GENESEO, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team were held scoreless the entire game and ended up falling to Geneseo 22-0 in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on Saturday afternoon.

Junior midfielder Caitlin Nash (Patchogue, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford) picked up three draw controls to lead the team followed by senior defender Janey Adams (Wynantskill, N.Y. / Averill Park) with two. Nicole Resnick (Latham, N.Y. / Shaker) collected two ground balls and caused two turnovers. Lillian Gilroy (Rome, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy), Taya Balfour (Moorestown, N.Y. / Moorestown), and Ava Parsons (Vestal, N.Y. / Vestal) also had two ground balls on the day as well.

For the Knights, Maddie Brown led the team in points with six off of two goals and four assists. Molly Brown led the team in goals with five.

The Knights outshot the Cardinals 39-7 and took the edge in ground balls 25-9. The Knights won the draw control battle 16-9. On free-position shots the Cardinals were 0-4 while the Knights were 1-2. On clears the Cardinals were 9-15 and the Knights were 12-13.

Plattsburgh moves to 2-8 overall (0-3 SUNYAC) and next hosts Brockport on Wednesday, Apr 10 with the first draw control in the air at 3 pm. Geneseo moves to 7-3 overall (3-1 SUNYAC) and next travels to St. John Fisher on Tuesday, Apr 9 with the first draw control in the air at 4 pm.

The Knights outscored the Cardinals in the first 8-0 as they took a multi goal lead into the second quarter. Eight turnovers for the Cardinals was detrimental to their offense as they only got two shots in the first.

The Cardinals didn't register any shots in the second quarter but limited the Knights to six goals off of 12 shots which was the most shots of any quarter by the Knights. The Cardinal netminder came away with three saves and the defense caused two turnovers as the Cardinals went to the locker room down 14-0 at the end of the second.

The third quarter was the Cardinals best chance to score as they drew two yellow cards on the Knights and posted four shots, the most of any quarter for them, but none made their way into the net as they were held scoreless by the Knights. The Cardinals were perfect on clear attempts this quarter and only had three turnovers. Despite the Cardinals offensive pressure picking up, the Knights offense was still rolling as they tacked on four more goals and went into the final quarter with an 18-0 lead.

The fourth quarter saw the Knights put in four more goals and complete the shut out as the Cardinals only had one shot that was saved and fell 22-0 in SUNYAC action.

Graduate student goalie Lilla Nease (Lake Forest, Calif. / El Toro) made three saves in the start and first year goalie Hannah Lowder (Rome, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy) finished the game with five saves. Senior goalie Emily DeJohn took the win in net for the Knights.