Farmingdale's junior varsity team finished its season in the Farmingdale College summer lacrosse league at 6-2 Sunday by beating St. Anthony's High School in sudden death overtime in the league's playoff series, then losing to Northport in the championship final.

St. Anthony's sophomores beat Farmingdale 4-3 early in the season. But this time, the Dalers jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Scot Gale on a feed from Jon Engelke; a goal by Lou Getzelman on a feed from Gale; and an unassisted score by Justin Venezia.

The Friars fought back to tie the game in the second half, prompting the dramatic overtime. In that period, Venezia won the face-off and the Dalers put the game away about a minute later when midfielder John Kirk started a move toward the goal, saw Gale cutting from the left, and hit him with a perfect pass. Gale converted it on the run to seal a difficult and draining 4-3 win.

While the scoring was dramatic, defense was the key to the game.

"It was tough underneath," said Farmingdale Coach Reg Gale. "Their defensemen weren't particularly quick, but they were huge and strong, and they did a good job helping each other out. Both of Farmingdale's defensive lines, meanwhile, are very quick and you could see we were giving them problems one on one."

In the championship game against Northport, the Dalers - minutes off the field from their overtime win - fell behind 4-0 in the first four possessions, and never recovered. Scoring for Farmingdale in that game were Gale, Venezia and Tim Rogers.

"We went all out against Anthony's and we paid for it against Northport," Coach Gale said. "They were coming off an easy win and had a couple of shooters on their midfield who surprised us. We were never able to get on track."

Playing defense for Farmingdale were Kevin Piechota, Steve Panarelli, Jerry Lambe, Walter Cielinski, Mike Galgano, and John Tortora. Midfielders who played during the season included Venezia and Rogers, both of whom split time at attack, Kirk, Brandon Cohen, Dave Bleck, Dominic Valente, Tim Treubig, Chris Renna, Bill Barrett, Eric Hoffmoen, and, filling in for a game, Matt Danowski. Playing attack were Gale, Engelke and Getzelman.

Sophomore Tom Hind and freshman Chris Hardgrove manned the goal.