#9 Mocs Fall to #14 Eagles on the Road

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The No. 9 Florida Southern College Moccasins dropped their third game of the season to the No. 14 Embry-Riddle Eagles, 15-7 on Friday afternoon.
 
Patricia Werker started the game for the Mocs (10-3, 2-2 SSC), taking the loss as her team was unable to overcome a four-goal first-quarter deficit on the road. The Eagles (12-2, 3-2 SSC) made the most of their home-field advantage to defeat the highly-ranked Moccasins, outshooting the visitors 22-13 in shots on goal.
 
It was a dominant effort throughout, as the Eagles won every quarter despite a tenacious effort from Florida Southern. Ellie Griffin won a team-high six draw controls and Abby Hammond earned a pair of caused turnovers and ground balls. Madison Tare, Lizzy Lynch, and Hailey Daleo each scored twice to provide some offense, but the Embry-Riddle defense was stout, holding the Mocs to a new season-low with just seven goals.
 
Tare scored the game's first goal in the opening minute, giving her team a lead that would last just 42 seconds, as the Eagles' Sallie Squire scored her first of six goals on the day to tie the game at one. It wouldn't be tied again after that, as the Eagles rattled off four more goals in the quarter to take a commanding lead that they wouldn't relinquish.
 
Daleo scored to open the second quarter and cut the deficit, but again the home team responded with two goals to take a 7-2 lead into the half.
 
The Eagles built up a seven-goal lead that the Mocs momentarily cut into again with consecutive goals from Daleo and Lynch, but again, Embry-Riddle rebounded with a big scoring run, tallying six straight to take a 15-4 lead in the fourth quarter. Tare, Lynch, and Griffin scored the final three goals of the game to minimize the gap, but the Eagles hung on to win a big conference game, 15-7.
 
The Moccasins dropped their second conference game of the season and will have the chance to rebound this Wednesday against Florida Tech, at home.
 
The team now has just three conference games remaining on the current schedule: April 20^th vs Florida Tech, April 23^rd at Palm Beach Atlantic, and April 24^th, at Lynn University, a game that was rescheduled after a postponement due to weather earlier this season.
 
The Sunshine State Conference playoff race continues to heat up, with the tournament set to begin on April 28^th. The top four teams in the conference will qualify for the championship field.
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