin Sinkler and Mette Brandes combined for a clean sheet while Sinkler picked up one save.
• Tech out-shot Saint Leo 16-4.
• This is the Panthers second time this season scoring five goals (9/4/25 vs. AUM).
• Tech had double-digit points for the second match this season (13).
• Lauryn Wood had the first multi-assist match of her career.

 
UP NEXT
The Panthers will head to New Hampshire for a pair of matches against No. 24 Franklin Pierce on Friday, Oct. 3 and Southern New Hampshire on Sunday, Oct. 5.