OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's lacrosse team scored the opening goal and pulled within two midway through the fourth quarter against Oswego State in a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) contest on Saturday at Laker Turf Stadium, but the Cardinals ended up falling by a 16-11 final.
 
Oswego owned a 55-41 edge in shots and a 27-17 advantage in ground balls while going 20-for-30 on face-offs and 2-for-7 on extra-man opportunities. Plattsburgh State was scoreless in two chances with the extra man. On clears, the Cardinals were 20-for-24, while the Lakers were 23-for-26.
 
Plattsburgh State falls to 2-7 overall (0-2 SUNYAC) with the loss and next hosts nationally ranked St. Lawrence University on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. Oswego rises to 4-2 overall (2-0 SUNYAC) with the win and next hosts SUNY Oneonta on Saturday, April 8, at 1 p.m.
 
It took nearly 10 minutes for either team to score, but junior attackman John Eiseman (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East) broke the scoreless deadlock with 5:24 remaining in the opening quarter. Oswego scored two goals eight seconds apart in the final minute of play in the opening stanza to take a 2-1 advantage through 15 minutes of action.
 
Sophomore midfielder Max Brodman netted a pair of markers for the Lakers to put the home team on top, 4-1, but senior midfielder Séan Ronan (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) buried his first collegiate goal midway through the second quarter on a pass from junior midfielder Cam Morin (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) to break up the run. Oswego's junior attackman/midfielder Liam Sexton cashed in on a feed from Brodman less than a minute later, while senior midfielder Owen Lorenzetti (Seneca Falls, N.Y./Mynderse Academy) rattled the cage with an unassisted marker with 3:22 left in the second. The Lakers scored two more goals before the final horn to take a 7-3 advantage into the halftime intermission.
 
After Oswego's first-year attackman Hayden Coney scored 44 seconds into the third quarter, Eiseman buried a pair of goals, the second of which was assisted by first-year midfielder Tim Keenan (Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington), to draw the Cardinals within three at 8-5. The Lakers opened up an 11-5 cushion with a three-goal run before Eiseman kicked off what wound up being a four-goal surge with 44 seconds left in the third.
 
Sophomore attackman Mike Walsh (Westchester, N.Y./Lakeland) assisted on the Cardinals' next three goals, with Eiseman, Lorenzetti and senior midfielder Michael Swift (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) each scoring in a span of 3:15. Swift's goal, which came with 7:08 left in the fourth quarter, drew Plattsburgh State within 11-9. Oswego's sophomore attackman/midfielder Corey O'Connor scored man-up to break up the surge on a pass from Sexton, while first-year midfielder Liam McAlary netted a marker 18 seconds later to put the Lakers back up by five. Lorenzetti cut the gap to 13-10 with a goal 28 seconds after McAlary's score, but Oswego put the game away with three unanswered goals. Senior midfielder Gustav Rugg (Haverstraw, N.Y./North Rockland) found the back of the net on a feed from Swift with 1:07 remaining to complete scoring in the contest.
 
Eiseman led the Cardinal attack with a career-high and game-high five goals, while Lorenzetti matched his career high with three markers. Walsh finished with three assists, while senior defenseman Julian Pigliavento (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) led the defense with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
For Oswego, O'Connor tallied six points on four goals and two assists, while Sexton and Brodman each registered five points on three goals and two assists. Sophomore midfielder Logan Prescott was 16-for-23 at the 'X' and scooped up a game-high eight ground balls.
 
Junior goalie Dan Clements (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley) made a career-high 17 saves in net for the Cardinals, while senior goalie Aiden Kenyon turned aside seven shots in the win for the Lakers.