MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Lynn University men's lacrosse team picked up its third Sunshine State Conference win with a gritty 9-7 road victory over Florida Tech on Wednesday night. Behind multi-goal performances from Brian Hoskins and Connor Houston, the Fighting Knights improved to 8-4 overall and 3-2 in Sunshine State Conference action.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

- Hoskins opened the scoring just one minute into the game, with a fast strike from Ethan McKinley, 1-0 

- Dom Veratti quickly added to the lead with an unassisted goal at 12:22, 2-0 

- Florida Tech responded with a pair of goals in the opening quarter, but Lynn found the net twice through McKinley and Houston to go up 4-2 by the end of the first 

- Jackson Cutter extended the lead with a goal at 12:30 in the second, 5-2 

- The Panthers cut the deficit to one after scoring twice, including a man-up goal, 5-4 

- Houston answered at the 10:30 mark in the third quarter with his second of the night on a solo effort, 6-4 

- Florida Tech pulled back within one again, but Nick Calleri connected off a feed from Veratti to keep Lynn ahead, 7-5 with three mins left in the third 

- Hoskins tallied his second goal midway through the fourth for an 8-5 cushion 

- Mitch Rini made it 9-5 off an assist from Calleri with 4:20 remaining

- Florida Tech scored twice late, but the Blue and White defense stood tall to close out the game, 9-7 

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS: 

- Hoskins and Houston each finished with two goals 

- Houston now leads the team with 16 goals this season, followed by Leone with 13 

- Rini, McKinley, Calleri, Cutter, and Veratti each tallied one goal

- McKinley, Calleri, Mario Leone, Riley Knox, Houston, and Veratti each recorded an assist 

- Calleri and Veratti each tallied two points on the night 

- Goalie Hunter Klosterman made nine saves and played the full 60 minutes to earn the win 

- Lynn held a 36-24 edge in shots and picked up nearly double the ground balls (31-16) 

- The Fighting Knights dominated the faceoff circle, winning 15 of 19 attempts  

- Lynn went almost a perfect on completed clear attempts, 17-for-18
 

UP NEXT: 

- Lynn returns home to take on Florida Southern on Saturday, April 12 at 1:00 pm