PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State ladies’s hockey crew capped its exhibition slate with a 3-1 residence victory over SUNY Canton on Saturday afternoon on the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Area. The Cardinals, coming off a 7-1 win at Castleton final weekend that featured seven completely different objective scorers, continued to showcase their depth and steadiness, getting objectives from three gamers within the win.
After a scoreless opening stretch, the Cardinals broke by way of late within the first interval when junior Emily Kasprzak (Niagara, N.Y.) discovered the again of the web with below three minutes left within the interval, ending off a setup from sophomore Tessa Morris (Grand Island, N.Y.) to place Plattsburgh State forward 1-0. The Cardinals managed play all through the body, outshooting the Kangaroos 16-7 within the interval and carrying the one-goal lead into the primary intermission.
Neither aspect discovered the again of the web within the second interval regardless of Plattsburgh outshooting Canton 17-3. The Kangaroos evened the rating early halfway by way of the third, capitalizing on a possibility completed by Bailey Cote to make it 1-1.
The Cardinals wasted little time regaining management, hanging again 5 minutes later when first-year Nikola Janekova (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) netted her first objective of the preseason off an help from senior Taya Balfour (Moorestown, N.J.), giving Plattsburgh a 2-1 edge. Simply over two minutes later, junior Adriana Urban (Monroe, N.J.) added insurance coverage, burying a feed from first-year Piper Smith(Newnan, Ga.) off a shot from sophomore Kate Conlon (New Hudson, Mich.) to seal the 3-1 win.
Plattsburgh State’s protection remained stout all through, holding Canton to simply 18 photographs on objective whereas producing 43 of their very own. The goaltending tandem of junior Chloe Lewis (Monson, Mass.) and sophomore Maddy Stetson (Wasilla, Alaska) mixed to cease 17 of 18 photographs confronted, with Lewis incomes the beginning and Stetson closing out the victory.
With the win, the Cardinals conclude exhibition play unbeaten and can now flip their focus to the beginning of the common season subsequent week. Plattsburgh State opens its 2025-26 marketing campaign at residence when it hosts Norwich on the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Area on Friday, October thirty first.
