Farmingdale State 13, Ramapo 9
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | Senior attacker
Jules Loughran (Smithtown, N.Y.) scored a career-high six goals on Monday night, including the go-ahead tally with 7:58 remaining, to push the Farmingdale State College women's lacrosse team to its first win of the season, 13-9, over Ramapo College.
The Rams (1-3) scored the first four goals of the game, with Loughran scoring twice inside the first 94 seconds and completing her hat trick at the 4:01 mark of the first period. The Roadrunners (3-2) ended the quarter with a pair of goals, before FSC sophomore
Carly Livingston (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and junior
Jordyn Neu (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) scored at 13:37 and 6:58 of the second quarter, respectively, to restore the home side's four-goal edge. Ramapo converted a player-up goal 46 seconds after Neu's tally, before Loughran converted a pass from freshman
Izzy Sheridan (Glen Head, N.Y.) with 1:52 on the clock to send the Rams into halftime with a 7-3 edge.
After the visitors scored three times in the first six-plus minutes of the second half to pull within one goal, Livingston stopped the spurt with her second goal of the night with 5:22 remaining in the third period to up the FSC lead to 8-6. The Roadrunners countered with a goal off the ensuing draw, before Neu's second goal of the contest came off a feed from Livingston with 1:47 to go, giving the Rams a 9-7 edge heading into the fourth period.Â
Ramapo scored twice to start the fourth quarter to draw level at 9-9 with 9:33 left. The Roadrunners received a yellow card more than one minute later, and Livingston found Loughran for the tie-breaking, player-up goal with 7:58 showing on the scoreboard. Livingston (3g, 3a, team-high three caused turnovers) finished off her hat trick at 5:41, before senior
Molly Espey (West Hempstead, N.Y.) and Loughran rounded out the scoring at 4:47 and 1:40, respectively.
Espey finished the night with a pair of goals and a team-high three draw controls, while Loughran and junior midfielder
Kailee Coppola (Levittown, N.Y.) tied for the game-high with four ground balls each. Freshman defender
Rylee Valenzano (Centereach, N.Y.) forced two Ramapo takeaways in front of junior goalkeeper
Giavanna Stamatelo (Levittown, N.Y.), who picked up the win in net with a five-save evening.
Farmingdale State will next head on their spring break trip to West Palm Beach, Florida, where they will play Division II opponent Lynn University (March 19, 4 p.m.) and NAIA member Keiser University (March 20, 5 p.m.).
