Thomas Swartwout scored unassisted with 1:39 left in overtime, and William Paterson University beat Farmingdale State College (M1) 4-3 on Friday night at Ice Vault Arena. Swartwout scored twice, including the game-winner, as William Paterson won its season opener and handed Farmingdale State College its first setback of the season.
William Paterson held the lead three times in regulation, and Farmingdale State College answered each time. Lucas Barnett opened the scoring with 17:34 left in the first period, assisted by Will Garrison. Joe Quigley tied it 1-1 for Farmingdale with 19:10 left in the second, set up by Joseph LaChase.
The second period produced four goals. Daniel Testa put William Paterson back ahead 2-1 with 8:50 remaining, with assists from Barnett and Aidan Swain. Joseph Castellano tied it again with 7:30 left on a feed from Timothy Devine, but Swartwout restored the lead 30 seconds later, assisted by Dante Amato and Logan Przestrzelski, to make it 3-2 heading into the third.
Devine forced overtime with 5:39 left in regulation, assisted by Castellano and Tyler Hague. Devine and Castellano each finished with a goal and an assist for Farmingdale, and Barnett had a goal and an assist for William Paterson. In the third period, William Paterson’s Aiden Doherty received a checking-from-behind minor and a game misconduct.
Frankie Smith made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win. AJ Frankaitis stopped 24 of 28 shots and took the overtime loss for Farmingdale State College, which outshot William Paterson 33-28 and came into the night with wins in both of its first two games. Farmingdale will try to return to the win column in its next outing.
