Coral Shores alum Kaylee Stoky 1G/2GBs/1CTO, Cardinal Mooney alum Chloe Webber 1G for FSC. Ponte Vedra alum Courtney Rausch 4 Saves for PBA.

via the school press releases/websites

BOX SCORE

#4 Mocs Rout the Sailfish; Clinch a Share of the SSC Title

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – No. 4 Florida Southern women’s lacrosse traveled to Palm Beach Atlantic and handled the Sailfish 19-5 after posting 14 goals in the first half at the PBA Lacrosse Field. The win gives the Moccasins at least a share of the Sunshine State Conference regular season title while it also hands Florida Southern the no. 1 seed in the SSC tournament. The SSC title will be the program’s 11th overall, winning the seventh regular season championships and first since co-champions were crowned in 2021. 
 
Florida Southern moves to 6-0 in league play with just one game remaining and is 13-3 overall. The Moccasins scattered 41 shots in the game while holding the Sailfish to just 14 as McKenzie Gaghan and Rylie Rittberg combined for six saves. Gaghan, who got the start and earned her 13^th win of the season, held the Sailfish off the board in her 15 minutes of action while tallying one save before turning it over to Rittberg for the final three quarters amassing five saves in 45 minutes of action.
 
For the second straight game, Florida Southern saw 12 different goal scorers where Madison Tare and Jackie Stoller led the team with three goals each. Tare paced the team with six points, adding three assists. Stoller dished out one assist to finish second on the team in total points with four.
 
Five other players concluded the game with two points as Abby McFerren, Camden Frissora, and Olivia Manghisi each scored twice for their two points. Sabrina Diaz and Jenna Vetter tallied two points with a goal and an assist each.
 
Danielle Mojsej, Kelsey Bennett, Kaylee Stoky, Maria Reeves, and Chloe Webber closed the Moccasins’ scoring column all netting a goal in the game.
 
PBA (3-11, 0-7 SSC) saw the season leader Rachel Delate tally three goals and end the season with 49 total goals.
 
It took two minutes and 48 seconds for a ball to find the back of the net. Olivia Manghisi scooped up a ricochet off a shot and finished in the bottom of the net for the early 1-0 lead. From there, the Moccasins’ Abby McFerren scored back-to-back goals to make it 3-0 as Florida Southern buried four more from Madison Tare (x2), Manghisi, and Kelsey Bennett to end the 7-0 run to open the game.
 
Florida Southern started the second much like the first controlling the tempo and scoring the frame’s first six goals to take a commanding 13-0 lead. Camden Frissora would score two in the run, Tare once, and Jackie Stoller a hattrick in the first eight minutes of the quarter. Palm Beach Atlantic scored its first goal at the 2:05 mark, but Jenna Vetter ended the half with the final goal at 0:24 as the Mocs headed into the halftime break up 14-1.
 
Halftime adjustments for the Sailfish allowed for the first two goals of the quarter, cutting the deficit to 14-3 but a three-goal run from Florida Southern extended the Mocs lead to 17-3. Chloe Webber scored in her second straight game with a goal at the 7:55 mark before Danielle Mojsej and Maria Reeves each scored to close the third quarter.
 
Both teams tacked on two goals in the final frame as Kaylee Stoky and Sabrina Diaz scored for the Mocs to bring the score to its final 19-5.
 
No. 4 Florida Southern will close the regular season out on Tuesday, April 16 at No. 13 Lynn (12-3, 3-3 SSC). The Moccasins have a chance to clinch the regular season Sunshine State Conference Championship outright with a win over the Fighting Knights.

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Sailfish Finish Season At Home Against Mocs

by Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s lacrosse team played in their final game of the season as they hosted No. 4 ranked Florida Southern today at the Rinker Athletic Campus. The Moccasins proved to be too much for the Sailfish on the day as PBA fell 19-5.

The Mocs showed why they are one of the best sides in the country as they jumped out to a big lead right away against the ‘Fish. PBA was outscored 7-0 in the opening 15 minutes of play as FSC went on to score the first 13 goals. Sara Metheny found a cutting Rachel Delate in the second quarter to stop the Mocs run PBA was down 13 at the half. Georgia Karns got the start in the cage for the Sailfish and was under pressure from the start. She was able to make seven saves on 25 shots she faced in the first. 

The two sides played out an even second half as PBA found the back of the net four times. Delate scored twice more in the second half to finish off her hat trick and to take her all-time PBA goals in a season record to 49. Julia Gibson and Mattie Davis each scored for the ‘Fish as well but chances were limited offensively as they were outshot 41-14. Courtney Rausch was solid in net as she took over in the second half, making four saves and allowing just five goals. 

As usual, Katie Caras was one of the leaders defensively as she caused two turnovers. Megan Jackson led the Sailfish with two ground balls while Delate and Sara Metheny had five and four draw controls respectively. 

The PBA season ends with a 3-11 record on the year overall and a 0-7 mark in the Sunshine State Conference playing against all ranked opponents.