thanks to Daniel Supraner, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications – Florida Tech Athletics and Travis Larner, Athletic Communications Assistant – Florida Southern College for their press releases   Daniel Supraner – FIT   Panthers Fall to No. 5 Mocs 19-4 FIT no match for veteran Florida Southern squad   MELBOURNE, Fla. (Women’s Lacrosse) – Florida Tech (7-7, 1-2 SSC) dropped its game versus a more experienced Florida Southern (18-2, 4-0 SSC) squad on Saturday at Palm Bay High School’s Pirate Stadium. The Mocs controlled throughout the contest, overpowering the Panthers toward a 19-4 victory. “You saw us play a very good Florida Southern team today, and we were timid,” said head coach Corinne Desrosiers. “We had a very specific game plan for today, but an aggressive opponent made us second guess ourselves and you saw that in the turnovers and lack of shots. We are young, and I think we forget that from time to time. We were reminded today.” Florida Southern struck first, scoring three quick goals less than four minutes after the opening draw. Freshman Sara Grenier put the Panthers on the board with 16:30 left in the half, but the Mocs answered with a five goal run over the next 11 minutes to push their lead to 7-1. Sophomore Heather Roache scored the final goal of the half on a free possession shot to decrease FIT’s deficit to five heading into halftime. Freshman Caroline Dunleavy opened the scoring in the second half with her only goal off a feed from classmate Mary Gormley. Florida Southern went on to register five more scores over the next five minutes to increase its advantage to 13-3, but freshman Allie Wood ended the run with her free possession goal to make it a nine goal game. The Mocs tallied the final six goals of the game to garner their fourth Sunshine State Conference victory of the season. Freshman goalkeeper Stephanie Stuart recorded 10 saves while playing just the first half of the game. Stuart was replaced by fellow freshman Bridgette Soucy who finished with six saves. “The good that comes from this is motivation for next week’s contest with Saint Leo and for the playoffs,” stated Desrosiers. “Sometimes it takes a loss like today for a team to dig deep and come together to finish the season in a manner that we know we are able to.” Florida Tech travels to Saint Leo, Florida for its regular season finale against Saint Leo at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The winner of the matchup between the Panthers and Lions will claim the No. 3 seed in the SSC Tournament on April 24-26. Live coverage, if available, can be found at FloridaTechSports.com.   Box Score: http://www.floridatechsports.com/media/2014-15/wlacrosse/stats/fitw14.htm 2015 Schedule: http://www.floridatechsports.com/wlacrosse/schedule/ 2015 Roster: http://www.floridatechsports.com/wlacrosse/roster/   Daniel Supraner Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Florida Tech Athletics 150 W. University Blvd. Melbourne, Fla. 32901 Work: 321-674-7484 Fax: 321-984-8529   Travis Larner – Florida Southern College   Florida Southern Finishes With a Perfect 4-0 SSC Record Following 19-4 Win Over Florida Tech   MELBOURNE, Fla. – No. 5 Florida Southern defeated Florida Tech 19-4 on the road Saturday afternoon to finish its inaugural season in the Sunshine State Conference with a perfect 4-0 league record. The Moccasins (18-2, 4-0 SSC) will now host the first-ever SSC Tournament at Bryant Stadium. The semifinal round is scheduled for Friday, April 24 with the title game on Sunday, April 26. Game times will be announced in the near future. Rollins (11-3, 3-1 SSC) will be the second seed. Florida Tech (7-7, 1-2 SSC) will play at Saint Leo (8-7, 1-2 SSC) on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. to determine the final two seeds. “Our program has been around for four years and in our first opportunity to win the conference we went undefeated,” said head coach Kara Reber. “We are really excited and are looking forward to hosting the conference tournament.” “It’s a great feeling win the Sunshine State Conference in our first season,” senior midfielder Megan Asper said. “I am glad to be a part of the inaugural regular season championship team with a great group of girls.” FSC outshot the Panthers, 43-to-15, and collected more ground balls, 36-to-21. The Panthers turned the ball over 33 times, 20 caused by the Mocs, who entered the game leading the nation with 12.95 caused turnovers per game. Senior Caitlin Chase scored a game-high four goals and six points. With 347 career points, the Mt. Laurel, N.J., native moved up to 11th on the NCAA Division II all-time scoring list. Her 88 points this season rank second in Division II and are the second-most by a Moc in a single season behind her 111-point performance last season. Freshman Shannon Gilfedder (Longwood, Fla.) scored twice and added three helpers for a career-high five points. Senior Lorianne Hoover (Annapolis, Md.) followed with two goals and two assists, and picked up a game-high five ground balls. The Mocs scored the first three goals of the game, one each from the three senior captains. Asper (Parkton, Md.) opened the scoring with an unassisted goal less than a minute into the game. Gilfedder then fed both Hoover and Chase to put FSC ahead 3-0. Up 3-1, FSC went on a 5-0 run to jump ahead by seven. Gilfedder intercepted Florida Tech goalkeeper Stephanie Stuart and had an easy shot on the empty net with Stuart unable to retreat to the crease. Sophomore Kendall Kerge (Edgewater, Md.) scored in similar fashion to cap the run. The Panthers cut the deficit to 8-2 before the half with a free position goal by Heather Roache. The Mocs outscored FIT 11-2 in the second half. Leading 9-3, the Mocs scored five times in a span of 4:55, ending with a score from freshman Emily Santoli (Fort Salonga, N.Y.). Following a free position goal for Florida Tech’s Allie Wood, the Mocs finished on a 6-0 run, three off of the stick of freshman Cayla Shawfield (Oviedo, Fla.) in the first multi-goal game of her rookie season. Redshirt freshman Ashley Seborowski (Annapolis, Md.) made a pair of saves in the first half to improve her record to 16-1, tying Katie Hammerer’s mark for the most wins in a season. Six different Mocs caused multiple turnovers, led by junior Gabby Barowski (Alexandria, Va.) with four.   Travis Larner Athletic Communications Assistant Florida Southern College 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr. Lakeland, FL 33801 E: tlarner@flsouthern.edu P: 863-680-4256