{"id":265977,"date":"2026-05-10T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265977\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:17:20","slug":"mens-lacrosse-advances-to-national-quarterfinals-with-15-8-win-over-florida-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265977\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Lacrosse advances to national quarterfinals with 15-8 win over Florida Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\n May. 13 (Wed) \/ 4:00 PM \n <\/p>\n

\"Anderson\"\/<\/p>\n


\n \u00a0Anderson \n <\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE, FL – The Lenoir-Rhyne men’s lacrosse team took care of business on Sunday, defeating No. 3 seeded Florida Tech 15-8 to advance to the NCAA quartefinals for the sixth time in program history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bears never trailed in this one, leading 8-2 after one quarter and holding at least a five-goal lead for the rest of the game. Owen Peters<\/a> made 13 crucial saves in the win.<\/p>\n

Jarrett Huff<\/a> tied Lenoir-Rhyne’s NCAA Tournament points record with seven (3g, 4a). Donovan Powell<\/a> led the Bears with five goals, one shy of LR’s tournament record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

\nFinal:\u00a0(6) Lenoir-Rhyne 15, (3) Florida Tech 8

\nRecords:\u00a0#9 Lenoir-Rhyne (12-4), #7 Florida Tech (12-5)

\nLocation:\u00a0Melbourne, Fla. | Rick Stottler Field<\/p>\n

STORY OF THE GAME
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\n\tLenoir-Rhyne jumped out to a 3-0 lead just over two minutes in thanks to goals from Owen Scott<\/a>, Cooper Starcke<\/a>, and Donovan Powell<\/a>.
\n\tMorgan Madish<\/a> scored the final two goals of the quarter to put the Bears up 8-2 after one.
\n\tThe Bears out-shot the Panthers 20-6 in the opening quarter.
\n\tPowell scored with five seconds left in the half and Lenoir-Rhyne went into the locker room up 11-3.\u00a0
\n\tFlorida Tech opened the third on a 3-0 run before two consecutive goals from Powell gave Lenoir-Rhyne the momentum back.
\n\tNate Serrano<\/a> scored Lenoir-Rhyne’s only two goals of the fourth as the visitors worked the clock to preserve the victory.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

STATS OF THE GAME<\/p>\n


\n\tFive Bears finished with multiple goals, led by Donovan Powell’s<\/a> five and Jarrett Huff’s<\/a> three.
\n\tOwen Peters<\/a> made 13 saves, giving him double digit saves in back-to-back games for the first time in his Bear career.
\n\tFreshman Mac Murphy<\/a> caused three turnovers.\u00a0
\n\tMatthew Mancini<\/a> was 12-19 on face-offs.\u00a0
\n\tFlorida Tech out-shot the Bears 42-40 but put just 21 of those on goal, compared to 26 for Lenoir-Rhyne.
\n\tBoth teams finished with 13 turnovers. <\/p>\n

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:<\/p>\n


\n\tThis was Florida Tech’s first NCAA appearance.
\n\tLenoir-Rhyne now has 11 NCAA tournament victories, six of which have been away from home.
\n\tDonovan Powell’s<\/a> 14 goals are tied with Will Canata for the fourth most NCAA Tournament goals in program history.
\n\tJarrett Huff’s<\/a> 10 NCAA Tournament assists are third in program history.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

NEXT UP:\u00a0Lenoir-Rhyne will host an NCAA quarterfinal matchup\u00a0against SAC foe Anderson on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. The No. 7 seeded Trojans upset No. 2 seeded Wingate 21-13 in their matchup today. More information will be released in the coming days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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