CORTLAND, N.Y.- The Plattsburgh State women's soccer team won their second consecutive conference game Saturday afternoon beating SUNY Cortland 3-1 at Stadium White.

Katie Matott (Rouses Point, N.Y. / Northeastern Clinton) scored her first goal of the season in the 28^th minute off a rebound from Rachael Moran (Hopewell Junction, N.Y. / Arlington) to put the Cardinals on the board first.

Madeline Saccocio (Schenectady, N.Y. / Schalmont) scored five minutes later off a free kick from Sarah Bonner (Yorktown Heights, N.Y. / Yorktown) to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half.

Cortland scored off a penalty kick in the 43^rd minute and Plattsburgh State headed into halftime up 2-1.

Plattsburgh State's defense held Cortland to just two shots in the first half.

Cortland had another penalty shot in the 63^rd minute in the second half but Nichole Gibson (Arkport, N.Y. / Arkport) made the save to keep Plattsburgh State up by one.

Saccocio scored her 12^th goal of the season of a penalty kick in the 78^th minute to give the Cardinals a 3-1 advantage.

Plattsburgh State's defense held off Cortland to take the two-goal win and improve their record to 6-3-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the SUNYAC. Cortland is now 5-2-3 and 2-2 in the conference.

Gibson made one save in her 90:00 minutes of play and recorded her sixth win of the season.

The Cardinals out-shot the Red Dragons 19-6 with 10 shot being on net.

Saccocio logged seven shots, five on goal; Matott had four shots, two on goal and Moran had four shots, one on goal.

Plattsburgh State is home on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to host The Sage Colleges at 7 p.m.