Scotland Edges Tech in Exhibition
It was a high scoring affair Monday night at Florida Tech Panther Stadium where the Panthers women’s lacrosse team lost to the Scotland National Team 18-17 in an exhibition match. “We’re young, so we’re trying to get used to playing together and working together as a unit,” said new Panthers head coach McKenzie Rafferty after […]
Rafferty Ready to Lead FIT WLAX
Back in July, it was announced that Corinne Desrosiers was leaving the Florida Tech women’s lacrosse program to take a job with Duquesne. an NCAA Division I school in Pittsburgh. The coaching search led FIT in the direction of McKenzie Rafferty, who spent the last two seasons as the assistant coach at Regis University. Rafferty […]
Florida Southern Wins Battle of Unbeatens
The number one-ranked Florida Southern Moccasins rode an 11-goal first half to victory on Saturday, beating the fifth-ranked Florida Tech Panthers 15-11, in a top-five showdown at Florida Tech Panther Stadium. This game has been circled on the schedule for quite some time, as the Moccasins were responsible for three of the Panthers four losses […]
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, […]
Panthers Upended by FSC in NCAA South Region Final
Florida Southern scored the final eight goals of the game Friday and came away with a convincing 19-10 victory over Florida Tech in the NCAA Division II Women’s Lacrosse South Region championship game in Lakeland, Florida. It is the second consecutive year that the Moccasins ended the Panthers season in this round. The game was […]
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 […]
Panthers Crush Lions in Regular Season Finale
The Florida Tech women’s lacrosse team used a 16-goal first half to beat the Saint Leo Lions in their final regular season game of 2018. Leah Dunn scored five goals to lead the Panthers, while Sara Grenier scored four and Caroline Dunleavy, along with Sam Schiano each ended the day with a hat-trick. Dunleavy added […]
Panthers Roll to Statement Win Over Rollins
Six different Florida Tech players had a hat-trick on Saturday, as the Panthers rolled to a 21-12 victory over the eighth-ranked Rollins College Tars, who were coming off an upset of the number one team in the country, Florida Southern, on Wednesday. “They’re a great team, we respect them like crazy and I knew it […]
Panthers Beat Tampa in SSC Showdown
The fifth-ranked Florida Tech Panthers went on the road to Tampa Wednesday and came away with a 22-13 win over the 16th-ranked Spartans. Sara Grenier and Mollie Kaplan tallied five times for the Panthers, while Leah Dunn (4), Sam Schiano (3), Mary Gormley, (2) Lauren Tybor (2), and Alexis Townsend all contributed to the scoring barrage. The Panthers took […]
FIT Women’s Lacrosse Enjoys History Making Night
The Florida Tech Panthers (10-1) bounced back from last week’s loss to Florida Southern in a big way on Friday, thumping the visitors from CSU-Pueblo, 23-10 at Florida Tech Panther Stadium. Sara Grenier scored her 200th-career goal with 26:37 to go in the game and she added two more before all was said, and done. […]