Farmingdale State - 12, Ramapo - 7

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MAHWAH, N.J. | The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team traveled to Ramapo College for a non-conference game on Wednesday evening and used a five-goal fourth quarter to earn a 12-7 victory. FSC picked up their first win of the season and is now 1-3 overall.

After the Roadrunners (1-1) scored the opening goal of the game, Rams' freshman attack Carly Livingston (Farmingdale, N.Y.) responded with back-to-back goals over the next three minutes to take a 2-1 advantage.

Farmingdale State freshman midfielder Olivia Cassese (Farmingdale, N.Y.) followed with an unassisted goal to put the Rams ahead, 3-1. 

Ramapo registered three of the next four goals in the final 2:01 of the quarter as the game headed into the second tied at 4-4.

The Rams trailed by a goal early in the second quarter before sophomore attack Emily Sohm (Seaford, N.Y.) and junior midfielder Molly Espey (West Hempstead, N.Y.) tallied goals to regain the lead, 6-5.

The Roadrunners registered a goal with 50 seconds on the clock to knot the score at 6-6 heading into the halftime break.

Each team produced one goal in the third quarter to make it a 7-7 game going into the fourth.

Espey won the opening draw control in the quarter to set up a quick goal by Livingston and give FSC an 8-7 advantage. Just 2:14 later, Livingston caused a Ramapo turnover, which allowed Cassese to score at the other end to put the Rams ahead by two.

After a timeout by the Roadrunners, Espey tallied another draw control win to give FSC possession. Livingston recorded her fourth goal just over a minute later as Farmingdale State took a 10-7 lead.

The Rams controlled play over the next five minutes, attempting five unanswered shots. With 5:51 left, Espey and sophomore midfielder Kailee Coppola (Levittown, N.Y.) found the back of the net in a 50-second span to take a commanding 12-7 edge.

 FSC held Ramapo to just two shots on goal down the stretch as they went on for the 12-7 victory.

Livingston led all scorers with a career-best five goals. She also had two caused turnovers and four ground balls. Cassese registered two goals and one assist for three points and Sohm tallied two goals and three ground balls. Espey produced a career-high seven draw control and three caused turnovers, to go with a pair of goals. Senior midfielder Megan Diamond (Dix Hills, N.Y.) had two assists and two ground balls, while junior defender Sarah Fava (Lynbrook, N.Y.) added two caused turnovers and four ground balls.

Goalkeepers Giavanna Stamatelo (Levittown, N.Y.) and Ronnie Reilly (Oceanside, N.Y.) (W, 1-0) split time in net and recorded four saves apiece.

Farmingdale State will next travel to play No. 10 Nationally ranked The College of New Jersey on Saturday, March 9th at 12:00 p.m.