Florida State University Athletics
Saturday, February 7
Tallahassee, Fla.
1:00 PM
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Stetson
Florida State Lacrosse Defeats Stetson 14-4 in Inaugural Game
2/7/2026 5:20:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
TALLAHASSEE -Â The Florida State lacrosse team won its inaugural game against Stetson 14-4 on Saturday afternoon at the Seminole Lacrosse Complex.
The historic game began with a ceremonial first draw between Lydia Ward and Stetson's Sydney Jenkins, who were accompanied by Florida State President Richard McCullough, First Lady Jai Virtikar and Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford.
The game began with FSU winning the opening draw control and the Seminoles went on the attack. Five minutes into the opening quarter, Summer Harrell took her first shot of the game and scored the first goal in program history to give FSU a 1-0 lead.Â
Two minutes later, the Hatters shot hit the crossbar, and a successful Seminole clear set up a Harrell assist to Meg Kenny scoring the game's second goal, as FSU went ahead 2-0.Â
Stetson responded and cut the lead in half halfway through the first quarter.
Ward scored a pair of goals to extend the FSU lead to 4-1. A Stetson goal concluded the first quarter with FSU holding a 4-2 lead.Â
Brynn Perkins earned a free position shot to begin the second quarter and scored her first career goal to extend the Seminole lead 5-2. Stetson responded again with a goal, for a 5-3 game.Â
The Seminoles would go on a seven-goal scoring run until the Hatters stopped the bleeding with 34 seconds left to play in the third quarter.
FSU held a 12-4 lead entering the final quarter of play. Perkins captured her second goal of the game 33 seconds into the quarter and the scoring was capped off by Amelia Brite, scoring her second goal of the game with six minutes left to play as the Noles went on to win the game 14-4.
The Seminoles were led on the offensive attack by Ward's four goals in the game. Lola Mancuso, Brite and Perkins also had multi-score games. Faith Wooters, Katherine Rathjen, Kenny, and Harrell each scored one goal in the contest.Â
The Noles were led in the net by senior captain Catrina Tobin who made five saves in the game.Â
Florida State will be back home Monday, hosting Kennesaw State at 1 p.m. at the Seminole Lacrosse Complex. Tickets can be found at seminoles.com/tickets.Â
Live stats and video will be available on seminoles.com.
For more information on the Florida State lacrosse program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at FSU_WLax (IG and X) and Florida State Women's Lacrosse (FB).
The historic game began with a ceremonial first draw between Lydia Ward and Stetson's Sydney Jenkins, who were accompanied by Florida State President Richard McCullough, First Lady Jai Virtikar and Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford.
The game began with FSU winning the opening draw control and the Seminoles went on the attack. Five minutes into the opening quarter, Summer Harrell took her first shot of the game and scored the first goal in program history to give FSU a 1-0 lead.Â
Two minutes later, the Hatters shot hit the crossbar, and a successful Seminole clear set up a Harrell assist to Meg Kenny scoring the game's second goal, as FSU went ahead 2-0.Â
Stetson responded and cut the lead in half halfway through the first quarter.
Ward scored a pair of goals to extend the FSU lead to 4-1. A Stetson goal concluded the first quarter with FSU holding a 4-2 lead.Â
Brynn Perkins earned a free position shot to begin the second quarter and scored her first career goal to extend the Seminole lead 5-2. Stetson responded again with a goal, for a 5-3 game.Â
The Seminoles would go on a seven-goal scoring run until the Hatters stopped the bleeding with 34 seconds left to play in the third quarter.
FSU held a 12-4 lead entering the final quarter of play. Perkins captured her second goal of the game 33 seconds into the quarter and the scoring was capped off by Amelia Brite, scoring her second goal of the game with six minutes left to play as the Noles went on to win the game 14-4.
The Seminoles were led on the offensive attack by Ward's four goals in the game. Lola Mancuso, Brite and Perkins also had multi-score games. Faith Wooters, Katherine Rathjen, Kenny, and Harrell each scored one goal in the contest.Â
The Noles were led in the net by senior captain Catrina Tobin who made five saves in the game.Â
Florida State will be back home Monday, hosting Kennesaw State at 1 p.m. at the Seminole Lacrosse Complex. Tickets can be found at seminoles.com/tickets.Â
Live stats and video will be available on seminoles.com.
For more information on the Florida State lacrosse program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at FSU_WLax (IG and X) and Florida State Women's Lacrosse (FB).
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