Farmingdale State 16, Manhattanville 5
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | Senior midfielder
Tommy Mai (Islip, N.Y.) scored four of his five goals in the first half Saturday afternoon, as the Farmingdale State College men's lacrosse team raced out to a 9-1 halftime advantage on its way to a 16-5, Skyline Conference victory at Manhattanville University.
The visiting Rams (11-3, 4-1 Skyline) had five players score one goal apiece inside the first nine minutes, with the opening tally coming at the 12:16 mark when senior
Connor Murtha (Moriches, N.Y.) found freshman attack
Ethan Vargas (Bay Shore, N.Y.) open for the rookie's 37th goal of the season. Murtha doubled the FSC lead at the 9:36 mark, before junior
Adam Giovinco (Syosset, N.Y.) and junior
Joey Forchelli (Seaford, N.Y.) each found the scoresheet to give their team a 4-0 margin at 6:59. Mai followed with goals 49 seconds later, and with 1:45 on the clock, to send Farmingdale State to a 6-0 edge after one quarter of play.
Mai wrapped up his hat trick less than two minutes into the second quarter, before the Valiants (4-8, 2-3) got on the scoreboard on an extra-man goal with 11:39 on the clock. Mai responded with his fourth score of the afternoon on an assist from senior
Casey Fortunato (Northport, N.Y.) at 7:08, before Forchelli buried his second goal of the afternoon 1:33 before account for the visitors' eight-goal halftime lead.
Vargas and Forchelli finished off their hat tricks at the 9:21 and 5:43 marks of the third quarter, respectively, as the Rams ran their lead to 13-2 on the latter goal and continued to lead by double figures the rest of the way.
Giovinco (2g, 3a) and Mai each had five-point afternoons, while Fortunato (four caused turnovers) and Vargas finished with four assists and four goals, respectively. Junior long-stick midfielder
Sean Lawson (Mattituck, N.Y.) created four takeaways on defense, while the Rams held an 18-6 advantage at the face-off "x" behind an 11-of-16 effort by junior
Daniel Ainbinder (Levittown, N.Y.), and a 7-of-9 showing by freshman
Fabrice Cormier (Copiague, N.Y.). Three goalkeepers manned the FSC cage, with junior starter
Connor Dobson (Islip, N.Y.) making five saves in his 55 minutes of work.
Farmingdale State returns home in Skyline play on Wednesday night (April 22), when it plays host to Maritime College at 6 p.m.
