Mar 19, 2007
Head Coach Chris Roche will be holding an organizational meeting on Monday, March 26th at 2:00pm in the Nold Hall Conference Room for all returning players, along with anyone interested in joining the team for the spring or next Fall 2007. If you have any questions, you can contact coach at 516-313-3034...Nov 29, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman midfielder Amanda Biondi (West Islip, NY/West Islip) was selected to the D3Kicks.com New York Region Second Team. Thanks to Amanda's play in the midfield, the Rams "Goals For" has improved by 11 and the "Goals Against" has decreased by 15 since last season. Her three goals and five assists are deceiving, but Biondi controls the game from the middle with her speed and footwork, setting up the forward line, while also taking control on defense and getting the ball back up field. Amanda was also named First Team All-Skyline this season...Nov 13, 2006
The 2006 Farmingdale State women's soccer team finished the year 10-8-2. After falling to Stevens Institute of Technology in the Skyline Semifinals, the Rams received their first-ever bid to the ECAC Metro Tournament as the #2 seed. They faced #3 seed Rutgers-Camden in the semifinal game and posted a 2-1 win to advance to the ECAC Finals. Top-seeded Manhattanville snagged the Championship from Farmingdale with a 2-0 victory, but the team posted the most wins since joining the NCAA six years ago and only allowed 28 goals all season with seven shutout wins...Nov 12, 2006
PURCHASE, N.Y. – Top-seeded Manhattanville (14-5-3) captured the ECAC Metro Region Women's Soccer Championship for the first time in school history today by defeating #2-seed Farmingdale State, 2-0. Freshman Kathryn Moore (Pearl River, N.Y.) was named the Tournaments Most Valuable Player after scoring a goal and assisting on two others in the Valiants' two ECAC games this weekend...Nov 11, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team defeated Rutgers-Camden today in the ECAC Metro semifinals. Freshman midfielder Renee Schondebare (Selden, NY/Newfield) scored with 1:12 remaining in the game to give the Rams a 2-1 victory and a spot in the ECAC Metro Finals tomorrow against top-seeded Manhattanville College at 1:00pm in Purchase, NY...Nov 6, 2006
The Farmingdale State women's soccer team notched three players on this years Skyline All-Conference list, which was announced on November 6, 2006. Freshmen Christina Cascio, Amanda Biondi and Kimberly Sontag all received All-Conference honors for their play during the season...Nov 6, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team received a bid to the ECAC Metro Tournament as the #2 seed. This is the first-ever ECAC bid for women's soccer, who will host #3 Rutgers-Camden this Saturday, November 11th with a tentative game time of 1:00pm. The Rams were one of three Skyline Conference teams to be chosen for the tournament as top-seeded Manhattanville hosts #4 St. Joseph's College in the other semifinal game. Winners will play on Sunday, November 12th at the higher seed...Nov 2, 2006
Hoboken, NJ - The Farmingdale State men's and women's soccer teams both matched up against Stevens on Wednesday night, November 1st, for semifinal soccer games in Hoboken, NJ. The men's team fell to Stevens 7-0 and the women's team fell 3-0. Both of our teams will now await a bid to the ECAC tournament which will be announced next week...Oct 30, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman forward Renee Schondebare (Selden, NY/Newfield) was named the Skyline Rookie of the Week for women's soccer on Monday, October 30th. Renee scored two goals, including the game-winner, in the Rams 4-0 win over St. Joseph's, moving them into 4th place in the Skyline. Her first goal of the game came unassisted just 29 seconds into the first half. She then added her second of the day, another unassisted goal, 23 minutes later to put the Rams up 2-0 early in the game...Oct 28, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Today women's soccer game against New Paltz has been cancelled due to the poor weather conditions. The game will not be rescheduled as next week is the Conference tournament.Oct 25, 2006
Patchogue, NY - Farmingdale (9-6-2, 4-3) kept their playoff chances alive tonight as the freshmen led the women's soccer team in a win over Skyline opponent St. Joseph's College (8-6-1, 4-2-1) today in Patchogue, NY. The Rams scored three goals in the first half and then added one more in the second to complete the 4-0 shutout and move past St. Joe's into 4th place in the conference...Oct 23, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) was named the Skyline Rookie of the Week for women's soccer on Monday, October 23rd. Farmingdale State remained alive for a Skyline Conference tournament berth thanks to the play of freshman forward Christina Cascio who scored four goals in a 2-0 week. After scoring one goal in the Rams' 3-0 win over New Jersey City, Cascio netted her second hat trick of the season in a 3-0 Skyline Conference victory over Mount Saint Vincent. She currently leads the conference with 14 goals this season...Oct 20, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) scored her second hat trick of the season today to lead Farmingdale past Skyline opponent Mount Saint Vincent 3-0 in a Skyline women's soccer game in Farmingdale, NY. The Rams improved to 8-6-2 overall and 3-3 in the Skyline with the win, while the Dolphins dropped to 6-5-1, 2-4-1 in the conference...Oct 18, 2006
