MORRISVILLE, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's lacrosse team (1-0) shook off an early deficit to defeat Morrisville State (0-4) 12-8 on Tuesday evening. Graduate student attack Anita Reitano (Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park) began her final assault on the program scoring record with a career-high tying six goals. Senior captain Lindsey LaDue (Massena, N.Y./Massena) and junior attack Mallory Marks (Brownsville, N.Y./General Brown) each added two goals and an assist.
 
Back-to-back goals from Anyssia Ingersoll and Alexa Ringgold gave the Mustangs a 2-0 lead at 8:58 of the first quarter. Potsdam answered with a 4-1 run to close the quarter. Reitano got the Bears on the board at 6:46. 54 seconds later sophomore midfielder Megan MacWilliams (Parishville, N.Y./Parishville-Hopkinton) tied the score before Reitano gave Potsdam its first lead while a player up at 1:46. Maddie Baum got Morrisville even at 1:31 but Marks made it 4-3 with a man-down goal with 18 seconds left. Freshman attack Kawenokwiio Mitchell (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River) assisted on the goal.
 
Baum scored back-to-back man-up goals goals to start the second quarter and give the hosts a 5-4 advantage. Reitano netted her third at 1:55, but Ringgold answered 52 seconds later. LaDue set up Reitano's fourth with just seven seconds on the clock and the contest was even at the half 6-6.
 
Potsdam took control of the contest with the first four goals of the second half. LaDue gave the Bears the lead for good at 11:30. Marks set up freshman attack Abby Kraus' (Buffalo, N.Y./Frontier) first career goal at 10:15. Marks then made it 9-6 at 6:59 with a helper from graduate student midfielder Taylor Swamp (Akwesasne, N.Y./Salmon River). Ingersoll got the hosts within 9-7 with her second at 4:35, but LaDue countered at 2:38 and Potsdam was up 10-7 after 45 minutes.
 
Reitano scored her fifth with an assist from Kraus to open the scoring in the fourth quarter. Potsdam native Alana McDonald closed the gap to 11-8 with 7:08 left, but the Mustangs couldn't get any closer. Reitano closed the win with her sixth at 6:23.
 
Sophomore goalie Olivia Minarich (Albany, N.Y./Albany) made four saves and allowed six goals in the first half. Freshman Allyson Bruns (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) picked up her first career win in relief, making seven saves and allowing two goals in the second half. LaDue caused a game-high seven turnovers and collected six ground balls and three draw controls.
 
Rebecca Thomas allowed 12 goals and made 10 stops for Morrisville.
 
The Bears are back home on Thursday when they host SUNY Poly at 6:30 p.m.