Farmingdale, N.Y. - Heading into the Skyline Playoffs next week, the Farmingdale State men's and women's lacrosse teams each have multiple players listed in the Player Impact Ratings on Laxpower.com. These Player Impact Ratings are determined by Larry Feldman, the founder of laxpower, by measuring a player's production on the field. Each activity, e.g., goals, assists, turnovers, ground balls, etc. is considered. All players are listed including approximately 25,000 men and women varsity athletes from all three divisions. Strength of opponent is also considered.
On the men's side of the rankings, four players were named to the list, including defenders Dylan Bates (Wading River, N.Y.) and Kyle Carrick* (Bay Shore, N.Y.), goalkeeper Thomas Fallon (Kings Park, N.Y.) and attackman Philip Schaefer* (Holbrook, N.Y.).
On the offensive end, Schaefer made the list at #198 after leading the team with 43 total points. He scored his 200th collegiate point in last night's game against Maritime College and is also posting in a team-high 49 ground balls this season.
Bates (#83) is the team leader on defense with 23 caused turnovers, while holding the most ground balls at 37. Carrick (#164) is the 2nd most ground balls of the defense with 34, along with 7 caused turnovers.
Fallon (#114) holds a .564 save percentage, ranking him #2 in the Skyline. In 14 games started and 824 minutes played, he holds a goals against average of 7.71 which is also 2nd in the Conference (along with #45 in the Nation).
From Farmingdale State on the women's side, five Rams made the list, including midfielders Nicole Marzocca* (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Christy Thoden* (Bayport, N.Y.), defenders Sara Rivadeneyra (Ridge, N.Y.) and Kristine Minogue (Miller Place, N.Y.), and sophomore goalkeeper Krista Spagnoletta (West Islip, N.Y.).
Marzocca, who is currently ranked 17th in the Nation for Assists, 43rd for points per game and 50th for Total Points, leads the team with 71 points on 34 goals and 37 assists. She is ranked #2 in the Skyline with 5.07 points per game. Nicole became the All-Time scoring leader on April 2nd and currently holds 326 career points (190 goals, 136 assists).
Thoden, last year's Skyline Conference Player of the Year, comes in at #26 in the Ratings. Christy holds the most Draw Controls in school history and this season broke the Division III record for Draw controls. This season, she holds the second most Draws in the conference, is ranked 5th for Caused Turnovers, 7th for Assists and 9th for Points.
Rivadeneyra (#127) and Minogue (#141) are leading the FSC defense with a combined 46 ground balls and 33 caused turnovers, helping the team to an overall goals against average of 8.25.
Spagnoletta is listed at #50 on the goalkeepers list with a rating of 84.43. Krista has totaled 126 saves this season to date with a 52.5% save percentage, which ranks her 14th in the Nation for Division III.
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