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BOX SCORE

Second Half Surge Powers No. 14 Panthers Past Saints

by Christina Hardman

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 10, Flagler 6
Records: Florida Tech (1-1, 0-0 SSC) | Flagler (1-2, 0-0 PBC)
Locations: Flagler Lacrosse Field | St. Augustine, Fla.  

FIRST QUARTER:

• Flagler took a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into the contest on a man-up opportunity.
•  Nate Deplancke provided Tech’s lone goal to tie it up with 7:25 to go.
• The Saints would go on to tally two consecutive goals to pull ahead 3-1.

SECOND QUARTER:

• Flagler struck first in the second with 11:43 left, before Deplancke answered back a minute later.
• Garrett Moore stretched the Saints lead to 5-2 with 9:15 on the clock.
• Deplancke once again found the back of the net, recording a hat trick with 5:23 left.
• Moore would end the half for the Saints beating Tech’s defender to extend their lead 6-3 going into the break.

THIRD QUARTER:

• Panthers opened the third quarter on a 5-0 run to take their first lead of the game, 8-6.
• The run began on a Saints turnover caused by Sam Balch. Zach Rozgonyi tallied a goal off a feed from Brett Nastos.
• Luke Policke kept it going with back-to-back goals to tie the game with 6:33 remaining, assisted by Jacob Terpak and Rozgonyi.
• Another Flagler turnover caused by Balch gave Tech another opportunity. A full field effort from Nastos gave Tech the lead 7-6, 5:28 to go.
• With 10 seconds remaining Collin Stewart extended the lead by two, 8-6, on a feed from Noah Stecher.

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Rozgonyi scored his second goal of the game, assisted by Balch with 13:41 on the clock.
• Justin Carte rebounded a wide shot and took it in to tally the final goal of the game.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Nate Deplancke scored three goals on six shots to go along with two ground balls
• Zach Rozgonyi finished with three points on two goals and one assist, four ground balls and one caused turnover.
• Luke Policke recorded his first two goals with the Panthers on just four shots.
• Sam Balch collected four caused turnovers and two ground balls.
• Brett Nastos scored his first career goal and assist to go along with two ground balls and one caused turnover.
• Collin Stewart and Justin Carte each tallied one goal.
• Jax Francisco made 14 saves while facing 20 shots on goal to earn his first career win in net.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech improves 2-0 all-time versus Flagler.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech will be back in action Monday, March 6 taking on Wentworth Insititute of Technology at home at 3:30 p.m.

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Saints fall to No. 14 Panthers

ST. AUGUSTINE – Trace McDonald and Garrett Moore scored two goals each for Flagler College in tonight’s game against No. 14 (USILA Division II Top 25) Florida Tech. However, the Saints fell short 10-6 despite a good fight against the Panthers.
 
The Saints are now 1-3 overall as the Panthers even their record to 1-1.
 
The Saints started the first half strong with McDonald scoring the first goal of the game, later followed by goals from Antanas Mikuzis, John Kersey, and Moore ending the first half leading, 6-3.
 
However, the Saints relinquished their lead as the Panthers scored seven unanswered goals and their goalie Jax Francisco had a second half shut out, to finish the game. He finished with 14 saves. Nate Deplancke scored three goals for Florida Tech.
 
Despite the lead gained by the Panthers, on the defensive end, Saints goalie Nate Lehr had 12 saves and Blake Gonzalez had three caused turnovers. Jake Griffin won 11 of the 18 face-offs he took for the Saints.
 
The Saints will now head south to Boca Raton for a match up against Lynn University on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.
 
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Scoring Summary

1st Period
13:35		FLG – Trace McDonald Assisted by Drew Flagg	0	1
07:25		PANTHE~1 – Nate Deplancke	1	1
05:01		FLG – Antanas Mikuzis Assisted by Garrett Moore	1	2
02:05		FLG – John Kersey	1	3
2nd Period
11:43		FLG – Trace McDonald	1	4
10:42		PANTHE~1 – Nate Deplancke	2	4
09:15		FLG – Garrett Moore	2	5
05:23		PANTHE~1 – Nate Deplancke	3	5
00:28		FLG – Garrett Moore Assisted by Dylan Wilson	3	6
3rd Period
14:12		PANTHE~1 – Zach Rozgonyi Assisted by Brett Nastos	4	6
11:41		PANTHE~1 – Luke Policke Assisted by Jakob Terpak	5	6
06:33		PANTHE~1 – Luke Policke Assisted by Zach Rozgonyi	6	6
05:28		PANTHE~1 – Brett Nastos	7	6
00:10		PANTHE~1 – Collin Stewart Assisted by Noah Stecher	8	6
4th Period
13:41		PANTHE~1 – Zach Rozgonyi Assisted by Sam Balch	9	6
11:49		PANTHE~1 – Justin Carte	10	6