Sports Lowdown

Carson Clough - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech Panthers secured the second seed in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament, with a 12-8 victory over Rollins (7-7, 2-3 SSC) on Senior Day. Florida Tech finished the regular season with a 7-6 record, including 3-2 in the SSC. Cody Martin finished with four goals to lead the Panthers scoring parade. He had a hat trick with 2:15 left to go in the second quarter. Carson Clough had a goal and two assists, while Nick Wynne and Tyler Covey had a goal and an assist each. Florida Tech goalie  Daniel Flock  made 11 saves, while his counterpart Ty Wedekind made 14 saves in the loss. The Panthers took 45 shots, with 26 on goal, while 19 of the Tars 32 shots were on net. The Panthers never trailed in this contest, but after Logan Sweeney and Ben Abell scored to start the game, Greg Taicher scored back-to-back goals for the Tars, tying the game at two. That was just the beginning of a big day...

Nick Wynne - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech men’s lacrosse team scored 14 first half goals on Monday, using that as a springboard for a 22-6 win over the visiting Notre Dame De Namur Argonauts. Nick Wynne was a man possessed in this one, scoring four goals and picking up four assists. Logan Sweeney scored four goals and assisted on two more. He had a hat trick with 5:11 left in the first quarter. Cody Martin had a six-point day, with a hat trick and three assists. Carson Clough scored two goals before they hit the seven-minute mark of the first quarter. The Panthers (4-4) scored early and often in this one, with 32 of their 55 shots being on net. The Argonauts fall to 3-7 overall and have now lost two in a row. Florida Tech scored the first seven goals of the period, with the only Argos goal coming with 1:10 remaining, off the stick of Justin Eggimann. Andrew Kofoed found the back of the net, with five seconds left, beating Panthers...

Nick Wynne had a goal and an assist on Tuesday The Florida Tech Panthers got their second win of the lacrosse season Tuesday afternoon with a 12-11 victory over the visiting Chestnut Hill Griffins. Logan Sweeney and Cody Martin both had hat tricks for Florida Tech, while Tanner Fisher tied a career-high with five goals for the Griffins. “Mentally we all needed this from me to the coaches, to the kids to our managers,” said Panthers head coach Ryan McAleavey. “We needed this win to get this train going.” Martin scored the first goal of the game and the final goal of the game, ripping one by Griffins goaltender Thomas McDermott with 2:20 left in the contest. The Panthers hung on from there, forcing the Chestnut Hill defense to chase, until the clock ran out. The Panthers (2-4) started the scoring with a goal from Martin 2:02 into the game. The goal was assisted by Nick Wynne . Carson Clough made it 2-0 1:36 later, with an unassisted tally. Fisher answered momen...

Nick Wynne scored four goals in Saturday's loss - Photo Credit: James Ragan Photography The Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals got a goal off the stick of Dereck Downs with four seconds left on the clock, earning a 12-11 victory over Florida Tech in a non-conference lacrosse game on Saturday. It was the seventh goal of the day for Downs, who was a one-man wrecking crew for the Cardinals on this day. His big day held up, thanks to a big performance from goalie Jake Lilly, who came up with 13 saves. Florida Tech took 51 shots, with 24 of them on goal. The Panthers (1-4) were led by Nick Wynne , who had four goals and Cody Martin , who added three goals and an assist, for his four-point day. Daniel Flock made eight saves on the day for the Panthers, but was stung a couple times at the end of quarters, which ended up being the difference in the game.   The Panthers went down 2-0 midway through the first quarter, but goals by Wynne and Martin left the score tied at two, hea...

The Florida Tech Panthers lacrosse team put up a great effort against the ninth ranked Adelphi Panthers on Thursday, losing 10-8 in a tightly contested game. Florida Tech goaltender Daniel Flock stood tall, against a highly skilled Adelphi squad, coming up with nine saves. The Panthers of Florida Tech scored six unanswered goals at one point, turning a 5-2 deficit into an 8-5 lead, but Adelphi scored five straight from about the halfway point of the fourth, to the end of the game and escaped with a victory. Florida Tech (1-1) did a lot of things right on Thursday statistically, winning in shots 37-29 and ground balls 37-31. They were 2-for-5 on the man-up, while AU was 1-for-3 and FIT was successful on 19 of their 20 clear attempts. Unfortunately, they did not win on the scoreboard and that’s the only number that counts. Adelphi (1-0) was led by Nick Racalbuto, who had four goals and Michael Osmundsen who had three, to go along with one assist. The other Racalbuto in ...