DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's lacrosse team fell behind 7-0 in the opening half and couldn't recover as the visiting Florida Tech Panthers downed the Eagles 12-5 on Wednesday night at the ERAU Lacrosse Field. The loss moves Embry-Riddle's record to 8-7 and 0-5 in SSC play, while FIT improves to 7-3 and 3-2 in conference.
 
Five different Eagles netted goals, including Kyle Dalrymple, Mark Urso, Michael Forte, Coleman Jacobs, and Mitchell Cody. Jared Kane and Ian Heggblod earned assists while Forte and Lucas Fraser led the team with six ground balls each. Fraser also made 14 saves in goal for the Blue and Gold.
 
Florida Tech scored three goals in the first and four more in the second while keeping the Eagles off the scoreboard to take a 7-0 lead into halftime. ERAU's offense awoke in the third, with Jacobs opening the scoring in the frame and Dalrymple, Forte, and Urso all scoring goals in the final 88 seconds of the period, trimming the deficit to 8-4 after three quarters.
 
FIT scored the first two goals in the fourth to take a 10-4 lead before Cody scored a goal with 7:31 left in the game. The Panthers added a pair of late goals to take the win, 12-5.
 
Embry-Riddle will play its final road game of the regular season on Saturday at Florida Southern. Game time is set for 1 p.m. in Lakeland.