NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team dropped their season opener to Norwich 14-5 in non-conference action on the road. Junior attacker Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y. / William Floyd) led the Cardinals with four points off two goals and two assists.
 
Sophomore Anna Myers (Saugerties, N.Y. / Saugerties) made her first start in goal, recording a career-high nine saves in 60 minutes of action and scooped up five ground balls on the evening as well. First-year midfielder Maggie Maurer (Stony Point, N.Y. / North Rockland) had a multi-point game for Plattsburgh with two goals, recording her first collegiate goal while senior attacker Maddy Garcia (New Paltz, N.Y. / New Paltz) had a goal for the Cardinals as well. Defensively, junior defender/midfielder Ava Parsons (Vestal, N.Y. / Vestal) led the way with a career-high four caused turnovers and two ground balls. Junior defender Lillian Gilroy (Rome Free, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy) picked a game-high six draw controls, recorded two caused turnovers, and two ground balls.
 
For the Cadets, Quinn Mustone led all players with five points off a four-goal and one-assist performance. Ellie Moriarty, Caitlyn Fielder, and Athena Merck all had three goals on the day.
 
The Cadets had the upper hand in shots 30-18 while the Cardinals controlled the ground game with a slight 23-21 advantage in ground balls. Plattsburgh went 13-15 on clear attempts and owned a 12-9 advantage in draw controls. The Cardinals went 3-5 on extra-player opportunities while the Cadets were 1-7 on extra-player chances.
 
Plattsburgh State falls to 0-1 and next travels to Vermont State University (VTSU) Castleton tomorrow, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. Norwich moves to 2-0 and next travels to Keene State College on Thursday, Feb. 27.
 
Quinn Mustone scored the opening goal for the Cadets 2:13 into the game and Norwich followed that up with three more goals before Garcia finally got the Cardinals on the board with less than 20 seconds remaining after a Norwich green card gave Plattsburgh an extra-player up opportunity. Barnosky tallied the assist on the goal after driving from the right side to the x position and found a cutting Garcia on the doorstep for the goal, making the score 4-1 Cadets at the end of the first.
 
The Cadets scored the next six goals with two coming from Moriarty before Plattsburgh responded with back-to-back goals from Barnoksy and Maurer. Barnoksy backed her defender down using a spin move to free herself for the unassisted score. Maurer found herself unguarded right in front of the goalie and after an easy pass from Barnosky was able to put in another goal for Plattsburgh that made the score 10-3 at halftime.
 
It was Maurer again as the Cardinals opened the scoring after the break when Maurer scooped up the ground ball of her first shot attempt and scored on her second. However, the Cadets went on a 4-0 scoring run that saw two goals from Fielder before Barnosky netted the final goal of the game as Plattsburgh fell 14-5.
 
Bailey Manning-Ingals made eight saves in 60 minutes of action and earned the win in net for Norwich.