ALBANY, N.Y. – After trailing 13-12 with a little over five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, senior midfielder Caitlin Nash (Patchogue, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford) scored the game-winning goal with 2:13 remaining, leading the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team to a 14-13 victory over the Russell Sage Gators. Nash finished with four points as she scored a career-high four goals on the day and added four caused turnovers. Junior attacker Cynthia Barnosky (Shirley, N.Y. / William Floyd) also had a strong showing on the offensive end, recording six points off four goals and two assists, setting a new program record for career points with 112.

First-year attacker Ashley O'Hara (Chittenango, N.Y. / The Hill School) contributed five points to the Cardinal offense with three assists and two goals. Rachel LaMar (Ballston Lake, N.Y. / Shenendehowa), Erica Dickinson (Yaphank, N.Y. / Bellport), Taya Balfour (Moorestown, N.J. / Moorestown), and Lillian Gilroy (Rome, N.Y. / Rome Free Academy) all scored one goal. Gilroy also led the way on the circle with 10 draw controls to go with four ground balls and four caused turnovers.

For the Gators, Alexis Crossman led the way with five goals, followed by Maddison Walter with four. Madisyn Bullock had a multi-goal outing, recording a hat-trick, and Tristun Valenze had a goal while Aimee Rodriguez had an assist.

Russell Sage had the advantage in shots 35-29, but Plattsburgh recorded more shots on goal with 20 while the Gators had 18. Both teams were deadlocked with 19 ground balls while Plattsburgh had the edge in draw controls 16-14. Both teams netted four free-position shots with Plattsburgh going 4-7 and Russell Sage 4-8. On clears, the Cardinals were 10-16 and the Gators were 14-21.

Plattsburgh State rises to 2-6 with the win and next returns to conference play on Saturday, Mar. 29, when they travel to Cortland for a 3:30 p.m. start time. Russell Sage falls to 1-5 with the loss and returns to conference play when they travel to No. 18 St. John Fisher on Saturday, Mar. 29.

The first quarter saw even play as both teams combined for eight goals, scoring four each. It was the Gators who got on the board first as Bullock scored the opening goal at the 13:57 mark, but it was followed by back-to-back goals from Plattsburgh. O'Hara tallied the Cardinals' first goal of the game, followed by Barnosky with a player-up goal that made the score 2-1 Cardinals at the 6:44 mark. Crossman tied the game at 2, however, the Cardinals countered with back-to-back goals again from O'Hara and Barnosky and regained the lead 4-2 at the 2:47 mark. The Gators responded with two straight goals to end the first and tied the score at 4 as Walter tacked on a goal with just 16 seconds left in the quarter.

Gilroy opened the scoring in the second, giving Plattsburgh a 5-4 lead, which was the last lead the Cardinals had until the fourth quarter. The Gators went on a three-goal scoring run led by Walter with two, and took a 7-5 lead with over 11 minutes to play. Back-to-back goals from Plattsburgh tied the game at 7, but the Gators responded with back-to-back goals of their own and took a 9-7 lead into halftime.

The third quarter didn't have much action as Nash tallied the first goal of the quarter at the 14:00 mark, and Crossman tallied the last goal of the quarter at the 2:01 mark and made the score 10-8 Gators after three quarters of play.

The fourth quarter saw Plattsburgh outscore Russell Sage 6-3, leading to the comeback victory.  The comeback started right away as Balfour got Plattsburgh on the board just 30 seconds into the quarter, followed by goals from LaMar and Barnosky as the Cardinals took an 11-10 lead just three minutes into the final quarter. After both teams traded goals, two straight goals from Russell Sage, including a player-up goal, allowed the Gators to take a 13-12 lead with a little over five minutes remaining. However, nearly 30 seconds later, Nash tied the game at 13 on an unassisted goal before tallying the game-winning goal at the 2:13 mark off the assist from Iohseriio Tabor (Akwesasne, N.Y. / Salmon River) as Plattsburgh won 14-13.

Sophomore Anna Myers (Saugerties, N.Y. / Saugerties) made four saves in 30 minutes of action, earning the win for Plattsburgh. Summer Atchley made six saves in 60 minutes of action in the loss for Russell Sage.