Farmingdale Defeats Women's Lacrosse, 24-10

Farmingdale, N.Y. (4/25/09) - Senior Theresa Rokee (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) scored a game-high six goals as Farmingdale State defeated visiting Kean University, 24-10, Saturday afternoon.

Senior Stephanie Cirino (Warminster, Pa.) scored the first two goals of the game, before the Rams responded with four straight goals to take the lead 4-2. Freshman Nicole Torre (Toms River, N.J.) scored an unassisted goal and Cirino tied the game at 4-4 with a free position goal with 18:49 left in the first.

Freshman Ashley Scanello (North Massapequa, N.Y.) and Justine Rothar (Levittown, N.Y.) put Farmingdale up 6-4, but the Cougars came back with four straight to lead 8-6 with seven minutes remaining. The Rams scored five goals in the final six minutes to hold an 11-8 halftime advantage.

In the second half, Farmingdale shut down Kean allowing only two goals to secure the undefeated Skyline record and improve to 9-3 overall.

Cirino (pictured right) led the Cougars with five goals and one assist.  Junior Chelsea Davis (Livingston, N.J.) grabbed a game-high 11 draw controls. Freshman Gina Petrizzo (Hopatcong, N.J.) played 42 minutes in goal and made 10 saves in the loss.

Farmingdale will host the semifinal game of the Skyline Conference Playoffs on Wednesday, April 29th at 4:00 p.m. The Rams are the #1 seed and will host #4 seed Kean. The winner will advance to the Championship game on Saturday, May 2nd to be played at the highest remaining seed.