ONEONTA, NY - Nora Fitzgerald (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) and Zoe Rice (Leicester, Mass./Leicester) scored goals in the final 10 minutes to help Plattsburgh State women's soccer to a conference win over Oneonta. Both goals were the second of the year for each player, as they led the team to an important conference win. 

The Cardinals rise to 8-5-1 overall and 3-3-1 in SUNYAC play, as they now have 10 points in conference play, good for a fourth-place tie in the standings. Oneonta falls to 2-8-1 (0-5-1) as they are still searching for their first SUNYAC win of the season. 

The first half proved to be a stalemate between both groups as neither team could break the scoreless tie. Shots and corners remained even between the two teams as the squads looked to find their footing offensively. More of the same continued at the outset of the second period, with activity offensively coming scarcely. 

With time winding down, Plattsburgh State finally was able to get a strong look in the 80th minute as Nicole Kingsley (Lake George, NY/Lake George) found Fitzgerald on a run to the goal. The Red Dragon defender attempted to take the ball from Fitzgerald and pushed her to the ground in the middle of the box, causing the whistle to be blown and a penalty kick to be awarded. The New Rochelle native took the kick for Plattsburgh and slotted the shot into the right corner of the net for the score. 

Just over two minutes later, one of the five Cardinal second-half corners led to Rice's goal. After the initial corner kick was cleared, a scuffle on the ball found its way to rice. The junior defender then lofted a shot from 18 yards out with her left foot over the Oneonta keeper and into the net. Rice has now scored in back-to-back games for the Cardinals after having not scored through her first 12 career games. 

Lauren Haley (LaGrange, NY/Arlington) earned the win in goal for Plattsburgh as the sophomore keeper saw just one shot, which she saved. Haley has a record of 6-2-1 on the season after the victory, with 39 saves in 10 games of action. 

The ladies will make the long trip to Buffalo this weekend as they take on Fredonia on Saturday, Oct. 15 for a SUNYAC match at 1 p.m.