FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The Trinity College Men's Lacrosse team jumped on host Farmingdale State College early in a 13-6 win in the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament at Rams Field Wednesday afternoon. The Bantams rise to 9-7 on the season, while the Rams wrap with a 16-4 mark.
 
In the opening minute of play, the Bantams forced a turnover and Jake Connors and Jon Krikorian worked a give-and-go from behind the Rams net for the finish to stake Trinity to a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Bo Page intercepted a pass in the FSU zone and ripped an unassisted strike to the back of the cage, extending Trinity's lead to 2-0.
 
Following a wide shot from Colin Sullivan, Krikorian took the ball from behind the goal and beat Rams goalkeeper Dan Erler five-hole to make it a 3-0 game. In the ninth minute of action, Jordan Opdahl made a huge save for the Bantams and lofted an outlet pass to Ethan Lung, who found Jay Ottomanelli on the wing for a top shelve goal, pushing Trinity ahead 4-0.
 
The Rams found their first goal just over a minute later as Opdahl denied the initial shot from Thomas Stock, but Andrew Giovinco put home the loose ball rebound to cut the lead to 4-1.  The Bantams responded as Cam Elenteny found Miles Harvey at the top of the attack zone and Harvey whistled a shot past Erler. With less than 2 minutes remaining in the first quarter, Sullivan curled around the Rams defense and tucked a low shot to the bottom corner of the net to put Trinity on top 6-1 heading into the second quarter.
 
At the 11:28 mark, the Bantams continued rolling as Sullivan dished the ball to Ottomanelli, who put a Rams defender in a blender and fired a shot past Erler to make it 7-1. Gerard O'Connor potted his first career goal as he worked his way around a Rams defender and placed a low shot past Erler to set the score at 8-1 with 7:50 on the clock. The Rams sandwiched a pair of goals around a tally from Connors to make it a 9-3 game at the half.
 
Giovinco added to the Rams effort at the 6:19 mark of the third quarter, but the Bantams pulled away with three straight goals from Sullivan, Krikorian and Harvey to hand Trinity the 12-4 advantage. Adam Giovinco netted the final two goals for Farmingdale to narrow the gap to 12-6, but Ottomanelli delivered the exclamation point with less than two minutes to play to seal the 13-6 victory.
 
The Bantams outshot the Rams, 41-36, and took the groundball battle, 37-29, while Farmingdale State edged Trinity in the faceoff circle, 11-10. Opdahl made a game-high 14 saves in the win, while Erler stopped 11 shots for the Rams.
 
The Bantams advance to the Second Round for the second time in program history, and the first time since 2012. Trinity will face tenth-ranked York College of Pennsylvania (16-3) at Kinsley Field in York, Pennsylvania on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.