Sports Lowdown

Sara Grenier - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The ninth-ranked Florida Tech Panthers finished their 2017 regular season with a huge 14-10 victory over the sixth-ranked Rollins Tars on Thursday night, in Winter Haven. Sara Grenier continued her hot hand, leading the Panthers with four goals. Allie Modica , Caroline Dunleavy , and Lauren Tybor all had a hat trick for the visitors, who scored nine goals in the second half, to secure the come-from-behind victory. Rollins took control early, scoring five goals on their first six shots against Florida Tech goalie Stephanie Stuart . Maggie Dougherty scored the first two goals for Rollins and Kallie German made it 3-0, with 23:36 to go in the first half. Florida Tech got on the board with 21:53 to go, thanks to a goal from Dunleavy, as she beat Rollins goalie Malorie Olin. Goals by Hannah Ashton and Megan Cury made it a 5-1 game, before Grenier and Modica got back-to-back tallies for the Panthers to make it a 5-3 ...

Mary Gormley - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech women’s lacrosse team took the defending NCAA Division II champion Florida Southern Moccasins to the limit on Saturday, as the Mocs escaped with a 12-11 win in overtime.  Florida Southern came into the contest ranked fourth in the country, while the Panthers were ranked 10 th , for the first time in the three-year history of the program. The game was everything you would expect from two nationally ranked programs and came right down to the end. The Panthers took their only lead of the game on a goal by Mary Gormley with 4:10 left in the game, giving the Panthers an 11-10 lead. It looked like that would be enough, but Kendall Kerge had other ideas. With nine seconds left in regulation, she beat Florida Tech goalie Stephanie Stuart , tying the game at 11. It took just 52 seconds into the sudden-death overtime for Florida Southern to avoid the upset, as Shannon Mazza scored the game-winner. T...

Aleah Fjelstad   - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The 12 th ranked Florida Tech women’s lacrosse team continued their winning ways Thursday night, pounding first year program Concordia-St. Paul, 20-5. It was the eighth consecutive victory for the Panthers, who have been playing lights out as of late. Aleah Fjelstad scored four goals and two assists to lead the home team. Sara Grenier , Mary Gormley and Allie Modica all posted hat tricks for the Panthers, while Caroline Dunleavy had a goal and an assist hat trick. It was a long night for Concordia-St. Paul goalie Katie Lottsfeldt, who saw the Panthers fire 35 shots, 31 of those on goal. She made 11 saves. Her counterpart Stephanie Stuart continued her stellar play in the Panthers net, making four saves. Chloe Zador played the second half in place of Stuart and she allowed two goals. Fjelstad and Lauren Tybor scored 17 seconds apart, getting the Panthers off and running less than three minutes int...

Panthers goalie Stephanie Stuart - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography  Following her six-goal, two assist performance on Thursday, in a 22-4 win over Tusculum, Florida Tech senior Allie Modica scored four more goals Saturday. Her six-point night against Indiana University of Pennsylvania led the Panthers to a 16-12 victory. Florida Tech came into the game ranked 17 th in the country, while the Crimson Hawks came in ranked 14 th . It was the first game of the season for the visitors, while the Panthers reeled off their seventh consecutive victory. The Panthers (7-1) has cruised to victory in their last handful of games, but they got all they could handle Saturday, before pulling away late. The first 10 goals of the game, were scored in 15:09 and there was no leader. Aleah Fjelstad , Modica (twice) Sara Grenier and Sam Schiano all tallied for Florida Tech in that span. Caroline Dunleavy and Fjelstad made it 7-5, with 10 minutes left in the first half. ...

Caroline Dunleavy - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech Women’s lacrosse team lost their first game of the season back on February 17 to Lindenwood. They have not lost since, scoring four straight victories, including Saturday’s 14-7 home win against Saint Anselm College. Sara Grenier , Caroline Dunleavy and Lauren Tybor each had a hat-trick for the Panthers, while Leah Dunn added two. The Panthers took 32 shots on the day, with Hawks goalie Zoie Cavotta making eight saves. The Panthers (4-1) got off to a great start, scoring three goals in just under four and a half minutes, with Dunleavy, Grenier and Tybor finding the back of the net. The Hawks answered with three of their own against Panthers goaltender Stephanie Stuart , two off the stick of Meaghan Sheehy. Goals by Tybor and Sam Schiano late in the half, gave the Panthers a 5-3 lead. The teams traded goals early in the first half and the Hawks trailed 7-6 after back-to-back goals by Emm...

The Florida Tech women’s lacrosse Team watched an 11-6 second half lead go up in smoke Friday night, losing to the Lindenwood Lions by the score of 15-12 in the season opener for both teams. The Panthers were led by Allie Modica who had three goals and two assists. Caroline Dunleavy had two goals and one assist and Lauren Tybor had two goals in her Panthers debut. This was a game that the Panthers had within reach, but Maria Johnson took over in the second half, winning an overwhelming majority of the draws and the Lions turned them into goals, scoring seven times in just over five minutes in the second half. Florida Tech (0-1) got off to a good start, scoring four goals in just over four minutes. Aleah Fjelstad , who was making her Panthers debut scored twice in that run, bookended by goals from Leah Dunn and Modica. After the Lions made a three-goal run, Tybor scored her first goal 5:38 into the contest, giving the Panthers 5-3 lead. Tybor was knocked down ...