UTICA, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (1-1) scored four goals in the last four minutes to defeat SUNY Poly (2-1) 13-12 on the road on Wednesday evening. Senior captain Josh Huiatt scored five goals to lead the Bears. Senior attackman Tayte Murray (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) had a game-high six points on two goals and four assists and freshman attackmen Payton Walsh (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) and Nick Zalucky (Wynantskill, N.Y./La Salle Institute) each scored twice.
 
Huiatt and Walsh put the Bears up 2-0 in the first 2:21 with sophomore midfielder Alec Miller (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) assisting on Walsh's marker. The Wildcats countered with a 5-1 run and led 5-3 after a quarter. Junior midfielder Philip Dorman (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) netted Potsdam's third goal at 7:53.
 
The Bears outscored SUNY Poly 3-2 in the second 15 minutes. Walsh buried his second at 11:20 to make it 5-4. After two more Wildcat goals, freshman midfielder Henry Reber (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) notched his first career goal with an assist from Murray at 5:38 to close to within 7-5. Murray then set up Zalucky's first collegiate marker at 2:14 and Potsdam trailed 8-6 at the half.
 
Sophomore attackman Cam Talcott (Potsdam, N.Y./Potsdam) fed Murray to make it an 8-7 contest just 3:31 into the third quarter. SUNY Poly netted the next two goals to regain a three-goal lead through 45 minutes.
 
Miller set up the first of two straight Huiatt goals at 11:17 of the fourth quarter. The Bears' captain then added his third goal of the day at 8:50. Again the Wildcats answered with two in a row an led 12-9 with 5:27 remaining. Potsdam took control in final minutes with a decisive 4-0 run. Huiatt got number four with 4:07 on the clock. Murray notched his second seconds later. At 2:51, Murray set up Huiatt's fifth and final goal to tie the game. Zalucky put Potsdam up for good at 1:59 on Murray's fourth assist and the Bears held off SUNY Poly for the rest of the contest for the 13-12 win.
 
Senior goalie Mike Nowak (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) allowed a goal and made a save in the fourth quarter to pick up his first career win in relief. Sophomore Ben Fuchs (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Calvary Christian Academy) made seven saves and allowed 10 goals in the first 45 minutes. Jared Laird made 17 saves for the Wildcats.
 
Brody Guido led SUNY Poly with six points on four goals and two assists. Daniel Cuddihy had four points on two goals and two assists. Edward Rosachi also recorded four points on a goal and three helpers and Shane Wyman scored three times.
 
The Bears return home for the first time this season when they face Utica College at 1 p.m. on Saturday.