GREENVILLE, SC – The Florida Everblades (19-9-3-3) settled for a split in their two-game series on Saturday night after falling 3-1 to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (10-15-3-3) at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. 
The Swamp Rabbits made a statement in the opening period, finding back-to-back goals from Anthony Beauchamp (14:51) and Austin Eastman (17:15). The Everblades spent much of the period down a man with both Greenville strikes coming on a power play. Greenville got ahead in shots 9-5 as the intermission began.
Goaltenders Parker Gahagen (Florida) and John Lethemon (Greenville) went unblemished in the second period as the score remained 2-0 at its conclusion. Dylan Vander Esch was given a penalty shot at 16:53, but Lethemon closed up the spaces to deny Vander Esch on the backhand.
Blake Winiecki ruined the chance of a shutout at 9:59 of the third with a blast from the right circle. John McCarron’s assist put him at 319 all-time points (365 including playoffs) to tie Reggie Berg in the Everblades record books. However, any time to acknowledge the accomplishment was short-lived with Greenville posting an Anthony Rinaldi goal just 38 seconds later. The 3-1 loss was the first time this season that the Everblades fell in regulation on the road.
The Everblades wrap up the road trip with a Monday matinee showdown with the Atlanta Gladiators. The action begins at 12:30 pm and the game will be carried live on FloSports.TV as well as ESPN Southwest Florida on 770 AM, 98.1 FM, 104.3 FM and online at https://espnswfl.com.
The next home game for the Everblades is slated for Friday, January 21th when the Atlanta Gladiators come to town.
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