Farmingdale State 20, Mount Saint Mary 8
NEWBURGH, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College men's lacrosse team received six goals and two assists from senior attacker
Thomas Stock (Selden, N.Y.) on Saturday afternoon, as the Rams picked up a 20-8 Skyline Conference victory at Mount Saint Mary College. The victory was the 100th of Rams 10th-year head coach
Sean Chamberlain's career with the program.
FSC (9-2, 1-0 Skyline) led 2-1 on goals by Stock and freshman
Adam Giovinco (Syosset, N.Y.) in the last five minutes of the first period, before the Rams took full advantage of the contest by outscoring the Knights (1-6, 0-1) by a 9-2 margin in the second quarter. Stock tallied three times in the frame, with Giovinco and senior
Tanner Longo (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) netting two apiece. Seniors
Gerardo Maldonado (W. Hempstead, N.Y.) and
Trey Connolly (Seaford, N.Y.) each scored once in the period, while freshman long-stick midfielder
Sean Lawson (Mattituck, N.Y.) dished out a pair of assists in transition.
Junior midfielder
Tyler Kollar (Bellport, N.Y.) scored two goals in the third period for the visitors, while senior
Jonathan Flores (W. Babylon, N.Y.) scored his first FSC goal with 3:11 left. Farmingdale State closed out the game with a 5-1 advantage in the fourth quarter.
Giovinco finished the afternoon with a hat trick and one assist, junior midfielder
Michael Cassano (Plainview, N.Y.) dishing out a career-best three assists. Longo also recorded a hat trick for FSC, while Maldonado netted a pair of goals. Senior face-off specialist
Antonio Kaminskey (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) added a goal and assist to his 19-of-28 (.679) showing at the midfield "x," with Lawson registering four ground balls and three caused turnovers on the Rams' defense. Junior goalie
Dan Erler (Smithtown, N.Y.) turned aside 14 shots in the Farmingdale State cage, marking the sixth time he has made double-digit saves this spring.
The Rams continue Skyline play on Tuesday night, when they welcome Maritime College for a 6:30 p.m. opening face-off.
