Farmingdale State - 20, Sage - 7

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ALBANY, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team opened their 2024 regular season schedule on Wednesday afternoon at Russell Sage College and picked up a 20-7 victory.

After the Gators scored the first goal of the game, FSC senior attack Tanner Longo (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) tallied an unassisted, man-up goal just 1:03 later to knot the score.

Rams' senior face-off specialist Antonio Kaminskey (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) won the ensuing draw and picked up the ground ball before freshman attack Adam Giovinco (Syosset, N.Y.) tallied another man-up score to give FSC a 2-1 lead.

Farmingdale State led 3-1 following another Giovinco score before senior attack Thomas Stock (Selden, N.Y.) recorded his first of the season to go up by three.

FSC held a 5-2 lead and closed the first quarter with an unassisted score by senior midfielder Kyle Kolano (Babylon, N.Y.).

The second quarter saw the Rams outscore Sage by a 9-1 count. Kolano set up Stock for a goal before Giovinco assisted freshman attack Chase DeChiaro (Center Moriches, N.Y.) for his first score to go up 8-2.

Kolano and Giovinco produced goals before the Gators registered their first of the quarter to make it 10-3.

Stock, Kolano, DeChiaro and junior midfielder Tyler Kollar (Bellport, N.Y.) (2x) each produced goals to end the second quarter as FSC took a commanding 15-3 advantage into the halftime break.

Both teams scored twice in the third quarter to give Farmingdale State a 17-5 lead heading into the final 15 minutes.

The Rams added a goal from Kolano and two by sophomore midfielder Amir Slaughter (North Babylon, N.Y.) as they earned the 20-7 season-opening victory.

Kolano registered a career-best five goals and six points, while Giovinco and DeChiaro each had three goals and two assists in their collegiate debuts. Stock finished with four goals, one assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers and Kollar recorded two goals, two assists and four ground balls. Kaminskey went 16-for-27 on faceoffs with nine ground balls.

On defense, freshman Joseph Bleck (Farmingdale, N.Y.) tallied five ground balls and three caused turnovers, while senior Gino Luchetti (Farmingville, N.Y.) had two caused turnovers.

Junior goalkeepers Dan Erler (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Nick Rizzuto (Bohemia, N.Y.) made four and five saves, respectively, in net.

The Rams will next head to Naples, Florida to play Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University on Saturday, February 24th at 11:00 a.m.