Late Goal Costs Panthers in Minnesota
The Florida Tech Panthers led twice on Wednesday, but couldn’t hold on against 13th-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato. Molly Sarafolean scored with 38 seconds remaining in a tie game to give the home team a 3-2 win and send the Panthers to their second loss of the season. Freshmen goalie Maria Sanchez Recuero started her third consecutive […]
Panthers Defense Dominates in 2018 Opener
The Florida Tech Panthers scored a big victory over the Benedict Tigers on Saturday, opening the 2018 football season with a 33-14 win in Columbia South Carolina. It was the first loss for Benedict at home, since 2016. “Obviously, we came here and got what we wanted, we got a win,” said Panthers coach Steve […]
Desrosiers Reflects On Building A Winner at FIT
Last Wednesday, the Florida Tech Athletic Department announced that women’s lacrosse coach Corinne Desrosiers is leaving the Panthers to take a job in Pittsburgh with Division I Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Later in the day, she posted on the teams’ Facebook page, confirming her decision. On Tuesday, she sent a statement to sportslowdown.com, […]
Florida Tech Escapes Limestone in NCAA Regional Semifinal
Great goaltending by Stephanie Stuart and four goals from Sara Grenier, helped the Florida Tech Panthers hang on for a 13-11 victory over the Limestone Saints on Friday, in the NCAA South Region Semifinal game in Lakeland, FL. The win puts the Panthers in the regional final against Florida Southern tomorrow (Saturday) at 3:00 p.m. Stuart […]
Panthers Survive Slugfest at Barry
After scoring 10 runs in the final three innings of game one Sunday, Florida Tech scored 10 runs in two innings Monday and hung on for a 13-10 win at Barry in the series finale. The Panthers had 14 of the 29 hits in this game. Raul Quintero carried the big bat for the Panthers […]
Florida Southern WLAX Wins SSC Title Game
The fourth-ranked Florida Southern women’s lacrosse team scored the first seven goals of Sunday’s Sunshine State Conference championship game in Lakeland, beating fifth-ranked Florida Tech 15-7 and earning their third straight conference title. Shannon Mazza led FSC with four goals, while Emily Santoli and Meghan O’Brien each registered a hat-trick. The Panthers got two goals […]
Panthers Trounce Tampa in SSC Semifinal
The Florida Tech women’s lacrosse team picked up their 16th win of the season on Friday, beating the Tampa Spartans 20-8 in the semifinals of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament in Lakeland, Florida. The victory extends the school record for wins in a season for the program. The Panthers (16-1) took 37 shots in this […]
Softball Seniors Shine in Final Home Game
The Florida Tech Panthers wrapped up their regular season Friday with a 7-1 win over the Lynn Fighting Knights at Nancy Bottge Field in Melbourne. Jessica Callahan, Makayla Palmer, and Amanda Kahn all had hits in their final day at home plate as Panthers, and McKenzie Krutsinger pitched the sixth inning, giving up one hit […]
Panthers Exit SSC Tourney With Loss to Tampa
The Florida Tech Panthers made a game of it in the middle quarters Thursday, before being overpowered by the Tampa Spartans 19-12 in the Sunshine State Conference semifinal game at University Turf Stadium in Saint Leo. Florida Tech finishes the season 9-6 overall and 6-1 in the SSC. Reid Chaconas finished Thursday’s game with five […]
Murphy’s No-No Highlights Panthers Split
Melanie Murphy made history on Thursday afternoon, throwing a no-hitter in the series-opening game against the Lynn Fighting Knights at Nancy Bottge Field. Lynn bounced back in game two, winning 9-3. For Murphy, the no-hitter is another highlight in what has been a stellar season for her. She brought her Sunshine State Conference-leading earned run […]