Lakeland, Fla. – A last inning comeback was short-lived as Lynn University's softball team fell 4-3 to Florida Southern in Sunshine State Conference action Friday night.  The Fighting Knights took a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh only to see the Moccasins connected on back-to-back triples and end the game with a sacrifice fly.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Florida Southern 4, Lynn 3
Records: Florida Southern (8-3, 4-0 SSC), Lynn (6-5, 3-1 SSC)
Location: Auburndale Softball Complex | Auburndale, Fla.
All-Time Series: Lynn trails 47-15-1 all-time (last played in 2016)
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STATS OF THE GAME:

• Madison White belted her first home run of the season in the fifth inning to get Lynn on the scoreboard.  She finished 1-for-3.
• Lynn started its rally in the top of the seventh when Karolina Flores led off with a double.  She closed out the game 1-for-3.
• Victoria Rios knotted the game 2-2 with a base hit up the middle and Shayle Arenson gave the Blue & White their first lead of the game with another single.
• Rios was 1-for-3 while Arenson went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
• Francais Olexa allowed four runs, two earned, on eight hits over 6.1 innings in dropping to 3-2 on the year.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• White's home run was the fourth of her career.
• Olexa tossed her fifth complete game of the year and 31st of her career.
• Arenson logged her second multi-hit game of the season and first since Feb. 4.
• Both Flores and Rios extended their hitting streaks to six and five games.
• Florida Southern was playing its first 'home' game at its temporary home, the Auburndale Softball Complex.

ON DECK:
Lynn concludes its three-game series against Florida Southern with a 1 p.m. double-header.  Fans can keep up with the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com.