– The Plattsburgh State men's lacrosse team put itself back in the win column on Friday afternoon, defeating SUNY New Paltz, 15-7, in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action at the South Turf Field. Sophomore midfielder Amos Grimm (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) and junior attackman Dilon Smith (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) notched six points apiece, with Grimm scoring four goals and adding two assists and Smith recording three goals and three assists. Senior midfielder Stephen Kane (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) picked up three points on two goals and an assist, while senior attackman Connor Wolff (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) and first-year attackman Brian Pohoreckyj (Port Washington, N.Y./Paul D. Schreiber) each scored twice. Junior midfielder Zach Gill (Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point) registered two points on a goal and an assist, while senior short-stick defensive midfielder Tanner Tobias (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) scored his first collegiate goal. Defensively, sophomore long-stick midfielder Julian Pigliavento (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) caused four turnovers, while first-year midfielder Logan Jones (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) aided the Cardinals in the possession game with eight ground balls. Junior face-off specialist Daniel Umbro (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) dominated at the 'X,' going 15-for-17 on face-offs. The Cardinals finished with the upper hand in shots (56-36) and ground balls (39-17) while going 20-for-25 on face-offs and converting their lone extra-man opportunity of the contest. Both teams fared well on clears, with Plattsburgh State going 17-for-18 and New Paltz going 12-for-12. The Hawks were 1-for-4 with the extra-man advantage. Plattsburgh State rises to 2-5 overall (2-3 SUNYAC) with the win and closes out its season on Friday, April 30, when it hosts SUNY Potsdam at 4 p.m. New Paltz falls to 0-6 overall (0-5 SUNYAC) with the loss and wraps up its 2021 campaign on Friday, April 30, when it entertains SUNY Oneonta at 4 p.m. New Paltz's sophomore midfielder Aidan Gregory scored on a pass from sophomore attackman Thomas Armetta 1:39 into the game to break the ice, but Plattsburgh State relied on a nine-goal surge to close out the first half. Kane found the back of the net on a pass from Grimm to tie the game, while Gill put the Cardinals up, 2-1, midway through the first quarter. Pohoreckyj scored twice to pin Plattsburgh State to a 4-1 lead through 15 minutes of play, with Grimm earning an assist on his first tally. Kane added to the lead 1:13 into the second stanza and provided the assist to a Grimm marker that gave the Cardinals a 6-1 edge. Smith tallied back-to-back goals midway through the second quarter, while Wolff's score that came on a Smith assist gave Plattsburgh State a 9-1 cushion at the half. New Paltz broke up the run when sophomore midfielder Zach Schmidt converted a feed from sophomore midfielder Aiden Jones 1:46 into the third quarter, but the Cardinals answered back with a man-up goal from Grimm (Gill assist) and an unassisted marker from Smith. Jones connected with sophomore attackman Ryan Scully to trim the gap to 11-3, while Grimm scored with 21 seconds left in the third to put Plattsburgh State out in front by a 12-3 margin. Armetta rattled the back of the net for the Hawks with a man-up score 2:08 into the fourth quarter before Wolff countered 1:06 later. Tobias, a short-stick defensive midfielder during his career as a Cardinal, buried his first collegiate goal with 10:30 left in regulation, relying on a pass from Smith. New Paltz received goals from Armetta (Scully assist) and Scully to pull within 14-6, but Smith connected with Grimm for a goal just more than a minute later. Schmidt's goal on a Scully assist with 3:24 remaining provided the final score of 15-7. Scully paced New Paltz with four points on two goals and two assists, while Armetta registered three points on two goals and an assist.