NCAA D2 Women – FSC 19-15 over Flagler in 1st Round – Both Recaps
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#6 Mocs Defeat #10 Saints in First-Ever Meeting, Advance to the Second Round
TAMPA, Fla. – The No. 6 Florida Southern College Moccasins defeated the No. 10 Flagler College Saints 19-15 in a physical matchup at the Naimoli Family Athletic Complex at the University of Tampa in the NCAA First Round.
With the win, the Mocs move to 17-3 on the year as the Saints fall to 17-2. The win also sets up the third meeting of the year between No. 2 the University of Tampa and Florida Southern, all at Tampa on May 14 at 12:00 p.m.
In the win, Jackie Stoller notched her 100th career point at Florida Southern finishing the game with five points, four goals and one assist, where she sits at 101 this season. Madison Tare paced the Mocs in overall points with six off one goal and five assists.
Lizzy Lynch, Hailey Daleo, and Giana Murphy were all busy as well where Lynch was credited with two goals and three assists while Daleo had five goals on the day. Murphy too tallied five points thanks to a four-goal-one assist game.
Rylie Rittberg earned her ninth win of the year coming in relief and playing the final 33:29 while making 12 stops in goal, setting a new career-high.
Florida Southern started the game off winning the opening draw control thanks to Madison Tare before the Moccasins found themselves up 1-0 thanks to the connection of Lizzy Lynch and Hailey Daleo. Flagler answered with three straight goals for a 3-1 lead.
The Moccasins answered back with three of their own from Tare, Jackie Stoller, and Lynch to make it 4-3 FSC. The Saints notched one just a minute later to tie it at 4-4 before 6:20 ran off the clock where it felt like the two teams were heading to the second period all knotted up. The Saints would sneak one more in with 26-ticks left for the 5-4 first-quarter advantage.
The second quarter started off just like the first, all momentum to the Mocs as Florida Southern rattled off three straight for the 7-5 lead. In the run, Stoller and Daleo found the back of the net again while Giana Murphy notched her first goal of the game.
The Saints came marching again to score two straight to tie things up again, at 7, before outscoring the Mocs 2-1 to head into the halftime break up 9-8.
Florida Southern came into the third quarter fired up and used a 5-2 advantage to take a 13-11 lead to the six-minute mark with Stoller scoring twice, Sammy Gorrasi, Daleo, and Hailey O’Donoghue who cleared the ball and made two major cuts to go 1-on-1 with the keeper for her long goal.
Emma Dudley tacked on the Mocs’ sixth goal of the frame to push it to 14-11 before a goal with just 40-seconds by the Saints cut it to 14-12 heading to the final quarter of regulation.
Another big quarter for Florida Southern started out with a Saints goal for it to be 14-13 before back-to-back Murphy goals allowed the Mocs to sit ahead 16-13. She scored her first goal in the run on a give-and-go with Lynch before finding the back of the net off a few cuts.
Flagler would get one goal back, 16-14, before Daleo, Lynch, and Murphy scored in succession to put the game at 19-14 with just three minutes to play. The Saints would get one back with 14-seconds left, as the final horn sounded.
Down the stretch, and after the Moccasins’ IWLCA All-South Region and First Team All-SSC defender Gina Verrone was sent to the bench with 13:56 to play in the third, Florida Southern outscored Flagler 10-6 to close the game.
