FREDONIA, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's lacrosse team (5-11, 2-6 SUNYAC) battled 17th-ranked Fredonia State (14-2, 7-1) for 60 minutes, before bowing to the Blue Devils 9-6 on Saturday afternoon. In her final game, senior captain Margaret Wall (Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas) scored two goals for the Bears and junior attack Bri McClusky (Watertown, N.Y./Immaculate Heart) added four assists to set the Potsdam single-season assists record with 34. Katie Kleine led the Blue Devils with three goals and two assists.
 
Kleine set up Katie Glagolev to open the scoring 2:55 into the game. Wall answered at 26:32 on a helper from McClusky to start a 3-0 run. The duo repeated the scoring at 14:19 and McClusky set up senior attack Bailey Weigel at 12:31 to give the Bears a 3-1 lead. Fredonia closed the half with three straight goals and took a 4-3 lead into the break. Shelby DePew scored two in a row and Audrey Yokopovich got the final goal of the half at 3:27. All three markers came on assists from Marissa Cussins.
 
Kristie Kleine put the Blue Devils up 5-3 at 27:42 of the final period, but senior captain Emily Petit (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) countered to get Potsdam back within one 44 seconds later. Fredonia scored four straight in a 2:40 span to build a 9-4 lead with 16:39 to play. Katie Kleine scored all three of her goals during the stretch. With 41 seconds left, McClusky connected with sophomore attack Michaela Cole (Parishville, N.Y./Parishville-Hopkinton). Sophomore attack Katie Lapinski (Canton, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams) closed the scoring 21 seconds later for the 9-6 final.
 
In goal, Potsdam sophomore Devan Olschewske (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) made 11 saves. Nicole Burrows earned the win with four saves for Fredonia.
 
The loss brings to a close the careers of seniors Wall, Weigel, Petit, Katie Putnam (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango) and Cheyenne Lazore (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River).
 
Wall finishes her career ranked seventh in scoring with 106 points and fourth in goals with 90.
 
Weigel is fourth in scoring with 143 points, fifth in goals (89), third in assists (54) and first in draw controls (324).
 
Petit totaled 33 goals and 15 assists for 48 points. She finishes her career as the program's all-time leader in ground balls (170), caused turnovers (86) and games-started (57) and is sixth in draw controls (81).
 
Putnam recorded 11 points on 10 goals and an assist along with 69 ground balls, 28 caused turnovers and 11 draw controls.
 
Heading into next season, McClusky is already fifth on the Bears all-time scoring list with 130 points. She is ninth in goals (67) and second in assists (63).