LAKELAND, Fla. (April 26, 2015) – Rollins captured the inaugural Sunshine State Conference women’s lacrosse championship with a thrilling, 12-10 overtime win against Florida Southern in the tournament title game Sunday. The 11^th-ranked Tars improved to 13-4 with the win while dropping the fifth-ranked Mocs to 19-3. Rollins also avenged a 15-8 loss to FSC earlier in the season. Goalie Malorie Olin was named the Tournament MVP, racking up 13 saves, including a crucial stop in overtime. The freshman picked up five saves and allowed just three goals in the Tars semifinal win over Saint Leo Friday night. Tyler Thomas led the Tars with three goals while Amy Martin and Kristina Coppolino each added a pair. The trio was honored on the All-Tournament Team along with Eliza Moran and Chelsea Pinneke, who each got one goal. Emily Eddowes, Alley Rhinehart and Angelica Perdomo also scored for Rollins. A close game throughout, neither team led by more than two goals at any point. FSC scored just 50 seconds into the game, but Rhinehart quickly tied it up less than a minute later. After another Mocs goal, Martin, Thomas and Moran strung together three-straight and put the Tars ahead 4-2 at intermission. In the second half, both teams got their offenses on track. The Tars and Mocs traded goals for the first seven minutes until two-straight tallies by the nation’s leading goal scorer Megan Asper, tied the score at 6-6. The two rivals again went back and forth for a stretch with the game sitting tied 8-8 with 15:47 left in regulation. Perdomo put the Tars back on top and Thomas made it a two-goal spread, 10-8 with 11:01 left. Southern then knotted the score with goals just 22 seconds apart and neither team would get a solid look the final seven-minutes of regulation, sending the game to overtime. Midway through the extra frame, Coppolino converted a free position shot to give the Tars an 11-10 lead. Eddowes then put the game away with an empty net goal at the 2:21 mark, giving Rollins a 12-10 lead. FSC got a shot off with under a minute to play, but Olin was there for the stop and the Tars killed the clock before celebrating the first SSC Championship in history. Rollins was ranked fifth in the latest NCAA Division II South Region poll with the top four from each region getting bids into the tournament. The NCAA selection show is slated for 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 3. Fans can catch it live on NCAA.com.