Florida Tech's men's soccer team is the Sunshine State Conference regular-season champion for the first time in 33 years.

The Panthers beat No. 17 Florida Southern 3-0 on Wednesday night, Oct. 28, at Rick Stottler Field in Melbourne to close the regular season, according to Florida Tech Athletics. It's the program's sixth SSC regular-season title and its first since 1993. The school says that ties Barry for the third-most regular-season titles in conference history.

How it happened

• 29th minute: Max May scored off an assist from Marius Brandmayr to put Florida Tech up 1-0, and that's how it stayed at halftime.
• 62nd minute: Daniele Aracri doubled the lead.
• 64th minute: Nikolai Gabrielsen converted a penalty kick to make it 3-0.
• In goal: Elias Ronning Orn kept the clean sheet. Florida Southern put four shots on goal, according to the official box score.

Florida Tech finished the regular season 9-3-4 overall and 7-1-2 in conference play. Florida Southern fell to 10-3-3 (5-2-3 SSC). The Panthers went 6-2-2 at home this season, per the team's schedule page.

Florida Tech now leads the all-time series with Florida Southern 33-17-6, the school said. Head coach Nick Robinson's teams have allowed one goal or fewer in 36 of his 53 matches, according to the school.

What's next

Florida Tech will host a Sunshine State Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Monday, Nov. 2, at 4:30 p.m. at Rick Stottler Field. The school had not announced the opponent in its recap.