PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Freshman attacker/defender Deja Richardson (Rochester, N.Y./Sperry) scored the game-winning goal with 25.6 seconds left in regulation to lift the Plattsburgh State women's lacrosse team to a 12-11 win over the College of Mount Saint Vincent in non-conference action Saturday afternoon at the Field House Complex.
 
The victory moved the Cardinals to a historic 3-0 start, as they also set the program record in single-season wins with the triumph. Plattsburgh State puts its perfect record on the line on Tuesday, March 10, when it visits Castleton University for a 6 p.m. opening draw. Mount Saint Vincent falls to 2-2 overall with the loss and next visits Ramapo College on Wednesday, March 11, at 4 p.m. The Cardinals avenged their 16-12 loss to the Dolphins from their first-ever meeting last year on March 20, 2019, during Plattsburgh State's inaugural year of competition.
 
Plattsburgh State posted the first two goals of the contest, as freshman attacker/midfielder Kate Kennedy (Waddington, N.Y./Massena) scored 3:20 into the game before freshman attacker Katie Kallamni (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) connected with junior midfielder Frankie Porcaro (Bellport, N.Y./Bellport) 2:03 later. Mount Saint Vincent got on the board with a goal from freshman midfielder Colleen MacNeil 14 seconds after Porcaro's score, while senior midfielder Kerri Corcoran (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) buried a feed from freshman midfielder Caroline Noia (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South) to stake the Cardinals to a 3-1 advantage. Dolphin goals from MacNeil and junior midfielder Morgan Pavlik squared the score at 3-all, and after sophomore attacker/midfielder Allie Vangas (Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y./Cornwall) tallied on a woman-up goal, Mount Saint Vincent countered with a woman-up marker by sophomore midfielder Sophia Raccolin to tie the game at 4-all. Kallamni and Porcaro each scored unassisted to give Plattsburgh State a 6-4 cushion, but Mount Saint Vincent's senior midfielder Paulina Mandujano scored with 2:18 left in the first half and MacNeil tallied five seconds before halftime to knot the score at 6-all heading into the intermission.
 
Sophomore attacker Emily Caoili (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Arlington) found the back of the net 2:57 into the second half to put Plattsburgh State up, 7-6, but the Dolphins wound up tying the game 1:01 later with a goal from junior midfielder Caitlin Elia. Freshman midfielder/attacker Lindsay Guzzetta (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) buried a pass from Richardson to make it an 8-7 game, but Mount Saint Vincent received two consecutive goals to take its first lead of the game. Junior attacker Emma Dell'Aquila scored unassisted with 22:19 left in regulation, while MacNeil put the Dolphins up, 9-8, with a marker midway through the stanza. Richardson leveled the score with an unassisted goal before MacNeil tallied woman-up on a pass from Dell'Aquila to stake Mount Saint Vincent to a 10-9 cushion. Kallamni's woman-up goal with 6:32 left tied the game at 10-all, but the Dolphins received a score from senior attacker Shannon Dalton on an assist from Dell'Aquila 30 seconds later to regain the lead. Corcoran scored woman-up with 1:48 to go to tie the game, while Vangas connected with Richardson with 25.6 seconds remaining to provide the game winner. Freshman midfielder/defender Emma McLaughlin (Northport, N.Y./Northport) won the ensuing draw for Plattsburgh State, and the Cardinals maintained possession the remainder of the contest to pull out the win.
 
Plattsburgh State finished with a 37-25 edge in shots and a 23-18 advantage in ground balls, while Mount Saint Vincent won the draw control battle, 13-12. On clears, the Cardinals were 14-for-19, while the Dolphins were 12-for-20.
 
Kallamni and Richardson each tallied three points on two goals and an assist, while junior defender Claire Wiley (Whitesboro, N.Y./Whitesboro) scooped up four ground balls and caused two turnovers. Freshman defender/midfielder Lacey Greenamyre (Middlebury, Vt./Middlebury Union) and Guzzetta each controlled three draws.
 
For Mount Saint Vincent, MacNeil scored five goals and added 12 draw controls, eight ground balls and six caused turnovers.
 
Sophomore goalie Alexa Cassidy (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick) earned the win in goal for the Cardinals, making five saves in 32:18 of action. Freshman goalie Sarah Braja (Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove) turned aside three shots in the opening 27:42 of the contest. For Mount Saint Vincent, junior goalie Allyson Weakliem made 10 stops in the loss.