The SUNY Oneonta men's lacrosse team battled back from a two-goal deficit in the final 30 seconds only to see the visiting Plattsburgh Cardinals score with 1.4 seconds on the clock today to suffer yet another heartbreaking loss by one goal.  All of Oneonta's (3-8, 0-3 SUNYAC) conference defeats have been by one goal including two in overtime.
 
Trailing 6-4 with less than one minute remaining in the contest, junior Ryan Curley (Manorille/Eastport South Manor) took a pass from classmate John Shea (Huntington/Huntington) before burying a shot in the upper left corner of the goal with 28 seconds on the clock.  Junior Troy Stasko (Smithtown/Comsewogue) won the ensuing faceoff and got the ball to classmate Nick Eiseman (Farmingville/Sachem East) who then fed classmate Alec Solomito (Holtsville/Sachem East) who tied the game 11 seconds later.
 
Stasko won the next faceoff as well, but turned it over where Kyle Espejo of Plattsburgh picked the ball out of the air.  He then got the ball to a racing Nicco Narbutas who charged into the box where he passed to an open Ryan Hubbard inside 10 yards.  Hubbard completed the play with a shot that found the upper right corner of the goal.
 
Hubbard led the Cardinals' attack today with three goals.  Mike Gay added a goal and two assists for three points in the contest.
 
Both Eiseman and Curley collected three points today on two goals and one assist.
 
The first half belonged to Plattsburgh (7-4, 2-0 SUNYAC) as they built a 5-2 lead while outshooting Oneonta 27-13.  Sophomore goalie Andrew Helfman (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) kept Oneonta close making 11 of his 13 saves in the opening 30 minutes.
 
The momentum shifted in the second half and Oneonta found themselves trailing 5-4 entering the final period.  Curley and Eiseman scored for the Red Dragons in the third while the defense held the Cardinals off the scoreboard.
 
Midway through the fourth period, Gay put Plattsburgh up 6-4 on an unassisted tally.
 
Oneonta will play at Oswego on Saturday in another SUNYAC contest beginning at 1pm.