Last Sunday, the girls 7th grade LISGYLL Farmingdale PAL Team traveled to Northport for what would turn out to be another tough Farmingdale victory. Playing on an extremely large field, the girls really turned it up a notch. The midfield, consisting of Lauren Broton, Lauren Principato, Jessica (Rookie of the Year) Wadsworth, Jackie Gunn and Brittany Kohlmann, were relentless in their midfield transition which eventually wore the Northport girls down. The attack, led by the fine play of Julia Castaldi, Jen Troy, Lia Costanzo and Liz Edwards set up a number of Farmingdale goals, with Troy and Castaldi recording three assists. Jessica Wadsworth and Jackie Gunn led the offense with three goals each. Lauren Principato and Julia Castaldi also scored for the team in their 8-5 win.

The defense was led by the TOAD, who showed up with her A game and who along with Stefanie Rulli, Alexandra Maldonado, Brianna (ground ball) Birney, Allison Laudage, Danielle Dialto and Amanda Lavista stifled the Northport offense holding them to only one goal in the first half. Goaltenders Samantha Elie and Julianne Cona were outstanding in net with Elie making nine saves and Cona recording six saves.

In an interview after the game, Kate Thompson, the team spokesperson and highly regarded defenseman, stated that the TOAD was brilliant on defense and was truly the team's inspiration this week. Many of her teammates agreed that the TOAD was now becoming a dominant force on defense. The only question was stamina, which will hopefully improve next week, when the team travels to Bethpage.

One Saturday and seven Sunday PAL boys and girls home lacrosse games were canceled last Thursday due to fears by the school district that the fields would be unplayable. As it turned out, Sunday was a warm and sunny day and the fields appeared to be in good condition, however that was difficult to predict. Unfortunately it was too late to reschedule those games, which will be made up during the remainder of the season.