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | FLA | FSC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:33 |  | FLORIDA – Hailey Daleo Assisted by Emma Caulk | 0 | 1 |
| 12:27 |  | FLAGLER – Alex Eubanks | 1 | 1 |
| 11:03 | | FLAGLER – Jessica Wright | 2 | 1 |
| 10:25 | | FLAGLER – Lexie Morton | 3 | 1 |
| 09:14 | | FLORIDA – Madison Tare | 3 | 2 |
| 08:35 | | FLORIDA – Jackie Stoller | 3 | 3 |
| 07:49 | | FLORIDA – Lizzy Lynch Assisted by Jackie Stoller | 3 | 4 |
| 06:47 | | FLAGLER – Ella Pinder | 4 | 4 |
| 00:26 | | FLAGLER – Lexie Morton | 5 | 4 |
| 2nd Period | FLA | FSC | ||
| 14:03 | | FLORIDA – Jackie Stoller | 5 | 5 |
| 12:30 | | FLORIDA – Giana Murphy | 5 | 6 |
| 09:36 | | FLORIDA – Hailey Daleo Assisted by Giana Murphy | 5 | 7 |
| 09:02 | | FLAGLER – Claudia Tanksley | 6 | 7 |
| 06:24 | | FLAGLER – Ella Pinder | 7 | 7 |
| 04:42 | | FLORIDA – Hailey Daleo Assisted by Abby McFerren | 7 | 8 |
| 03:29 | | FLAGLER – Lexie Morton | 8 | 8 |
| 01:04 | | FLAGLER – Lexie Morton | 9 | 8 |
| 3rd Period | FLA | FSC | ||
| 13:18 | | FLORIDA – Jackie Stoller Assisted by Madison Tare | 9 | 9 |
| 11:28 | | FLORIDA – Sammy Gorrasi Assisted by Madison Tare | 9 | 10 |
| 08:47 | | FLAGLER – Ella Pinder | 10 | 10 |
| 07:56 | | FLORIDA – Hailey Daleo Assisted by Madison Tare | 10 | 11 |
| 07:21 | | FLORIDA – Jackie Stoller | 10 | 12 |
| 06:43 | | FLORIDA – Hailey O’Donoghue | 10 | 13 |
| 06:00 | | FLAGLER – Carley Tepel Assisted by Ella Pinder | 11 | 13 |
| 02:39 | | FLORIDA – Emma Dudley Assisted by Madison Tare | 11 | 14 |
| 00:40 | | FLAGLER – Katelyn Trainor | 12 | 14 |
| 4th Period | FLA | FSC | ||
| 12:24 | | FLAGLER – Ella Pinder | 13 | 14 |
| 10:18 | | FLORIDA – Giana Murphy Assisted by Lizzy Lynch | 13 | 15 |
| 08:42 | | FLORIDA – Giana Murphy | 13 | 16 |
| 07:12 | | FLAGLER – Lexie Morton | 14 | 16 |
| 06:16 | | FLORIDA – Hailey Daleo Assisted by Lizzy Lynch | 14 | 17 |
| 04:49 | | FLORIDA – Lizzy Lynch Assisted by Madison Tare | 14 | 18 |
| 03:16 | | FLORIDA – Giana Murphy Assisted by Lizzy Lynch | 14 | 19 |
| 00:14 | | FLAGLER – Ella Pinder | 15 | 19 |
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Magical Second Season Comes to an End for the Saints
TAMPA, Fla. – Ella Pinder and Lexie Morton each scored five goals but it was not enough as No. 6 (IWLCA Division II Top 25) Florida Southern College edged No. 10 Flagler College 19-15 in the first round of the NCAA Division II National Tournament Friday afternoon at the Naimoli Family Athletic Complex.
Florida Southern (17-3) advances to face No. 2 the University of Tampa at noon in a national quarterfinal game. Flagler’s season ends with a 17-2 record in just its second year of existence and first berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Saints also won the Gulf South Conference regular season and post-season tournament titles while also achieving the program’s first national ranking.
After a Pinder goal knotted the score at 10-all with 8:47 left to go in the third quarter, the Moccasins rattled off three-straight goals. Hailey Daleo’s goal broke the tie with 7:56 left in the quarter and Florida Southern never trailed the rest of the way. She finished with a team-high five goals.
Pinder’s fourth goal of the game got Flagler back to within one, 14-13, with 12:24 left to go in the game. But Giana Murphy netted back-to-back goals for insurance for the Mocs.
Pinder led the Saints with 11 draw controls and Carly LaFarriere collected four ground balls. Lauren Ribadeneira tallied seven saves.
Jackie Stoller and Murphy each scored four goals for Florida Southern. Abby McFerren won eight draw controls. Rylie Rittberg tallied 12 saves and helped limit the Saints to six goals in the second half.
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