Mocs defeat Rollins to Advance in DSC Tournament

Just three days after setting one milestone by defeating a nationally-ranked team, Florida Southern's lacrosse team set another one by defeating Rollins 7-4 for its first Deep South Conference Tournament victory Tuesday night at Bryant Stadium.  The Moccasins improve to 4-8 overall, while Rollins finished their season 3-9.

Rollins struck first three minutes into the first quarter when Justin Wright scored, giving the Tars a 1-0 advantage.  The Mocs’ Cam Holding took advantage of a man-up situation to even the game 1-1 with 5:50 left in the first quarter.   Rollins won the ensuing faceoff as Andrew Vossler found Austin Ricci for his first of two goals in the game to give the Tars a 2-1 advantage with 5:42 remaining in the first quarter.

The Moccasins offense responded with three straight goals to start the second quarter.  Corey Brown started the run, scoring his lone goal of the game off a Jon Freda assist at the 12:41 mark.  Holding scored twice to give Florida Southern a 4-2 lead with 10:00 minutes left in the first half.  The Tars where able to cut the deficit to 4-3 before halftime on a Charlie Shelly goal. 

Ricci scored what would be the Tars’ final goal with 13:02 remaining in the third quarter to even the score 4-4.  Adam Ismaeil scored his first goal of the season to put the Mocs ahead 5-4 with 11:03.  That goal would turn out to be the game-winning goal.

Seabrooke Carter and A.J. Monteleone both scored a goal in the fourth quarter for the final 7-4 score.

Andrew Almansberger didn’t allow a fourth quarter goal for the second straight game and finished the game with 15 saves.  Chase Juelich had four ground balls and caused two turnovers. 

Holding finished the game with three goals, while Freda had two assists. 

The Moccasins advance to the second round to face Saint Leo Thursday night at 7 p.m., in a re-match of last Saturday’s game.  The Mocs won that game 11-10.