UTICA, N.Y. – Junior attacker Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y. / William Floyd) recorded four points and surpassed 100 points for her career as the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team dropped a non-conference game to Utica 18-9. Barnosky finished with a three-goal hat trick and tallied an assist in the overall effort.

Sophomore attacker Abby Guasconi (Ogdensburg, N.Y. / Ogdensburg Free Academy) and senior midfielder Caitlin Nash (Patchogue, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford) both notched two goals on the day. Isabella Girard (Plattsburgh, N.Y. / Plattsburgh) and Maddy Garcia (New Paltz, N.Y. / New Paltz) also recorded goals for Plattsburgh. Sophomore defender Lillian Gilroy (Rome, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy) and senior midfielder Rachel LaMar (Ballston Lake, N.Y. / Shenendehowa) both had three draw controls as Gilroy also added three ground balls and a caused turnover while LaMar added two ground balls.

For the Pioneers, Grace Stuhlman led the way with six points off four goals and two assists while Maria Stuhlman recorded four goals as well. Jordan Kowalski and Kendall Best both had three points as Kowalski notched three goals and Best had two assists and one goal.

Although Utica outshot Plattsburgh 34-21, the Cardinals had a high percentage of their shots on goal with 17 while Utica had 24 on goal. The Pioneers had a slight edge on draw controls with 16 to the Cardinals 13 and had a 24-18 advantage in ground balls. Both teams only missed two free-position shots as Plattsburgh went 5-7 and Utica 3-5. On clears, the Cardinals were 16-25 while the Pioneers were 13-25.

Plattsburgh State moves to 1-5 and next hosts Fredonia on Saturday, Mar. 22 at 11 a.m. for their Senior Day game. Before the game, the Cardinals will honor their four seniors: Garcia, LaMar, Nash, and Nicole Resnick (Latham, N.Y. / Shaker). Utica moves to 2-3 and next travels to Morrisville on Tuesday, Mar. 25.

Utica controlled the game to start scoring five straight goals midway through the first quarter. The Cardinals ended the run momentarily as Guasconi took advantage of a free-position shot to get Plattsburgh on the board and made the score 5-1 at the 6:56 mark. Utica continued to add to their lead scoring back-to-back goals, however, the Cardinals countered with two goals of their own courtesy of Nash that made the score 7-3 as Barnosky assisted on Nash's first goal to reach 100 career points.

However, that momentum didn't carry into the second quarter as Utica kept the Cardinals off the board until the 11:49 mark when Garcia cashed in on a free-position shot and made the score 9-4 Pioneers. Both teams then exchanged goals coming from the free-position shot before Utica went on a three-goal run and pushed their lead to 13-5. Barnosky netted her second goal in a row for Plattsburgh as she tacked on a late goal with less than 30 seconds to go and made the score 13-6 Pioneers at halftime.

The third quarter saw the Pioneers pull away as they outscored the Cardinals 3-0 and took a 16-6 lead into the fourth quarter. Utica scored the first goal of the fourth quarter, it was Barnosky again as she recorded her third goal of the game at the 9:59 mark for a hat trick. Guasconi followed that up with another free-position goal as the Cardinals continued to cut into Utica's lead and made the score 17-8 at the 7:52 mark but ultimately fell 18-9.

Sophomore Anna Myers (Saugerties, N.Y. / Saugerties) recorded six saves in the loss for Plattsburgh while Makayla Purdy made two saves in the win for Utica in over 43 minutes of action.