Jersey City, NJ - Senior midfielder Jessica Graziano (Levittown, NY/Division Ave.) scored the eventual game-winner, her first goal of the season, just 20 minutes into the game to startup the Rams offense and lead the team to a 3-0 victory against New Jersey City on Wednesday afternoon in Jersey City, NJ...Oct 14, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman forward Christina Cascio netted a hat trick in the first ten minutes of play as the Rams (6-6-2, 2-3 Skyline) rolled to a 10-0 victory over visiting Maritime College (0-9, 0-6) on Saturday afternoon in Farmingdale, NY...Oct 11, 2006
Purchase, NY - Freshman Bailey Flood's (South Lake Tahoe, CA) goal just four minutes into the contest proved to be the eventual game-winner as Manhattanville women's soccer defeated Skyline Conference opponent Farmingdale 1-0 on Wednesday afternoon in Purchase, NY...Oct 9, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman forward Renee Schondebare (Selden, NY/Newfield) was named the Skyline Rookie of the Week for women's soccer on Monday, October 9th. Renee scored three goals in the Rams 2-0 week. She scored two in the 7-0 win over Polytechnic and then scored the game-winner against Mount Saint Mary just over a minute into the game. The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports for fall sports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org...Oct 7, 2006
Newburgh, NY - Freshman midfielder Amanda Biondi (West Islip, NY/West Islip) scored two goals in a 5-0 victory to lead Farmingdale (5-5-2, 1-2) over Mount Saint Mary (5-7, 1-2) in a Skyline Conference women's soccer game in Newburgh, NY. Biondi scored the Rams third goal of the day, as she knocked a shot off of a defender and into the goal. Her second tally came in the second half, when she beat two defenders and lofted one over the keeper. The Rams scored four goals in the first half and dominated with a 32-12 shot advantage...Oct 3, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) was named to the Skyline Player of the Week Honor Roll for women's soccer on Tuesday, October 3rd. Cascio scored two goals for Farmingdale in a 2-1 week. She scored her second game-winner of the season this week, scoring in the 87th minute of play to lead the Rams past Widener 2-1. Her second goal of the week came in a 4-0 win over Staten Island. The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports for fall sports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org...Oct 3, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - The Rams scored seven goals in the first half to take a 7-0 victory over visiting Polytechnic University on Tuesday afternoon in Farmingdale, NY. Freshman forward Renee Schondebare (Selden, NY/Newfield) scored two goals for the Rams...Oct 1, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman midfielder Jennifer Jung (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) scored 12:11 into the match off a pass in the middle from freshman midfielder Amanda Biondi (West Islip, NY/West Islip) which proved to be the game winner for Farmingdale...Sep 27, 2006
Hackettstown, NJ - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team fell to 2-5-2, 0-2 Skyline today with a loss to conference opponent Centenary College (3-4, 2-0) in Hackettstown, NJ. The Cyclones held a 1-0 lead at the half after an unassisted goal by junior forward Clare Johnson (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) at the 25-minute mark...Sep 25, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman goalkeeper Kimberly Sontag (Lynbrook, NY/Lynbrook) was named to the Skyline Player of the Week Honor Roll for women's soccer on Monday, September 25th. Sontag recorded 17 saves in two games for the Rams - nine against Vassar and eight versus Stevens. The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports for fall sports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org...Sep 25, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) scored the game-winner at 86:59 to lift Farmingdale State (2-4-2) over Widener (5-2-1), 2-1, in todays non-conference women’s soccer game in Farmingdale, NY. After a scoreless first half, Widener's junior forward Melanie Miller (Ardsley, PA/Bishop McDevitt) tipped in a pass from junior midfielder Samantha Hand (Millville, NJ/Millville) for the 1-0 lead at the 70:22 mark. Hand beat a Rams defender and then passed around the goalie for the easy tip-in by Miller. Thirteen minutes later, Farmingdale State's freshman midfielder Amanda Biondi (West Islip, NY/West Islip) took a restart kick toward goal and freshman midfielder Jennifer Jung (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) scored with a header to tie the game at 1-1...Sep 23, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team (1-4-2, 0-1 Skyline) fell 2-0 to visiting Stevens Institute of Technology (3-2-2, 1-0 Skyline) today in Farmingdale, NY. Stevens took a 1-0 lead early when sophomore midfielder Salme Cook (Fairfax, VA/W.T. Woodson) scored off a corner kick from junior forward Sara Roeder (Portland, OR/Sunset) in the sixth minute of play. The Ducks added their final goal of the day with four seconds left in the half...Sep 19, 2006
