Box Score The No. 20 ranked SUNY Oneonta women's lacrosse team came overcame a halftime deficit and then held off a charging SUNY Potsdam team to capture an 11-10 road victory yesterday.  Oneonta (8-4/3-1 SUNYAC) was trailing 6-5 at halftime, but held off a late flurry of goals to secure the one-goal win.
 
Trailing 6-5 entering the second half, the Red Dragons came out with renewed energy, as Oneonta put in five unanswered goals and six of the next seven goals that were scored.
 
Kiera McNally (East Northport/Northport), Oneonta's leading scorer, knotted the score at 6-6 with her 31st of the season just 1:01 into the second half.  Junior Nicole Boylan (Massapequa/Massapequa) dodged around a Bears' defender and reclaimed the lead for Oneonta at 26:49.  Clark scored unassisted on a free position shot to give the Red Dragons a two-goal cushion.  Boylan and classmate Nikki Fioretti (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) scored to make it 10-6 with 17:47 left forcing a Potsdam timeout.
 
The first goal of the second half for the Bears came from freshman midfielder Alyssa Ferenczy.  Bri McClusky got on the board to make it 11-8 with 2:20 left and freshman Michaela Cole cut it to 11-9 with 1:47.   Weigel charged from the clearing line with the ball and found the back of the net to make it 11-10 with 3.4 seconds remaining.
 
The Bears were primed to compete as it took the lead from the start when junior defender Emily Petit  made good on a free position shot with 27:41 remaining in the first half.  Petit finished with a solid all-around game with two goals, seven groundballs and four draw controls.
 
Red Dragons senior midfielder Casey Sarle (West Islip/West Islip) answered with a free position shot of her own just 52 seconds later.  Sophomore Catherine Clark (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills) gave Oneonta its first lead at 20:53.
 
Potsdam reclaimed the lead on goals by Weigel and Petit.  Weigel added to the lead by making it 4-2.  
 
Sarle converted a free position shot and Clark put in another marker to even the score at four with 12:28 left.
 
Senior attacker Michelle Varney struck back to give Potsdam a 5-4 lead on a feed from sophomore Lizzie Marchbanks.
 
Fioretti scored on an assist from Clark to even the score at five.
 
The Bears forced a key turnover in the waning seconds of the first half to head into halftime with a 6-5 lead when Weigel scored on an assist from McClusky.
 
Oneonta will travel to Fredonia this Saturday to take on the Blue Devils, who are currently one the Red Dragons heels with its 2-0 record in the conference.
 
Yesterday's game also marked a SUNYAC wide collaboration that paid tribute in memory to former Buffalo State women's lacrosse player and alum Molly Seifritz, who passed away on March 2, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer.
 
All SUNYAC women's lacrosse conference teams wore "Team Molly" T-shirts during warm ups for games yesterday.  All proceeds from the sale of the t-shirts will benefit the Friends of Jaclyn (FOJ).
 
Seifritz, a native of Syracuse and graduate of Henninger High School, enrolled at Buffalo State in the fall of 2006.   During her five-year career that was extended by a season-ending injury in 2009, she played in 65 career games and ranks sixth in school history with 156 career points, including 112 goals.
 
She tallied 41 and 51 points in her junior and senior seasons respectively after recovering from injury, and garnered All-SUNYAC Honors in both seasons.  She was also named to the SUNYAC Championship All-Tournament Team in 2010.  She served as a team captain in each of her final two seasons.
 
Seifritz also excelled off the field, completing her bachelor's degree in hospitality and tourism in 2010 with a 3.42 cumulative grade point average.  Molly returned to school to take additional classes the following year to complete her final season of eligibility.   A Buffalo State Scholar-Athlete, she qualified for the Dean's List five times and was on the SUNYAC All-Academic Team and Commissioner's List."
 
The mission of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation is to improve the quality of life for children and their families who are battling pediatric brain tumors and to raise awareness about this disease.
 
FOJ pairs up children and their families battling pediatric brain tumors with college and high school sports teams. The teams give these children love, support and friendship as they fight this devastating disease.
 
The organization celebrates each day by creating lasting relationships between student athletes, the child, and their families. This greatly improves the quality of life for children with brain tumors, as well as those who support them.