PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Senior midfielder Lindsay Guzzetta (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) set career program records in goals and draw controls in the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team's 18-5 setback to Union College on Saturday afternoon at the Field House Complex.
 
Guzzetta finished with a goal and six draw controls to set the program mark in both. Her 59 goals eclipsed the former mark of 58 set by Emily Caoili from 2019-22, while her 89 draw controls bettered the former record of 88 set by Frankie Porcaro from 2019-21.
 
The Dutchwomen finished with a 27-24 edge in shots while holding a 15-12 cushion in draw controls. The Cardinals won the ground ball battle, 16-15. On clears, Union was 18-for-20, while Plattsburgh State was 13-for-18.
 
Plattsburgh State drops to 3-2 overall with the loss and opens up State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play on Saturday, March 25, at 11 a.m. when it hosts Buffalo State on Senior Day. Union rises to 3-1 overall with the win and next hosts Smith College on Wednesday, March 22, at 6 p.m.
 
Senior midfielder Caroline Noia (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South) opened scoring 31 seconds into the game, finding the back of the cage on a feed from first-year attacker Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd), but Union responded with nine straight goals that spanned the first and second quarters. Plattsburgh State cut the deficit to 9-4 following goals by senior attacker Kate Kennedy (Waddington, N.Y./Massena), Noia and senior midfielder Emma McLaughlin (Northport, N.Y./Northport), with McLaughlin's marker being woman-up, but Union's senior attacker Sydney McPartlon scored with 1:13 left in the second quarter to spell the halftime score of 10-4.
 
Union outscored Plattsburgh State, 6-0, in the third before Guzzetta netted her record-breaking goal 3:08 into the fourth. The Dutchwomen scored twice more in the final 5:10 of the fourth quarter.
 
Noia led the Cardinal attack with two goals, while Guzzetta finished with six draw controls and three ground balls. Defensively, first-year defender Lillian Gilroy (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Academy) notched three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
For Union, McPartlon registered nine points on seven goals and two assists, while senior midfielder Dana Truini and senior midfielder Drew Charlton each scored three goals. Junior midfielder Dana Nelson controlled seven draws, while three Dutchwomen scooped up two ground balls.
 
Junior goalie Johanna Malone (Levittown, N.Y./Division Avenue) made four saves in the loss for the Cardinals, while first-year goalie Sydney Widlitz steered aside 10 shots in the win for the Dutchwomen.