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BOX SCORE

#11 Mocs Cruise Past Panthers in Home Finale

LAKELAND, Fla. – The No. 11 Florida Southern College women’s lacrosse team won their final regular-season home game of the year, upending the Florida Tech Panthers, 20-6, on Wednesday night.
 
Brittany Iamele earned the win, coming away with six first-half saves as Madison Tare continued her torrid pace, scoring five goals to lead the Moccasins (11-3, 3-2 SSC) past the visiting Panthers (8-5, 1-5 SSC).
 
The Mocs continue to represent as the top-shooting team in Division II, scoring 20 goals on just 28 total shots. The team entered play on Wednesday with the best shooting percentage in the country, at 55.0%.
 
Tare scored her first of the game less than a minute in, giving the Mocs an early lead that they would never relinquish. Lizzy Lynch followed up with her first of three goals on the day to give the team a 2-0 lead before the Panthers responded to even the score.
 
Marlee Moon Gaddy scored her twentieth goal of the season as the teams continued to exchange goals in the early goings of the first quarter.
 
Ellie Griffin, Abby McFerren, Hailey Daleo, and Tare each scored in succession to put the Moccasins up by four to end the quarter. The goal-scoring streak started a 15-1 run that extended for the entirety of the middle two quarters.
 
The Panthers tallied first in the second quarter, making it 7-4. That would be the closest the score would be for the remainder of the contest.
 
Tare scored three goals in the second quarter, while Lynch, McFerren, and Daleo each scored again to break the game open at the half—the Mocs led 13-4 after 30.
 
In the third quarter, the scoring run continued. Griffin scored two more goals, while McFerren, Gaddy, and Daleo tallied as the Mocs took a 17-4 lead into the final frame.
 
Katie Yeagle scored her first of the game in the fourth quarter to put the Mocs up 19-5, and with just over two minutes remaining, Samantha O’Neill found the back of the net for the first time this season off of a nice feed from Olivia Manghisi.
 
The game wound up finishing 20-6 by the final horn, with the Mocs earning a crucial conference win.
 
Florida Southern has two games remaining on the regular-season schedule: April 23^rd at Palm Beach Atlantic, and April 24^th at Lynn University.
 
The top four teams in the conference will qualify for the postseason Sunshine State Conference tournament, which will begin on April 28^th.

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Boyle Records a Hat Trick in Panthers’ Loss to No. 11 Mocs

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 6, No. 11 Florida Southern 20
Records: Florida Tech (8-5, 1-5 SSC), Florida Southern (11-3, 3-2 SSC)
Location: Berend Field | Lakeland, Fla.

FIRST QUARTER 

• Mocs jumped out to a 2-0 lead at the 13:19 mark of the opening quarter. 
• Jennifer Boyle got Tech on the board with a free position goal with 12:30 to go. 
• Kayla Minton tied the game at 2-2 just over a minute later off an assist from Boyle.
• Panthers tied the game at 3-3 on an unassisted goal by Rachel Johnson with 9:28 left in the first quarter. 
• FSC scored 4 unanswered goals and took a 7-3 lead into the second.  

SECOND QUARTER:

• Boyle tallied her second goal of the game off an assist from Minton to trimmed the Panthers’ deficit to 7-4 with 12:46 to go.  
• Mocs closed the half on a 6-0 run and went into halftime leading 13-4.

THIRD QUARTER: 

• FSC added five more goals in the third to increase the margin to 18-4 entering the fourth. 

FOURTH QUARTER:

• Boyle completed her hat trick with 8:21 remaining to trim the deficit to 18-5. 
• Caroline Finn found the back of the net off a feed from Caroline MacLeod to make the score 20-6 with seven seconds left on the clock.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Jennifer Boyle recorded 4 points, on 3 goals and 1 assist, 3 ground balls and 1 caused turnover.  
• Kayla Minton tallied a goal and an assist with 2 ground balls.
• Rachel Johnson and Caroline Finn each scored 1 goal.
• Caroline MacLeod added an assist, 3 draw controls, 2 ground balls and 1 draw control.
• Elizabeth Christ collected 4 draw controls and 1 caused turnover.
• Charlotte Hardie finished with 3 draw controls, 1 ground ball and 1 caused turnover.
• Kailee O’Brien recorded 3 ground balls, 1 draw control and 1 caused turnover.
• Kellen Lucchesi came off the bench to make 3 saves in goal. 

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE: 

• FSC finished with more shots (28-23), shots on goal (23-15) and draw controls (15-11)
• Both teams collected 15 ground balls.
• Panthers were called for 23 fouls compared to 8 for the Mocs.
• FSC converted 7-8 free position attempts while Tech went 1-3.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech hosts No. 10 Rollins in the regular season finale on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. at Panther Stadium. 

For the latest news, updates and information on the Florida Tech women’s lacrosse team, visit FloridaTechSports.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Panthers news by following Florida Tech Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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SportsLowdown.com

Boyle Nets Hat Trick in Panthers Loss to No. 11 FSC

by Donny Rieber, Jr

Excerpt:

The Florida Tech Panthers women’s lacrosse team dropped a 20-6 decision to Florida Southern on Wednesday night, eliminating the Panthers from a chance at Sunshine State Conference Tournament play. 

11th-ranked Florida Southern improved to 10-3, including 3-2 in the conference. They are now 14-0 overall against the Panthers and 11-0 in Lakeland. Florida Tech is now 8-5 overall and 1-5 in the conference. They have lost four in a row.

Jennifer Boyle led the Panthers with three goals and an assist. Kayla Minton had a goal and an assist, Rachel Johnson and Caroline Finn had a goal each.

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