MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech men's lacrosse team survives in double-overtime on the road against Palm Beach Atlantic on Saturday, Apr. 11.
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: No. 11 Florida Tech 9 | Palm Beach Atlantic 8
Records: No. 11 Florida Tech 11-2 (6-0 SSC) | Palm Beach Atlantic 6-9 (1-5 SSC)
Location: PBA Lacrosse Field | West Palm Beach, Florida 
 
GAME NOTES
FIRST QUARTER

• The Panthers fell behind early after the Sailfish caused a turnover which led to Palm Beach Atlantic's first goal of the night in transition.
• PBA forced the Panthers into another turnover which the Sailfish capitalized again as they went up 2-0.
• Tech only fired two shots in the quarter and turned the ball over seven times.

SECOND QUARTER

• Shale Saeger won the opening faceoff off the new quarter which led to a Tech shot that hit post.
• PBA failed a clear which led into a shot by Landon Addleman that was saved.
• Kevin Wolfe was able to jar the ball free on a Sailfish attackman. The Panthers cracked the scoreboard in transition as Brooks van Esselstyn found Ryan Chancer for Chancer's first goal of the night.
• Tech tied the game at 2-2 as Jack Cornwell picked up the ground ball after a Panther shot missed wide.
• Palm Beach Atlantic responded soon after forcing Tech into a turnover to take the lead.
• PBA scored again after taking the ball away from the Panthers to go up 4-2.
• Steve Ulrichs stopped PBA's possession as he caused a turnover which led to a successful clear. Thomas Strong muscled one by the Sailfish keeper off an assisted by Dawson Long.
• Under two minutes, PBA score at the 1:47 and 54 second mark as they went into half ahead of the Panthers 6-3.

THIRD QUARTER

• Now with a sense of urgency, Tech won the opening faceoff of the second half and planted three shots on the PBA net as the Sailfish saved two while the other drifted wide.
• After surviving multiple Panther shots, the Sailfish forced a Panther unsuccessful clear which led to their seventh goal of the night.
• Jack Cornwell notched his second goal of the night with the assist credited to Parker Kane which 3:39 left in the quarter.
• Tech committed 11 turnovers in the period.

FOURTH QUARTER

• PBA extended their lead to 8-4 with an unassisted goal early in the fourth.
• Dawson Long forced a turnover on the Sailfish which led to Gavin Stecher getting Tech on the board off an assist by Joe Coveleski.
• Jax Francisco gave Tech life with saves with 10:19, 9:06 and 8:52 on the clock.
• The Sailfish were hit with an illegal body check penalty as the Panthers earned the power play. Thomas Strong brought the panthers within two with his second goal of the game.
• Shale Saeger won the ensuing faceoff to get Tech back on the offensive end. Parker Kane found Gavin Stecher in the middle for the Panther goal as Tech got back within one.
• With 1:52 on the clock and the Panthers down one, Steve Ulrichs came up with a huge defensive play to give the Panthers the ball. Parker Kane made a jumping goal just before the crease to tie the game at 8-8.
• The Panthers had the ball with 30 seconds left, but stingy PBA defense stopped Tech by causing a turnover.
• Tech's defense bared down as held Palm Beach Atlantic to force overtime.

OVERTIME

• PBA won the faceoff to open overtime, but their opening shot hit post.
• Florida Tech committed two turnovers on their two offensive possessions in the period.
• With five seconds remaining, Jax Francisco came up with an amazing save by his feet to stop the Sailfish and to force a second overtime.

DOUBLE-OVERTIME

• Tech's defense was tested yet again, but held strong as PBA threw the balla way to give the Panthers possession.
• The Panthers earned the successful clear and Robert McNamara found Joe Coveleski in front of the net as he hit the game-winner as Tech survived PBA's upset bid.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• With 11 saves tonight, Jax Francisco became the Sunshine State Conference's all-time saves leader.
• Thomas Strong, Jack Cornwell and Gavin Stecher had multi-goal games for the Panthers.
• Tech's defense held strong when need as 12 different Panthers caused a turnover.
• Parker Kane had a three-point game with one goal and two assists.
• Shale Saeger answered the bell on faceoff as he was 7-13.
• This was Tech's second overtime win of the season.

COACHES CORNER
"First, credit to PBA. They came out with energy and really made us pay a price," said Head Coach Brad MacArthur."Our defense really gave us an opportunity to still be in the game, but our O guys dug deep. As the game wore on and we were able to chip away. It was ugly, but we'll take it. Sometimes when you're learning how to win, you run into these games. Last time we faced this adversity, it was a loss. We're a different team, but we can't put ourselves in positions to have to come back like that."
 
"We're looking forward to the next challenge."
 
UP NEXT
With the win, the Panthers have set up a Sunshine State Conference regular season title game against No. 3 Tampa. Tech will host the Spartans on Wednesday, Apr. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Rick Stottler Field.