WINGATE, NC – Less than 24 hours after finishing a tough test on the road, the Florida Tech men's lacrosse team was motivated on Sunday afternoon, playing on the same field in a neutral site matchup against Lees-McRae. The Panthers looked no worse for wear as they took the lead less than two minutes into the game and never trailed, cruising past the Bobcats 23-10.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final:  RV Florida Tech 23, Lees-McRae 10
Records: RV Florida Tech (2-3, 0-0 SSC) | Lees-McRae (1-3, 0-0 CCC)
Locations: Irwin Belk Stadium | Wingate, NC

FIRST QUARTER: 

• As he did on Saturday, Joe Coveleski opened the scoring, doing so this time 1:58 into the game on a feed from Jakob Terpak.
• 43 seconds later, Andrew Walenty doubled the Panther advantage with Coveleski providing.  
• Jack Cornwell added to Tech's lead 1:01 after Walenty's goal.
• Garvin Johnson got the Bobcats on the board at the 10:58 mark.
• Kaleb Parkhurst cut the deficit to 3-2 1:21 after Johnson's tally.  
• Thomas Strong gave the Panthers some cushion at 7:53 with his fifth goal of the season.
• The final four minutes of the opening period saw five combined goals, starting with Johnson's second of the game at 3:32.
• Colin Olson got one back for the Crimson and Gray 45 seconds later with his first goal of the season.
• Adam Ross countered for the Bobcats 24 seconds after that.
• Terpak began an 8-0 Panther run over the next 14:51 with his second goal of the season at 1:49.
• Matt Josefson concluded the opening frame with his second career goal 18 seconds on the clock.

SECOND QUARTER: 

• Florida Tech began the quarter a man up and Coveleski made sure that counted by converting Strong's feed to give the Panthers an 8-4 lead.
• Just over three minutes later, Gavin Stecher added his second goal of the campaign with an assist from Terpak.
• Just under two minutes later, Alex Zarsky scored the first goal of his collegiate career to give the Crimson and Gray a six-goal advantage.
• 1:01 after that, Derek Duplechin finished a pass from Gary Lozito to extend the margin to seven.
• Robert McNamara tallied his first goal as a Panther at 7:25 to make it 12-4.
• Aidan Addison scored his second goal in as many days to cap the eight-goal swing for Tech at 3:40.
• At 1:58, Spence Combs' man-up goal broke an over 15-minute goal drought for Lees-McRae, making it a 13-5 game at the break.

 
THIRD QUARTER: 

• Terpak's second goal of the afternoon opened the second half ledger at 11:06 thanks to Coveleski's second helper.  
• Ross responded 30 seconds later with his second goal of the game.
• Rob Gadomski short-circuiting any possible Bobcat momentum with a response 48 seconds after Ross' goal to push the lead back to nine.
• Zarsky doubled his output for the day at the 4:21 mark, finishing a feed from Gadomski to increase the lead to double digits.
• Derek Duplechin made it two goals in his last two games, finishing the move from Chase Blumbergs.
• Johnson made it a treble with 1:50 left in the stanza to cut the deficit to 10.
• Gadomski recorded his second of the quarter 33 seconds later with Zarsky returning the favor.

FOURTH QUARTER: 

• McNamara grabbed his second of the afternoon 40 seconds into the final quarter
• 34 seconds later, Moran finished a feed from Goss for his fifth of the day and give the Bulldogs a seven-goal lead.
• Cornwell scored the Crimson and Gray's 20^th goal of the game at 8:15 with his second tally of the day.
• Cole Morris got his name in the scoresheet at 6:42, finishing off a feed from Parkhurst.
• 12 seconds later, Zarsky notched his first hat trick as a Panther with an assist from Max Watson.
• Cornwell completed his first career hat trick at 4:23.
• Duplechin completed the Florida Tech output at 3:38 with his second goal of the day.
• The Bobcats would score twice in the final 2:30 with Ross finishing his hat trick and Morris getting his second.

NOTABLE PANTHERS: 

• Rob Gadomski led the Panthers with five points thanks to two goals and three assists.
• Jakob Terpak and Joe Coveleski each had two goals and two assists.
• Alex Zarsky and Derek Duplechin both notched hat trick's and each provided an assit.
• Jack Cornwell also tallied a hat trick.
• Robert McNamara tallied the first two goals of his college career.
• Chase Blumbergs and Max Watson recorded their first career points with assists.
• Thomas Strong recorded a goal and an assist.
• Andrew Walenty, Gavin Stecher, Colin Olson, Aidan Addison and Matt Josefson all found the back of the net.
• Brian Barlotta and Carter Batt led Tech in groundballs gathered on the day with four each.
• Batt went 9-of-18 at the X, while Shale Saeger was 8-of-16.
• Jax Francisco recorded three saves and a .375 save percentage while playing the first half. Alex Colella played the final 30 minutes, posting the same stat line.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech outshot Lees-McRae 59-33 with 34 on goal against LMC's 16.
• The Panthers won the turnover battle (12-22) and caused more turnovers (7-5), while also gathering more ground balls (40-31).
• Florida Tech went a perfect 21-of-21 on clears, while Lees-McRae went 16-of-19.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• The Panthers are now 1-1 all-time against Lees-McRae. This was the first matchup between the teams since February 17, 2012.
• Alex Zarsky scored not only the first goal of his Panther career but also his first hat trick.
• Derek Duplechin and Jack Cornwell each recorded their first career hat trick. 
• Robert McNamara's two goals were the first of his college career.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will be back on the field on Saturday, March 8^th at USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland for a neutral site matchup against #12 Mercy. The opening faceoff is scheduled for 6 P.M.

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