Rams Fall to Conference Rival Montclair State
Montclair State - 21, Farmingdale State - 14
Montclair, N.J. – Sophomore midfielder
Cora Delfini (New Egypt, NJ / New Egypt) scored a career-high eight
goals, while senior midfielder Morgan MacPhee (Toms River, NJ /
Toms River East) added five as Montclair State knocked off
defending Skyline Conference champion Farmingdale State 21-14 in a
rematch of their 2009 Skyline Championship contest.
Freshman Kailee Beal (Succasunna, NJ / Roxbury) and sophomore Jess
Curran (Yorktown Heights, NY / Lakeland) each had two goals as the
Red Hawks won their second straight and moved back to the .500 mark
at 3-3 overall, 2-0 in the Skyline. Montclair also avenged two
losses to the Rams last season, including a 16-13 setback in the
championship game. Farmingdale is the only Skyline team to defeat
the Red Hawks since the league’s inception in 2006.
Junior attack Justine Rothar (Levittown, NY / Division Ave.) added
seven goals as the Rams fell to 1-2 on the year, 1-1 in the
Skyline. The loss also snapped Farmingdale’s eight-game
regular-season conference winning streak.
Montclair State jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first 10 minutes
of the contest as Delfini got the scoring started 48 seconds into
the contest and MacPhee connected twice. Farmingdale cut the lead
to 6-4 with 10 minutes to play in the opening period as Rothar
netted the second of her goals. MacPhee and Delfini responded with
goals to push the lead back to four with a minute left however
Rothar and Emily Williams (Centerport, NY / Harborfields) each
scored with the latter finding the back of the net with two seconds
left as the Montclair lead was 8-6 at the break.
The Red Hawks would go up four again early in the second half
before Farmingdale answered back with two of its own as the
Montclair lead was 10-8 with 25:19 to play. MacPhee would score
twice, the second with MSU shorthanded, and Delfini added her fifth
as Montclair pulled out to a 13-8 lead. The teams then treaded the
next four goals and Delfini’s sixth of the game pushed
Montclair to 16-11 advantage with 13:40 remaining.
Ashley Tsirigotis’ (Islip Terrace, NY / East Islip)
free-position goal 33 seconds later got Farmingdale within four
however Curran, Delfini and Maggie Fallon (Cherry Hill, NJ / Camden
Catholic) each scored in a 1:15 span as Montclair went up 19-12
with 7:32 to play.
Delfini added six caused turnovers, four draws and three ground
balls to her game while MacPhee and Beal registered five and four
draw controls apiece. Freshman goalkeeper Tiffani Henderson
(Landing, NJ / Roxbury) made 14 stops for the Red Hawks.
Williams finished with five goals for Farmingdale, which got four
saves from senior Courtney Caden (Setauket, NY / Ward Melville).
Tsirigotis added six draws while Yesenia Quintanilla (Freeport, NY
/ Freeport) and Caden each had four ground balls. The Rams held a
36-34 edge in shots.
Both teams go out on the road in Skyline Conference matchups on
Saturday, March 27. Montclair travels to Mahwah, NJ to face Ramapo
College at 1:00 pm. The Rams will be at Maritime College on Friday,
March 26th in a 7:00 pm contest.
(Story courtesy of Montclair State Sports Information)
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