Farmingdale State College broke a 4-3 game open with two goals in the final four minutes and beat Indiana University of Pennsylvania 6-4 on Sunday at Twin Ponds Arena. Tierny Recenello had two goals and an assist, Noah Lavoie scored twice, and Lawrence Lena added three assists.
IUP scored first when Kayden Park finished a feed from Sean Ewing with 17:19 left in the first period. Jake Paul tied the game with 10:17 remaining, assisted by Lena and Cameron Black. In the second period, Lavoie gave Farmingdale State its first lead with 5:13 left, but Ewing answered for IUP with 3:34 remaining, assisted by Jack Slepetz, to tie it at 2.
The teams traded goals early in the third. Recenello put Farmingdale State back in front with 18:30 left, and Emerson Wilson tied it again with a shorthanded goal for IUP with 16:17 remaining. Fifty-six seconds later, Lavoie scored on the power play to make it 4-3, with Lena and Christopher D’Andrea assisting.
Luke Ferazi scored the game-winner with 3:54 left, assisted by Recenello. Recenello then added his second goal with 2:45 remaining, set up by George Kammas and Luke LaFata. Jameson Hahn scored for IUP with 28 seconds left to account for the final margin.
Farmingdale State outshot IUP 51-30. Noah Tloczkowski made 26 saves on 30 shots to earn the win, and Dillon Martin made 45 saves on 51 shots in the loss for IUP. Farmingdale State improves to 3-1-0 and IUP falls to 0-2-0 as both teams look ahead to their next games.
