Rams Fall to Division II Dominican
Dominican College - 17, Farmingdale State - 6
Orangeburg, N.Y. - The Dominican College men's
lacrosse team defeated non-conference opponent Farmingdale State,
17-6, this afternoon at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.
The Rams netted the game's first goal off the stick of senior
attacker Sean Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y.) with the assist by
junior Thomas Weil (St. James, N.Y.). The Chargers answered back
with two straight goals from freshman Korin Pierce (Middleburg,
Va.) off passes from senior Jeremy Arcaro (New Windsor, N.Y.) to
take a 2-1 advantage.
Senior Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y.) tied the game for FSC
with 5:00 minutes remaining in the first quarter, but the Chargers
came back to close out the quarter with two consecutive goals from
Arcaro to give DC a 4-2 lead.
DC did all the scoring in the second quarter as midfielder Gabe
Sutherland (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) netted a goal, followed by two
more from Arcaro and the half's final goal was scored by senior
Stephen Polizzi (Walden, N/Y/) as the Chargers took an 8-2
lead.
The Rams cut the deficit in half to start out the third quarter as
Bill McGarvey (Sayville, N.Y.) netted an unassisted goal, followed
by one from M. Maxwell. Dominican went on to outscore FSC 4-1, to
take a 12-5 lead into the fourth quarter.
Andrew Rendine (River Edge, N.J.) netted the first goal of the
fourth quarter to put DC up 13-5, before FSC got a goal from
sophomore Eddie Rifice (Babylon, N.Y.) to cut the lead to 13-6.
Dominican closed out the game with four unanswered goals en route
to the 17-6 victory.
The Rams were led by M. Maxwell, S. Maxwell and Joey
Stroessenreuther (Bethpage, N.Y.) all with two goals a piece for
two points. Patrick Delventhal (Westbury, N.Y.) made seven saves in
45:00 minutes of play.
Dominican was led by Arcaro with a game high eight points (six
goals, two assists). Rendine and Sutherland each netted three goals
with Rendine adding three assists for six points , while Pierce
finished with two goals in the win. Sophomore goalie Brendan
Bonacum (Port Jefferson Station, NY) had eight saves in 45:00,
while Tim Manzella (Riverhead, NY) had two saves in the final 15:00
minutes.
With the victory Dominican improves to 2-6 overall, while
Farmingdale State falls to 3-6.
(Story by Dominican College)
The Rams travel to Richard Stockton on Saturday, April 4th, for a 7:00 p.m. game.
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