thanks to Olivia Coiro, Assistant Director, Athletics Communications – Lynn University for this press release BOCA RATON, Fla.- Johnny Gavin and Austin Jerhoff combined for 14 points in Lynn University’s 16-9 win over Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6-2) on Wednesday night at Bobby Campbell Stadium. The Fighting Knights improve to 7-2 overall and 1-0 in the Sunshine State Conference. Jerhoff and Anthony Rainone scored a game-best four goals each while two other members of the Blue & White squad had multi-goal games.The Engineers scored first at the 13:41 mark when Graham Davis made his way past Lynn’s goalkeeper, Taylor Ferrino, for a 1-0 MIT lead. The Fighting Knights responded with back-to-back goals from Rainone and Gavin to give Lynn a 2-1 advantage by the seven minute mark. Austin Shircliff scored the first goal of his young career at 3:59 to extend the Knights’ lead to 3-1 and Jerhoff found the back of the goal at 2:18 on a pass from Gavin for the Blue & White to lead 4-1 at the end of the quarter.Rainone scored twice in the opening five and a half minutes of the second quarter to put Lynn ahead 6-1. MIT would not go down without a fight scoring three unanswered goals over the final six minutes of the half to make it a 6-4 game at the break.Lynn came out hot after halftime to score five-straight goals to open the spread to seven goals. Tyler Janvrin notched his only goal of the game at 13:07 and 14 seconds later Gavin scored off a face off on an assist by Caleb Cerf. Mark Snellman and Jerhoff scored a minute apart for a 10-4 Fighting Knights lead bt the 8:43 mark. The Blue & White won the next faceoff as Shircliff went to goal three seconds later and scored unassisted for his second point of the game, marking his first career multi-goal game at 8:40.Luke Verdi scored unassisted goals for the Engineers three minutes apart to bring the game within five, 11-6, but a goal by Rainone on an assist by Tyler Briggs with 46 seconds left in the third quarter made it a 12-6 game with 15 minutes to play.Jerhoff put his third goal in the net 13 seconds into the fourth quarter on an assist by Gavin but MIT responded minutes later on a goal by Paul Orrson. Gavin tallied his third goal of the game with 9:38 left in regulation for a 14-7 Fighting Knights lead. Jerhoff scored at 5:59 and 50 seconds later Brian Kiel put in the Blue & White’s 16^th goal of the game. MIT tacked on a pair of goals in the final minutes but it wasn’t enough as Lynn cruised to its seventh victory of the season.Gavin’s hat trick and four assists come as his career-high for points in a game while Jerhoff’s four goals and three apples also mark his career-high seven points in a game. Rainone’s four goals mark his ninth hat trick in as many games of his career.Ferrino made 11 saves in goal for the Blue & White in his second win of the season and third of his career and picked up 10 groundballs to match the game-high. Vincent Genovesi was dominant at the face off spot winning 21-of-26 battles at the X and grabbing 10 ground balls. The Fighting Knights were successful on all 18 attempted clears tonight and caused a total of eight turnovers by the Engineers.Graham Davis had a team-best three goals for MIT with one assist. Eric Bartell made ten saves in goal for the Engineers and had a team-high 10 ground balls.Lynn returns to Bobby Campbell Stadium on Saturday, March 28, when the Fighting Knights host No. 11 Mount Olive at 7 pm. Fans can follow the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com. Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook and follow @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram for in-game updates.### Olivia Coiro Assistant DirectorAthletics Communications Lynn University3601 North Military TrailBoca Raton, FL 33431M: +1 561-221-5099T: +1 561-237-7279OCoiro@lynn.edulynnfightingknights.comTwitter & Instagram: @Lynn_Knights