MORRISVILLE, N.Y.—Junior attack
Hannah Stevenson (Canton, N.Y./C.W. Williams) scored five goals and added three assists for eight points as the SUNY Potsdam women's lacrosse team (1-2) defeated Morrisville State (2-2) 19-9 on Saturday afternoon. Junior attack
Anita Reitano (Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park) matched a career-high of seven points with four goals and three assists. Sophomore midfielder
Lindsey LaDue (Massena, N.Y./Massena) and freshman
Mallory Marks (Brownville, N.Y./General Brown) also established personal bests with six (4-2-6) and three (3-0-3) points, respectively.
Stevenson and Reitano each scored two goals in the opening quarter for a 4-0 lead.
Potsdam broke the game open in the second quarter, outscoring Morrisville 8-4. LaDue netted her first on a helper from Stevenson at 13:15 and then Stevenson buried her third with an assist from graduate student attack
Kyrsten Stone (Massena, N.Y./Massena) at 12:21. LaDue setup Marks at 8:35 and Stevenson got her fifth at 4:48. Potsdam scored four goals in the last 1:30 of the half. Reitano netted her third at 1:30. LaDue scored the next two at 0:53 and 0:11, the second coming with an assist from Reitano. Stevenson added her fifth with just a second left. Aria Treadway scored twice for Morrisville, but Potsdam was in command 12-4 at the break.
A 5-1 third quarter erased any doubt about the contest's outcome. Reitano set up Marks' second at 14:10. Junior attack
Julia Blair (Massena, N.Y./Massena) set up Stone's first goal as a Bear at 13:04. Marks completed her hat trick at 9:06 and Reitano assisted on junior midfielder
Taylor Swamp's (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) first collegiate goal at 7:55. Stevenson set up Reitano's fourth goal at 1:55 and Potsdam was up 16-5 after 45 minutes.
Stevenson notched her third assist on LaDue's fourth goal at 10:54 of the fourth quarter and Swamp closed Potsdam's scoring at 9:13 to make it 19-6. Treadway scored the Mustangs' last two goals of the contest.
Senior goalie
Netta Terrance (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) earned the win after making five saves and allowing four goals in the first half. Senior
Kara Sue Mulvaney (Carthage, N.Y./Carthage) made her goalie debut in the second half, allowing five goals and making one save. Laura Lorraine finished with eight saves for Morrisville.
Marks also had a game-high seven draw controls along with three caused turnovers and four ground balls. Stevenson had five draw controls and LaDue had three caused turnovers, five ground balls and two draw controls.
The Bears are back in action on Tuesday when they head to Cazenovia College for a 4 p.m. game.