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - Two goals by sophomore Emma Kemp (Albany, CA/Albany) helped the Vassar women's soccer team pick up its second win of the season in a 4-0 win over Farmingdale State on Tuesday afternoon at Prentiss Field. The Brewers improved to 2-1 and travel to play William Smith in their first Liberty League match on Friday. The Rams dropped to 1-3-2 and hosts Stevens for a Skyline Conference game on Saturday...Sep 18, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman goalkeeper Kimberly Sontag (Lynbrook, NY/Lynbrook) was named to the Skyline Player of the Week Honor Roll for women's soccer on Monday, September 18th. Sontag stopped 10 shots while allowing just two goals in the Rams’ 3-2 win over Ramapo. The Skyline Conference Weekly Reports for fall sports are announced by the Conference on Monday nights. Reports (including players of the week and statistics) are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org...Sep 17, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner at 49:41, to lift Farmingdale State (1-2-2) over Ramapo (3-2-1) in todays non-conference women’s soccer game in Farmingdale, NY. Ramapo opened up the scoring at 11:10 as junior midfielder Jessica Giordano (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) received a cross in front from junior defender Brianne McCully (Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) to take a quick lead. Cascio tied the score at 1-1 and then freshman midfielder Amanda Biondi (West Islip, NY/West Islip) would put the Rams ahead with a penalty kick goal at 26:51...Sep 12, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman goalkeeper Kimberly Sontag (Lynbrook, NY/Lynbrook) was named to the Skyline Player of the Week Honor Roll for women's soccer on Monday, September 11th. Sontag allowed just three goals in 200 minutes of action in the Farmingdale net. She stopped 12 shots in a 1-0 loss to Rutgers-Newark in the championship game at the Scarlet Raider Classic...Sep 12, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - The Farmingdale State women's soccer home game which was scheduled for Thursday, September 14th has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 3rd at 3:30pm.Sep 9, 2006
NEWARK, NJ – Tournament most outstanding player Alison Phillips (Buena, NJ/Buena Regional HS) headed in the only goal of the game just 1:21 before halftime and Rutgers-Newark’s defense stymied Farmingdale State for a 1-0 win in the championship game of the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic at Alumni Field on Saturday evening...Sep 8, 2006
NEWARK, NJ – The women's soccer team traveled to Rutgers-Newark to face the College of Staten Island in the first round of the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic on Friday night. Farmingdale scored goals less than four minutes apart from freshman midfielder Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) and freshman midfielder Janelle Reif (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) to go up 2-0 in the 37th minute. The goals were assisted by junior defender Angela Barea (Levittown, NY/Island Trees) and freshman midfielder Tricia Pickford (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa)...Sep 6, 2006
Farmingdale State freshman goalkeeper Kimberly Sontag (Lynbrook, NY/Lynbrook) was named Skyline Rookie of the Week for women's soccer on Tuesday, September 5th. Kim stopped five shots in each of the Rams' first two games. In the season opener against Maine Maritime, Sontag entered at halftime with Farmingdale trailing 1-0. She played the entire second half and overtime and did not allow a goal as the Rams rallied for a 1-1 tie. Sontag earned her first career start against FDU-Florham the following day and made five saves in the first half. The Player and Rookie of the Week for all fall sports are announced by the Skyline Conference on Monday nights. Reports are available to view on the Skyline website at www.skylineconference.org...Sep 2, 2006
The Farmingdale State women's soccer team fell 5-0 to Fairleigh Dickinson University on Saturday evening in their second game of the Lady Mariner Invitational at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine. Megan Sweeney (Staten Island, NY) powered the Devils with six points on the day, scoring twice and assisting twice in the 5-0 victory. Sweeney and Kate Daly (South River, NJ) paced the 1-0 Devils with two goals apiece, with Lena Kalika (Green Brook, NJ) netting the fifth and final goal of the day...Sep 1, 2006
The Farmingdale State women's soccer team opened up the 2006 season against Maine Maritime on Friday night in Castine, Maine. As part of the Lady Mariner Invitational, MMA officially debuted the new state of the art Sprinturf playing surface on Ritchie Field, battling the Rams to a 1-1 tie after two overtimes...Jul 14, 2006
Farmingdale, NY - Coach Roche would like to announce that the 2006 women's soccer preseason will begin on Monday, August 21st with the first practice starting at 8:30am. If anyone is interested or has questions for coach, you can reach him on his cell at 516-313-3034 or call his office phone at 631-420-2383...