POTSDAM, N.Y.—SUNY Potsdam senior captain Zach Sheridan (Clay, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) made a career-high 20 saves and picked up his first collegiate assist, but the SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (3-6, 0-2 SUNYAC) fell to Oswego State (7-2, 2-0) 11-9 on Wednesday evening. Junior captain Josh Huiatt (Lisbon, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams) led the Bears with three goals and an assist and seniors Josh Bradford (Whitney Point, N.Y./Limestone College) and Sean Coe (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C. W. Baker) each scored twice.
 
Potsdam got on the board first as junior attackman Tayte Murray (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) set up senior attackman Kyle Smith (Theresa, N.Y./Indian River) at 12:50. The Lakers scored four of the next five to grab a 4-2 lead after one. Junior attackman Kyle Bacon (Montgomery, N.Y./Pine Push), junior midfielder Tim Schof (Montgomery, N.Y./Pine Bush) and junior attackman Evan Hollfelder (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) scored in succession, but Coe brought the run to an end with a highlight reel goal at 4:07. Smith fed Coe at the left side of the net and he fired the ball behind his back and past Lakers sophomore goalie Kevin O'Donnell (Cleveland, Ohio/Saint Edward). With 10 seconds left in the first, sophomore midfielder Brian Rowe (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) struck for the Lakers to make it a two-goal contest.
 
Schof made it 5-2 40 seconds into the second quarter, but the Bears answered with the next two. Huiatt scored at 13:20 and then set up a man-up goal for senior captain Gabe Carbone (Accord, N.Y./Rondout Valley) at 11:59 to get Potsdam back within 5-4. Oswego closed the half on a 3-1 run. Freshman attackman Weston Gray (Philadelphia, N.Y./Carthage) scored at 11:10 but Murray fed Huiatt for another man-up goal at 9:26. Junior attackman Caleb Alford (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) scored at 8:53 and Hollfelder netted his second at 7:42 and the Lakers led 8-5 at the half.
 
Potsdam outshot Oswego 17-7 in the third quarter, but the Bears were unable to pick up ground as the teams traded a goal each. Schof completed his hat trick at 12:35 and Bradford countered at 9:19 to make it 9-6. Junior faceoff specialist Luke Vitale (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlow) won the ensuing  faceoff and the Bears controlled the ball for the next three minutes. In that time they took eight shots, but O'Donnell kept them off the board with three crucial saves.
 
Potsdam opened the fourth with two goals in 2:46 to climb within 9-8 with 11:02 to play. However, Lakers sophomore midfielder Bobby Emerson (Lake Grove, N.Y./Center Reach) scored two in-a-row at 7:06 and 6:20 to put the game out of reach. The Bears closed the game with a final highlight. In the closing seconds, Sheridan flung the ball down the field from just outside his crease. Coe caught in front of O'Donnell, stepped around the goalie to with one second left.
 
O'Donnell earned the win with 13 saves. Potsdam outshot the Lakers 45-43 and was 2-for-2 in extra-man opportunities, while Oswego was 1-for-3. Senior captain Colby Chapman (Johnson City, N.Y./Johnson City) collected five ground balls for the Bears and Vitale won nine faceoffs.
 
Potsdam is back in action at 3 p.m. on Saturday, when the Bears host the College at Brockport.