WILKES-BARRE, PA.—The SUNY Potsdam women's lacrosse team (0-1) rallied from an early deficit before falling to King's College (2-0) 12-10 in its season opener. Junior captain Cayla O'Connor (Dexter, N.Y./General Brown) had three goals and an assist for the Bears. Senior captain Rachael Huntley (Canton, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams) recorded a goal and three assists and sophomore attack Alli Stark (Walworth, N.Y./Gananda) added two goals and an assist.
 
The Monarchs got off to a quick start, scoring the contest's first four goals in the opening 7:03. Amanda Carroll scored twice during the span for King's. Potsdam started to battle back at 19:53. Sophomore attack Ashley Burrowes (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) set up freshman attack Zoe Morgenroth's (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) first collegiate goal to ignite a Bears' 4-0 run. O'Connor closed the gap to 4-2 at 14:31 with an assist from Stark. Huntley then set up fellow senior captain Morgan Cook's (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) first of the season at 10:16 before O'Connor tied the game a 4-4 on a free-position goal 25 seconds later. Kendra McCoy and Carroll answered for the Monarchs and King's went back up 6-4 with 5:02 left in the half. Potsdam countered with a 5-0 run that would carry into the second half. O'Connor notched her third of the contest at 3:48 and junior midfielder Meaghan Paige (Carthage, N.Y./Carthage) tied the game at the buzzer with another helper from Huntley.
 
Paige gave Potsdam its first lead of the contest at 21:17 of the second half with an assist from O'Connor. Huntley scored her first of the season at 19:33 to give Bears an 8-6 advantage. Stark connected with Huntley at 18:43 to make it 9-6. However, King's charged back with a 6-0 run. Anastasia Araviakis and Carroll each scored twice as the Monarch's built a 12-9 lead with 3:39 left. Stark halted the momentum with a free-position marker with 1:55 on the clock, but Potsdam couldn't get any closer.
 
Bears junior goalie Katie Longamore (Dexter, N.Y./General Brown) finished with eight saves, while Orla Cottell made just three saves and earned the win.
 
With her three assists, Huntley moved passed Hall of Famer Alisha Schaad-Waite '08 and Maribeth Simmons '12 for sole possession of eighth place on the program's assists list.
 
Potsdam heads to Newburgh, N.Y. tomorrow afternoon for the Bears' first ever meeting with Mount Saint Mary College at 1 p.m.