DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - The 16th-ranked Florida Southern men's lacrosse team had a big second half in its 21-5 win over Embry-Riddle on Saturday. The Eagles (4-5, 0-2 SSC) trailed 10-4 at the break, but were outscored 11-1 in the second half by the Mocs (8-2, 1-0 SSC) as they dropped their fourth straight game against a ranked or receiving votes opponent.

The visitors scored the first two goals of the contest in the first two minutes, but the hosts quickly answered with a long-distance snipe from Ryan Manning and a game-leveling score from Isaiah Hines a few moments later.

Neither team scored from the ninth minute in the first quarter until 2:45 left in the period, but it was the visitors that scored twice in the final waning minutes of the first to take a 4-2 cushion after 15 minutes.

The Mocs struck for the first three scores in the second before Coleman Jacobs was able to stop the run with a man-up goal at the 10:17 mark. Jacobs added a second tally four minutes later off a feed from Marcus Needham, getting ERAU within 7-4, but that's as close as the Blue and Gold would get. 

FSC scored the final three goals of the half for a 10-4 advantage at the break, and the second half was all Mocs, a 5-1 third in favor of the visitors before a 6-0 fourth for Florida Southern to account for the 21-5 final.

Carter Groezinger and Jacob Lotz split time in goal for the Eagles, facing a combined 59 shots by FSC. Manning and Jacobs each finished with two goals in the Eagle effort.

ERAU hits the road next Wednesday as the Eagles take on Lynn at 6 p.m. in Boca Raton.