Prendergast's goal gives Farmingdale win over 'Pequa

With the fog rolling in across the turf at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium, Farmingdale found a clear path to the Long Island Championship.

Patrick Starke won a faceoff and fed Brian Prendergast for a goal with 7:36 left for what proved to be the winning goal in the Dalers' 9-8 boys lacrosse victory over Massapequa last night in the Nassau Class A championship.

Farmingdale (16-2) will face the winner of tonight's West Islip-Ward Melville game for the Class A Long Island Championship on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at Hofstra. The Chiefs, who cut it to 9-8 on Rob Goeren's goal with 5:53 left, finished 14-4.

Farmingdale took its first lead, 5-4, three minutes into the third quarter when Danny Rogers scored on a pass from Sal Tuttle. But Massapequa tied it two minutes later on Jamie Shand's goal off a feed from Ian Lukaszewicz.

Tuttle hit Rogers again to make it 6-5 with 3:13 left in the third and defenseman Joe Ostrander went coast to coast on a clear for an unassisted goal with 1:23 left in the quarter for a two-goal lead. Shand cut it to 7-6 entering the fourth quarter with his third of the game on a pass from Steve Romano.

Massapequa had started quickly, scoring the game's first three goals. John Deignan ripped one home with 3:30 left in the first period. Three minutes later, Shand took a nice feed from behind the net from Romano and quick-sticked it for the second goal. Shand scored again, unassisted, to make 3-0 early in the second period.

Farmingdale rallied in the second quarter. The Dalers took advantage of a penalty as Sal Tuttle scored with 8:36 left in the second. Rogers brought the big crowd to its feet with a behind-the neck goal on a pass from Korey Hendrickson that made it 3-2.

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Rob Goeren gave the Chiefs a two-goal advantage with an unassisted goal halfway through the second quarter. But the Dalers stormed back. Hendrickson's turnaround bullet with 1:22 left cut it to 4-3 and Starke tied it with 42 seconds left when he circled back to the top of the circle and scored high for the halftime tie.