{"id":66474,"date":"2026-05-22T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=66474"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:41:04","slug":"florida-southern-college-womens-lacrosse-advances-to-ncaa-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/22\/florida-southern-college-womens-lacrosse-advances-to-ncaa-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Southern College Women\u2019s Lacrosse Advances to NCAA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They absolutely crushed it! The No. 2 ranked Moccasins punched their ticket to the NCAA Division II National Championship<\/strong> game after a dominant 12-5 victory<\/strong> over No. 14 Pace University in Rochester, New York.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a total tale of two halves. The first 30 minutes were a defensive grind, with the teams locked in a tight 3-3 tie at halftime. But whatever adjustments head coach Kara Reber made at the break worked perfectly\u2014the Mocs\u2019 offense exploded for a 9-2 run in the second half to completely pull away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Standouts from the Semifinal:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Jenna Vetter:<\/strong> Completely took over after intermission, racking up 4 goals and 3 assists (all 7 points came in the second half).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Riley Rivera:<\/strong> Stepped up big with a career-high 3 goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kolby Cohen:<\/strong> Dominant in the midfield, securing 6 critical draw controls to keep possession in FSC’s hands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Annesley Flint:<\/strong> The freshman goalie was rock-solid, making 6 crucial saves and holding Pace to just two goals over the final 37 minutes of the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This marks the Mocs’ first trip back to the national title game since 2018.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What’s Next: The National Championship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    They won’t have long to celebrate. Florida Southern (20-1) will face No. 3 seed Maryville University (17-4)<\/strong> for the national title.<\/sup> Maryville advanced by taking down East Stroudsburg 15-11 in the other semifinal matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Rematch:<\/strong> This will be a sequel to their regular-season meeting back on March 22, where the Mocs handled Maryville in a convincing 20-10 win at home.<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    The title game is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, at 5:00 PM<\/strong> at Judson Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    They absolutely crushed it! The No. 2 ranked Moccasins punched their ticket to the NCAA Division II National Championship game after a dominant 12-5 victory over No. 14 Pace University… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcL2Nyb3Aud2VicD9maXQ9MTAyNCUyQzU3NiZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IkZsb3JpZGEgU291dGhlcm4gQ29sbGVnZSBXb21lblx1MjAxOXMgTGFjcm9zc2UgQWR2YW5jZXMgdG8gTkNBQSBGaW5hbHMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.T5bwLL7PwzmE50H4NeYyc1lN-jp1uY8p6Ps9R9nvRPsMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA1XC9jcm9wLTEwMjR4NTc2LndlYnAiLCJ0eHQiOiJGbG9yaWRhIFNvdXRoZXJuIENvbGxlZ2UgV29tZW5cdTIwMTlzIExhY3Jvc3NlIEFkdmFuY2VzIHRvIE5DQUEgRmluYWxzIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.fCGL4LTQnpPWcUZgyHPjuYvNCv_MXU2gTyVl8cTslnYMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[14680],"class_list":["post-66474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsc-sports","tag-florida-southern-college-womens-lacrosse-advances-to-ncaa-finals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66477,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474\/revisions\/66477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}