PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University men's lacrosse team celebrated Senior Day and its 16 members of the Class of 2026 on Saturday as the Valiants took on Farmingdale State College. The Rams bested the Valiants by a final of 16-5, dropping the Valiants to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in Skyline Conference play, now sitting in fifth place in the standings with one week left to go in the regular season.

Prior to game time, the Valiants recognized its sizeable senior class with a pregame ceremony. Frank Tallerico (Monroe Township, N.J./Monroe Township), Drew Palladino (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh), Tyler Berch (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset), Francisco Rosas (Stratford, Conn./Stratford), Joe Ulzheimer (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford), Chris Gragnano (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook HS), Mike Mooney (Tappan, N.Y./Tappan Zee), Dylan Foley (Northport, N.Y./Northport), Jake Strobel (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains), Shea Madden (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich), Niko Klopp (Santa Barbara, Calif./Santa Barbara), Abdoulaye Kone (Bronx, N.Y./Fredrick Douglass), Alan Zaritskiy (Mahwah Township, N.J./Mahwah), Dominic Russello (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown Senior), Elijah Bell (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) and Dennis Thomas (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) were all celebrated as part of the pregame festivities for their contributions to the program.

The Valiants' five goals came by way of five different scorers. Tallerico, Palladino, Berch and Strobel each found the back of the net as part of their Senior Day, joined by Jack Roberts (Middlefield, CT/Lyman Hall) in the goal column. Roberts and Strobel added an assist each, with Tim Beahm (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) also handing out a helper.

The Rams opened on a 7-0 run through the first 1:48 of the second quarter. The Valiants broke through on the scoreboard with 11:39 left in the half as Tallerico scored with the man advantage off a feed from Strobel. The tally did little to quiet the Farmingdale attack as the Rams scored twice more before the halftime horn to take a 9-1 lead.

Farmingdale scored the first two goals of the second to push the lead up to 10. Palladino snapped the Rams' string of four unanswered off Roberts' assist with 9:34 left in the third, but Farmingdale tacked on two more in the quarter to take a 13-2 advantage entering the fourth.

Both teams struck three times in the fourth quarter, with the Valiants getting their final goals from Strobel, Roberts and Berch. Berch's tally, the final of the game, was set up by a pass from Beahm.

Ulzheimer finished with 14 saves in the Valiant net, now making double-digit stops in all 11 games he's played this year. The senior netminder now has 670 saves for his career, third all-time in program history.

Ulzheimer would also lead the ground ball department with eight while forcing a pair of Ram turnovers. Rosas added five grounders and a team-high five caused turnovers. Roberts, Ryan Newman (Yonkers, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) and Chris Guazzo (Rye, N.Y./Rye High School) each ended the day with three ground balls, with Guazzo adding six faceoff wins.

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The Valiants will play their final regular season home game on Wednesday against Mount Saint Mary at 7 p.m.

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