Box Score

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. –  The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team fell 13-7 to visiting Farmingdale State University on Thursday afternoon at the North Turf Field.

The Hawks fall to 4-2 and begin State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play on Saturday April 1 when they host SUNY Cortland at 1 p.m. Farmingdale improves to 7-0.

The visiting Rams fired off four quick goals within six minutes of gameplay. Junior midfielder Kayla Massena (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) put the Hawks on the scoreboard with her first goal at the 23:27 mark off of a feed from junior attacker Caitlyn Morris (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse). Farmingdale scored twice more for a 6-1 advantage but New Paltz pushed a 3-0 spurt to make it a 6-4 game. However the Ram managed to evade the Hawks further, holding an 8-5 advantage at the half.

Farmingdale furthered its lead in the second half to 10-5 and despite New Paltz's best efforts, the Hawks could not catch up to the Rams as they sealed the final 13-7 win.

The Rams outshot the Hawks, 35-26, held a 33-27 advantage in ground balls and a 12-10 edge in draw controls while the Hawks had seven free position shots to Farmingdale's four.

Massena recorded three goals in the loss for New Paltz while sophomore midfielder Rachael Purtell (Minetto, N.Y./Oswego Free Academy), senior attacker Melissa Wagner (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley), senior midfielder Alexa Criollo (Queens, N.Y./Forest Hills) and freshman midfielder Emily Puciloski (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) each tallied one goal.

Senior defender Nicole Petrullo (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) scooped up four ground balls and caused three turnovers while Massena, Morris and freshman midfielder Jahna Beiling (Rochester, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) picked up three ground balls apiece. Senior attacker Nicole Stackpole (North Bellmore, N.Y./W.C. Mepham) won six draw controls and sophomore goalkeeper Kendra Dansereau (Chesapeake, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate) made 11 stops in goal.

Freshman midfielder Victoria Varone recorded three goals, scooped up six ground balls and caused four turnovers for the Rams while senior attacker Megan Sullivan also tallied three goals with senior midfielder Kristen Keller chipping in two of her own. Senior attacker Janisha Sanchez distributed five assists while senior midfielder Brittany Rosino won four draw controls. Sophomore goalkeeper Tori Johnson earned the win for Farmingdale, making 13 saves in the net.