Farmingdale State 19, Russell Sage 4
ALBANY, N.Y. | Senior attacker
Andrew Giovinco (Syosset, N.Y.) scored five goals and one assist Wednesday afternoon for the Farmingdale State College men's lacrosse team, which jumped out to a 9-1 halftime lead on its way to a 19-4 victory at Russell Sage College.
Fellow senior attacker
Thomas Stock (Selden, N.Y.) bagged four goals and one assist for the Rams (1-2), who outshot the hosts by a 56-25 margin, while sophomore
Adam Giovinco (Syosset, N.Y.) registered his second-straight hat trick.
Andrew Giovinco, junior
Kamryn Gill (Riverhead, N.Y.) and Stock all scored inside the first 5:18 of the game against the Gators (0-1), with
Adam Giovinco notching goals at 4:45 and 3:35 to propel the visitors to a 5-0 lead after one period of play.
The second quarter was more of the same for FSC, with
Andrew Giovinco scoring three times (twice off assists from his brother, Adam) and Gill (three assists) once to increase the green and white's lead to 9-1 at halftime.
Stock scored three times inside a 7-0 third period for the Rams, who received goals from nine different players on the afternoon – including single tallies from seniors
Kyle Kolano (Babylon, N.Y.) and
Tyler Kollar (Bellport, N.Y.), juniors
Patrick McDonough (Mineola, N.Y.) and
Amir Slaughter (North Babylon, N.Y.), and sophomore
Cole Longo (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.).
Senior FSC goalkeeper
Dan Erler (Smithtown, N.Y.) made five saves in his 38-plus minutes in cage, and was one of four Rams netminders to see game action behind a defense that forced 26 turnovers by Russell Sage.
Farmingdale State opens its home slate on Saturday (March 1), when it welcomes the Hawks of Hartwick College for a noontime face-off.
