PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Despite a six-goal fourth quarter, the Plattsburgh State men's lacrosse team dropped a 21-11 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) decision to SUNY Geneseo on Saturday afternoon at the Field House Complex.
 
Geneseo held a 61-40 edge in shots and a 63-20 advantage in ground balls in addition to going 27-for-34 at the 'X.' In a game that saw 12:30 of penalties for the Knights and 3:00 of penalties for the Cardinals, Plattsburgh State was 6-for-13 on extra-man opportunities, while Geneseo was 3-for-5.
 
Plattsburgh State falls to 2-9 overall (0-3 SUNYAC) with the loss and next visits SUNY Oneonta on Saturday, April 15, at 12 p.m. Geneseo rises to 9-3 overall (3-0 SUNYAC) with the win and next visits SUNY Potsdam on Friday, April 14, at 4 p.m.
 
The Knights stormed out of the gates with three goals in the opening 1:13 of play before senior midfielder Owen Lorenzetti (Seneca Falls, N.Y./Mynderse Academy) scored man-up on a feed from sophomore midfielder Logan Vilardi (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon). Geneseo went on to close the first quarter on a 6-0 run to take a 9-1 lead through 15 minutes of play.
 
The momentum seesawed in the early going of the second quarter. Sophomore attackman Mike Walsh (Westchester, N.Y./Lakeland) scored man-up on a pass from junior attackman John Eiseman (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East) 3:02 into the stanza before Geneseo's junior attackman Robert Boneillo connected with senior attackman Reese Gerlach for a man-up strike with 10:36 left in the second quarter. Walsh scored unassisted midway through the frame to cut the gap to 10-3, but the Knights countered with three unanswered goals in a span of 2:46. Senior midfielder Michael Swift (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) broke up the scoring spree with 2:09 remaining in the second to help whittle the deficit to 13-4 at the intermission.
 
Swift scored man-up on a pass from Eiseman just 19 seconds into the third quarter, but Geneseo went on a 5-0 tear to build an 18-5 advantage through three quarters of play.
 
Plattsburgh State began scoring at will in the fourth quarter, beginning with Swift's man-up goal that was assisted by Vilardi 1:22 into the period. Sophomore midfielder Donald Woods (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point) and sophomore defenseman Kyle Ruland (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) each netted their first goals of the season before first-year attackman Ronnie Trebing answered for Geneseo. Lorenzetti then scored back-to-back goals, tallying man-up on a feed from Swift before finding the back of the cage on a Walsh pass 1:04 later. Eiseman scored man-up on an assist from Lorenzetti with 5:02 left in the fourth quarter to make it a 19-11 game, but the Knights received man-up goals from junior attackman Kevin Mouton (first-year midfielder Max Esposito assist) and Trebing (first-year attackman Ryan Trebing assist) to close out scoring in the contest.
 
Swift and Lorenzetti each recorded four points on three goals and an assist to lead the Cardinal attack, while Walsh (two goals, one assist) and Eiseman (one goal, two assist) each notched three points. Senior defenseman Julian Pigliavento (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) led the defense with five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
For Geneseo, sophomore attackman Jimmy Atkinson led the way with five points on four goals and an assist, while junior face-off specialist B.B. Syrop went 19-for-21 at the 'X' with 15 ground balls. Defensively, junior long-stick midfielder Ethan Cone and junior defenseman Trevor Bollinger each caused three turnovers.
 
Junior goalie Dan Clements (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley) matched a career high with 20 saves, while senior goalie Mark Pav earned the win by making seven saves against five goals allowed in 46:04 of action.