PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's hockey team (9-12, 5-10 SUNYAC) held second-ranked Plattsburgh State (19-2-1, 14-1) scoreless for two and a half periods before bowing 2-1 on Friday evening. Sophomore goalie Magalie Parent (Trois-Rivières, Quebec/Les Diablos – Cégep de Trois-Rivières) produced another stellar performance with 30 saves. Graduate student forward Megan Teachout (Auburn, N.Y./Oswego State) scored her 12th goal of the season.
 
The defenses played a big factor in the first period. Potsdam held the Cardinals to nine shots, but managed just four chances of its own. Each team was unsuccessful in its lone power play in the scoreless period.
 
It was all Plattsburgh in the second period, but the Cardinals were still unable to crack the scoreboard. Plattsburgh tested Parent 14 times in the middle stanza. The teams traded another fruitless power play each in the second, but the contest remained scoreless.
 
Parent stopped another four shots over the first half of the third period. A hooking call against the Bears finally gave Plattsburgh an opening. Ciara Wall scored a power-play goal at 9:51 to break the stalemate. Emily Kasprzak netted an even-strength marker at 15:38 to make it 2-0. The Bears called time out with 1:49 left and with 21 seconds on the clock, Teachout scored close the gap to 2-1. Senior forward Alana Palameta (Windsor, Ontario/Morrisville State) and sophomore defenseman Victoria Proulx (Rockland, Ontario/Post University)
 
Lilla Nease finished with 14 saves for the Cardinals. Potsdam was 0-3 on the power play and Plattsburgh was 1-for-4.
 
The two teams face each other again tomorrow in Plattsburgh at 3 p.m.