PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Senior midfielder Lindsay Guzzetta (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) set single-game program records in points (11) and assists (6) and the career program record in points (95) while notching her 100th career point, helping lead the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team to a 19-9 victory over SUNY Potsdam in the season finale for both teams on Wednesday evening at the Field House Complex.
 
Guzzetta's 11 points bettered the single-game program mark of 8 set by Allie Vangas on April 22, 2021 against Potsdam and matched by senior midfielder Emma McLaughlin (Northport, N.Y./Northport) on March 1 earlier this season, while her six assists more than doubled the former record of three that was set multiple times. Guzzetta finished her career with 106 points to break the former program record of 95 that Emily Caoili set from 2019-22, and she becomes the first player in program history to reach the 100-point milestone.
 
Furthermore, Guzzetta also improved upon her career program records in goals (82) and draw controls (111) and her single-season program records in goals (37) and points (52). McLaughlin finishes her career with program records in ground balls (108) and caused turnovers (80) in addition to finishing 2023 with single-season records in ground balls (52) and caused turnovers (36).
 
Senior goalie Lilla Nease's (Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro) save percentage of .459 for the season broke the single-season program record of .431 that she set last year, and her .447 career save percentage also is a program record. Junior goalie Johanna Malone (Levittown, N.Y./Division Avenue) finishes the year with the single-season program record in wins (5) as well as the career program mark in wins (8).
 
Plattsburgh State finished the season at 7-8 overall (3-6 SUNYAC), marking the most wins in a single season in program history. Potsdam ends its year at 2-13 overall (0-9 SUNYAC).
 
The Cardinals were in control from the opening draw, scoring the first four goals of the game. First-year defender Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y./Willian Floyd) scored 40 seconds into the contest on a pass from senior midfielder Caroline Noia (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South), while Noia, Guzzetta (free-position goal) and sophomore midfielder Caitlin Nash (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) completed the run. Junior midfielder Lindsey LaDue put the Bears on the board with 10:53 left in the opening quarter, while Noia (Guzzetta assist), Nash (Barnosky assist) and Guzzetta (free-position goal) each scored over the next 2:50 to push the Cardinal edge to 7-1. Potsdam's senior attacker Anita Reitano tallied woman-up with 1:16 left in the opening stanza to cut the gap to 7-2 through 15 minutes of play.
 
Plattsburgh State dominated the second quarter, outscoring Potsdam, 7-0, in the frame. Guzzetta scored a natural hat trick to open the second, with Barnosky assisting on two of those goals, while sophomore defender/midfielder Rachel LaMar (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Shenendehowa) buried an unassisted strike with 5:35 left in the quarter. LaMar connected with sophomore midfielder/attacker Nicole Resnick (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) for a marker 26 seconds later, marking Resnick's first goal of the season, while Barnosky (Guzzetta assist) and McLaughlin (free-position goal) each scored to give Plattsburgh State a 14-2 edge at the half.
 
Potsdam scored the first two goals of the third, with sophomore attacker/midfielder Mallory Marks scoring woman-down (junior defender/attacker AnnaBelle Mitchell assist) and Mitchell each rattling the back of the cage before senior attacker Kate Kennedy (Waddington, N.Y./Massena) cashed in on a pass from Guzzetta with 1:04 left in the frame to put Plattsburgh State on top, 15-4, heading into the final stanza.
 
Sophomore defender/midfielder Tessa Pierce (Reitano assist) and Reitano each scored to pull the Bears within single digits, while Kennedy buried a pass from Guzzetta in response midway through the period. Pierce scored unassisted for Potsdam with 6:26 left, while Kennedy tallied woman-up on a feed from Guzzetta 1:01 later. Senior attacker/midfielder Hannah Stevenson's unassisted goal was answered with a woman-down goal by sophomore attacker Maddy Garcia (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) (McLaughlin assist), while the Bears received a goal from Pierce (Reitano assist) to once again trim the gap to nine. Senior defender Nikki Scioscia (Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead) punctuated her career with her first goal of the season and just the second marker of her career with 35 seconds left, as she scored on a pass from Guzzetta.
 
Plattsburgh State owned the upper hand in shots (50-19), ground balls (27-19) and draw controls (17-13) in addition to going 13-for-16 on clears. Potsdam was 14-for-24 on clear attempts.
 
Guzzetta stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points on five goals and six assists, nine draw controls, four ground balls and three caused turnovers, marking perhaps the most memorable single-game performance of any individual in program history. Barnosky matched a career high with five points on two goals and three assists, while Kennedy scored three goals and Noia registered three points on two goals and an assist. McLaughlin led the defense with five caused turnovers and three ground balls.
 
For Potsdam, Reitano notched four points on two goals and two assists, while Pierce scored three goals.
 
Malone earned the win, making three saves against two goals allowed in the first half, while Nease turned aside three shots in the second half. In between the pipes for Potsdam, first-year goalie Olivia Minarich made 10 stops in the first half, while first-year goalie Jane Olszewski registered six saves in the second half.
 
Wednesday marked the final collegiate game for McLaughlin, Noia, Guzzetta, Scioscia, Kennedy and senior defender Bri Prosser (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Ogdensburg Free Academy). The Class of 2023 helped the program achieve more wins (18) over a four-year span than any other class in program history.