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2022 Womens Soccer Seniors
Gabe Dickens
0
Buffalo St. BUFFAL (6-7-3, 1-6-2)
4
Winner Plattsburgh St. PLATTS (10-5-2, 5-3-1)
Buffalo St. BUFFAL
(6-7-3, 1-6-2)
0
Final
4
Plattsburgh St. PLATTS
(10-5-2, 5-3-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Buffalo St. BUFFAL 0 0 0
Plattsburgh St. PLATTS 1 3 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Caleb Philips, Athletic Communications Assistant

Women's Soccer Clinches SUNYAC Playoff Berth on Senior Day

PLATTSBURGH, NY - The Plattsburgh State women's soccer team was victorious on Senior Day, winning 4-0 over Buffalo State, and simultaneously clinched a playoff berth and the fourth seed in the SUNYAC playoffs. The Cardinals will now host Oswego St. on Saturday, October 29, at 1 p.m in the opening round of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Playoffs. 

Before the game, the team honored seniors Julia Ennis (Carmel, NY/Kennedy Catholic), Nicole Kingsley (Lake George, NY/Lake George), and Anna McDuffie (Gardiner, NY/New Paltz) while also recognizing their four fifth-year students in Kieren Ritter (Riverside, CA/Arlington), Allison Seidman (Commack, NY/Commack), Sam Spear (Peru, NY/Peru), and Kirsten Villemaire (Plattsburgh, NY/Beekmantown).

The Cards rise to 10-5-2 (5-3-1 SUNYAC) to clinch home-field for the first round of the conference playoffs. This will be the seventh straight season the team has hosted a SUNYAC playoff game and the group will be looking for their eighth straight SUNYAC semifinal appearance with a win over Oswego State next weekend. Buffalo State falls to 6-7-3 (1-6-2 SUNYAC) as they have been eliminated from SUNYAC playoff contention. 

Plattsburgh State wasted no time dominating the Bengals of Buffalo State, as they were in control of the ball for the vast majority of the 90 minutes of gameplay. The Cardinals finally struck for a goal in the 27th minute, as Samantha Rachon (Marcy, NY/Holland Patent) put a pass through the defense right to Villemaire, leading the graduate student to an open field and goal. The score was the sixth of the year for Villemaire, giving her 19 points on the season, tops on the team. 

The first half turned up all Cardinals in the box score, as the team outshot Buffalo State 15-1 and had three more corners than the Bengals. 

Just a minute into the beginning of the second half, Kingsley got the first shot of the period to go, as the senior knocked in a pass from Seidman to put the Cardinals up two. Almost 12 minutes later, McDuffie got the third goal of the game to go off a saved Villemaire shot, resulting in the first career score for McDuffie in her final regular season home game. 

Seidman scored the final Plattsburgh goal of the game in the 74th minute, putting the game on ice, as Avery Durgan (Plattsburgh, NY/Beekmantown) found Seidman with a brilliant cross that she put into the back of the net. The goal tied Seidman's career-high mark of seven goals, and also put her back in the team lead of goals scored. 

Ennis earned her third shutout of the season in her final regular season home game in goal. She made four saves in the net and improved her record to 3-3-1 with the win.

Plattsburgh State will host Oswego State next weekend for a first-round SUNYAC playoff game. All-time, the Cardinals lead the series 18-9-2, and last played them in the conference playoffs in 2016, defeating the Lakers 2-0. This past year, Plattburhg shut out Oswego, defeating them 2-0 back on Oct. 8. 

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