Box Score Farmingdale, N.Y. – The Oneonta State women's lacrosse team handed host Farmingdale State its first loss of the season today with a 14-13 win in overtime. The victory for the Red Dragons kept its season unblemished at 4-0 while the Rams fall to 4-1.
Oneonta led 8-4 at the half, behind senior
Rebecca Monteith (West Islip/West Islip)'s five goals and one assist. Monteith would add another goal and an assist to finish the game with eight points. Freshman
Kiera McNally (East Northport/Northport) scored a pair of unassisted goals in the first eight minutes of the second half to give Oneonta a 10-4 lead, before the Rams scored six unanswered goals to tie the game at 10-10.
A free position goal from freshman midfielder Nicole Marzocca (West Babylon, N.Y.) with 21:34 left to play started the rally for Farmingdale State. Her goal was followed 30 seconds later by a goal from junior attack Carly Schneider (Merrick, N.Y.) off a pass from senior attack Krystin Shand (Massapequa Park, N.Y.). Under a minute later, sophomore midfielder Jordyn Hasemann (Farmingdale, N.Y.) tallied her first goal of the day, an unassisted goal with 19:21 remaining. Marzocca scored the next two goals for a 10-9 score and Shand would tie the game at 10-10 with 12:16 on the clock.
Monteith broke the tie with a goal at 10:29 and McNally would add an insurance goal for the Red Dragons for a 12-10 lead. But the Rams were not done yet as Marzocca scored a man-up goal at the 5-minute mark to make it 12-11 and freshman midfielder Christy Thoden (Bayport, N.Y.) scored with 2:34 to play for another tie game, 12-12, forcing the overtime period.
In overtime, the Rams took its first lead of the game, 13-12, on a goal from Hasemann with 3:06 on the clock. A man-up goal by senior midfielder
Heidi Kissinger (East Islip/East Islip), assisted by Monteith, tied the game once again at 13-13, before the game-winner came with 1:07 remaining, scored by junior attack
Caroline Tulley (Malverne/Sacred Heart Academy).
Red Dragons senior goalkeeper
Annelise Muscietta (Lindenhurst/Walter O'Connell Copiague) made nine saves for the win, while senior goalkeeper Courtney Cook (Deer Park, N.Y.) made 11 saves in defeat for Farmingdale State.
Oneonta will be home on Friday for a game versus St. John Fisher beginning at 4pm.