POTSDAM, N.Y. – Senior midfielder
Lindsay Guzzetta (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) scored twice, but the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team dropped its first game of the 2023 campaign with a 15-3 loss to Clarkson University in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon at Hantz Field.
The Golden Knights held the upper hand in shots (46-15), ground balls (22-10) and draw controls (15-6). On clears, the Cardinals were 16-for-21, while Clarkson was 18-for-19.
Plattsburgh State falls to 2-1 overall with the loss and hosts SUNY Canton in its home opener on Saturday, March 11, at 11 a.m. Clarkson rises to 4-0 overall with the win and next takes on Western New England University on Monday, March 13, at 11 a.m. in St. Leo, Fla.
Clarkson scored the first seven goals of the game, leading 5-0 through the first quarter and taking a 7-0 advantage 3:03 into the second. Guzzetta put Plattsburgh State on the board with 11:23 left in the second quarter, and after Clarkson got one back with a goal by first-year midfielder Lauren Shanahan, Guzzetta scored again with 5:38 to go before halftime. The Golden Knights scored two more times to take a 10-2 advantage into the intermission.
The Golden Knights outscored the Cardinals, 4-0, in the third quarter, and after Shanahan scored in the fourth, senior midfielder
Emma McLaughlin (Northport, N.Y./Northport) tallied with 6:57 remaining in regulation on a pass from first-year attacker
Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd).
Junior goalie
Johanna Malone (Levittown, N.Y./Division Avenue) scooped up a team-high three ground balls, while junior defender
Janey Adams (Wynantskill, N.Y./Averill Park) and sophomore midfielder
Caitlin Nash (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) each controlled two draws.
For Clarkson, senior attacker Julia Lavarnway recorded six points on four goals and two assists, while graduate student midfielder Mia Petrone (two goals, one assist) and junior attacker/midfielder Hailey Millington (one goal, two assists) each notched three points. Petrone, Shanahan and junior midfielder Madelynn Barnum each collected four draw controls, while Petrone added five ground balls.
Malone made a career-high 14 saves in the loss for the Cardinals, while first-year goalie Jennaca McGill and first-year goalie Danni Moran combined for seven stops in the win for the Golden Knights.
