ONEONTA, N.Y. – Despite outscoring Hartwick College, 4-3, down the stretch, the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team fell, 19-8, to the Hawks on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action.
 
Hartwick finished with a 32-23 edge in shots and a 25-21 cushion in ground balls while going 14-for-19 on clears. Plattsburgh State held the upper hand in draw controls (18-10) and went 7-for-15 on clears. The Cardinals went 3-for-6 on free-position shots, while the Hawks went 1-for-4.
 
Plattsburgh State falls to 1-4 overall with the loss and next visits the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Wednesday, March 20, at 4 p.m. Hartwick rises to 2-3 overall with the win and next hosts Houghton College in its Empire 8 opener on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m.
 
Hartwick scored three early goals, receiving a goal from senior attacker Emma Knapp and two scores from sophomore attacker Rachel Hedden to take a 3-0 lead with 5:46 gone in the first half. Sophomore attacker/midfielder Frankie Porcaro put the Cardinals on the board at 23:06 of the first half before Hartwick opened up an 8-1 advantage by scoring five straight goals. Sophomore defender/midfielder Cassie Durkin scored twice during that span—including one woman-up goal—while sophomore attacker/midfielder GinaMarie Wilson, senior attacker Hailey Pooler and junior midfielder Jennifer Darasz also found the back of the cage.
 
Freshman midfielder Reece Wiley cashed in on a feed from freshman attacker Sammy Tanner with 9:39 left in the first half, while the Hawks responded with goals from freshman attacker Emily Schaub and Wilson. Porcaro found twine on a pass from freshman attacker Emily Caoili with 4:06 remaining in the first, while a goal by Hartwick's Schaub gave the Hawks an 11-3 lead heading into halftime.
 
Wilson, sophomore midfielder Amy Tracy and Darasz all scored for the Hawks in the opening six minutes of the second half, while Porcaro scored on a Wiley pass to trim the gap to 14-4. After Knapp and Durkin both scored, Plattsburgh State outscored Hartwick, 4-3, down the stretch. Junior attacker Katelyn McGlauflin converted on a feed from freshman midfielder/defender Claire Wiley at 17:38 of the second before Tracy and Darasz both scored for Hartwick. Reece Wiley and Caoili both scored unassisted before Knapp responded for Hartwick with 2:45 left in regulation. Just 10 seconds before the final horn, Tanner found the back of the net to spell the final score.
 
Porcaro and Reece Wiley each tallied three points, with Porcaro scoring three goals and Reece Wiley tallying two goals and an assist. Caoili and Tanner each had a goal and an assist, while McGlauflin scored once and Claire Wiley dished out an assist. Senior defender Kara Barber helped lead the Cardinals defensively with four ground balls and two caused turnovers, while Porcaro and Claire Wiley each controlled six draws.
 
Hartwick received five-point performances from Darasz and Pooler, with Darasz recording three goals and two assists and Pooler tallying five points on a goal and four assists. Tracy (two goals, two assists), Wilson (three goals, one assist), Knapp (three goals, one assist) and Durkin (three goals, one assist) all had four points, while Schaub earned three points on two goals and an assist. Hedden scored twice as well. Darasz and senior defender Emma Kaplan each scooped up four ground balls, while Knapp caused four turnovers.
 
Freshman goalie Alexa Cassidy made nine stops in 44:29 of action in the losing decision for the Cardinals, while junior goalie Ashley Jablonowski and sophomore goalie Jennifer Paszko combined for nine saves in the win for the Hawks.