WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Florida Southern College men's lacrosse team dropped a 13-12 decision at Rollins College on Saturday afternoon in dramatic fashion. FSC had a chance to tie the game at the end of regulation, but hit the post for the second straight game.
The Mocs have now lost consecutive one goal games, and are 1-4 on the season. Rollins is now 2-2.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1st Quarter
- The first quarter was a wild one, full of back-and-forth action, and a total of ten goals scored.
- Senior midfielder Carson Wallace and sophomore attack Thomas Frank put the Mocs up 2-0, with goals 37 seconds apart.
- After a four-goal Rollins run, the Mocs responded with their own four-goal run, in the last 3:06. Junior attackmen Sean Nolan and Jeff Atlas scored first, before junior Cody Bielec scored with 55 seconds to go. Nolan then made the score 6-4, with the final goal of the quarter, with 12 seconds remaining.
2nd Quarter
- Rollins exploded out of the gate, scoring four unanswered goals to start the period.
- Nolan stemmed the run with an unassisted goal to end the quarter, with the score 8-7, in favor of the Tars.
3rd Quarter
- As explosive as the two offenses were in the first half, the third quarter belonged to the defenses.
- Southern uncorked 14 shots in the third, but only one was on goal.
- The sole goal of the period came from Rollins, late in the period, for a 9-7 lead.
4th Quarter
- Bielec and senior midfielder Justin Dunleavy would score early in the quarter, evening the score at 9-9, with 9:52 remaining.
- Rollins would go up one, 10-9, before Atlas would tie the score at 10, with 6:50 remaining in regulation.
- Rollins would then go on a 3-0 run, taking a 13-10 lead, which included an empty net goal, as FSC goalie Maxwell Freestone had come out to play close defense.
- But the hard-nosed Mocs refused to yield.
- Junior middie Craig Connor scored with 1:38 remaining to make it 13-11, then quickly Bielec took a pass from junior Edward May and scored, making it 13-12.
- The Mocs found possession, and with 32 seconds left, Florida Southern was set for one final play.
- With eight seconds remaining on the game clock, Atlas ripped a shot past the Rollins goalie, only to be denied by the back post. Southern would keep possession, now with 4.3 seconds left.
- Southern would put the ball in play, but would get smothered by the Rollins defense, and the game came to an end, 13-12.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Freestone played exceptionally between the pipes, making 15 saves.
- Kevin Horwitz won 15 faceoffs today.
- Bielec and Nolan each had three goals today, with Atlas recording two goals and as many assists.
- Atlas now has 113 points in his career at Florida Southern, on 45 goals and 68 assists through 28 games.
- Nolan has also gone over the 100 point mark, with 75 goals and 31 assists for 106 points, in 28 career games played.
UP NEXT
The Mocs remain in the road, heading to face Lynn University on Wednesday, April 10, for a 6:00 p.m. start.
