2024 Skyline Conference Women's Soccer Championship - Final
(2) Farmingdale State 2, (1) Mount Saint Vincent 1

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RIVERDALE, N.Y. | A pair of goals by sophomore winger Kayla Mendez (Staten Island, N.Y.), along with a penalty kick save with 1:40 to go by junior keeper Hailey Stork (Bellmore, N.Y.), lifted Farmingdale State College to a 2-1 victory over the University of Mount Saint Vincent in Saturday's 2024 Skyline Conference Women's Soccer Championship.

The second-seeded Rams (11-7-4) captured their record-14th Skyline title, and has received the conference's automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship. Play opens on November 16, and FSC will learn its pairings via an online selection show on Monday (Nov. 11) at 2 p.m. on NCAA.com.

Stork was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Championship, following her eight-save effort against the top-seeded Dolphins (11-6-2). 

Mendez put Farmingdale State ahead with both of her goals on the afternoon, including her first tally in the 61st minute of play. After junior striker and Skyline Offensive Player of the Year Alyse Rivera (Manhattan, N.Y.) won the ball in the midfield 35 yards from goal, she sent a pass to the left sideline in the direction of junior winger Alexandra Coloma (Seaford, N.Y.). After taking two touches around her defender, she sent a diagonal cross into the penalty area, where Mendez got behind the UMSV center back and calmly finished off her 12th goal of the season to put the visitors in front.

Mount Saint Vincent turned on the offensive pressure in search of an equalizing goal, and knotted the game at 1-all with 17:09 left when Dana DeDomenicis's right-side free kick floated into the top middle of the goal.

FSC remained resilient after conceding, and it was Coloma connecting with Mendez once more to send the Rams ahead for good. Inside the 82nd minute of play, Coloma held the ball on the left sideline, and her cross found Mendez at the top-middle of the penalty area. Mendez trapped the ball with her back to goal, and turned to send a left-footed shot into the bottom-right corner to place the Rams ahead, 2-1. For Mendez, it was her team-leading 13th marker on the season.

The Dolphins had one more chance to level with 1:40 remaining, when a foul inside the penalty area gave the hosts a chance from 12 yards away at the penalty spot. Stork waited on Grace Kennedy's run-up to the ball, and dove slightly to her left to corral the attempt to keep her side in front.