Savannah, Ga. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Lacrosse Team led by scored twice in the fourth quarter to even the game at 10 but Florida Tech scored the game's final two goals to come away with a 12-10 win on Saturday evening.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 12, Lenoir-Rhyne 10
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (0-4), Florida Tech (3-1)
Location: Savannah, Ga. | Daffin Park
STATS OF THE GAME:
•
Bowen Collins,
Joe Buduo and
Eric Dickinson each scored twice for the Bears and Buduo added a pair of assists for a four-point evening.
• Florida Tech scored three times with the man advantage (on six attempts) with all three of those goals coming in the final 17:42 of game action.
• The Bears went into halftime trailing 7-5 but scored three straight to take the lead.
Edward Tate opened the scoring with a man-up score and was followed by Buduo and Collins.
• With the game tied at 10, the Panthers scored twice in a 31-second span to secure the neutral site victory.
• Daniel Flock was the star for the Panthers as the goalie made 23 saves to earn his third victory of the year. LR goalie
Noah Johnson made 16 saves.
• Florida Tech held a 54-48 advantage in shots in the game and a 40-35 lead in ground balls. The Panthers won 14 of 25 face offs in the matchup.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
• Neither team was ahead by more than two goals in the back-and-forth affair.
• Florida Tech only put 28 of their 58 shots on goal.
• The Bears only have two non-conference games remaining. Today was the first time they played a team not ranked inside the Top 15 in the nation.
UP NEXT:
Lenoir-Rhyne opens up South Atlantic Conference play next Saturday when Wingate comes to town for a 1 p.m. face off. The Bears have won 24 straight SAC regular-season games.