A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta women's lacrosse team was defeated by Cortland 21-11 on Tuesday afternoon in SUNYAC action.

The Inside Story
The two teams wasted little time exchanging blows as the score was tied 1-1 less than a minute into regulation. Cortland (10-5, 7-1 SUNYAC) got on the board 22 seconds into the game before Lily Avazis (Port Washington/Schreiber) tied the game at the 51 second mark. After Cortland tallied back to back goals to take a 3-1 advantage, Oneonta (8-8, 4-4 SUNYAC) went on a five goal run to go in front 6-3. Maggee Sheridan (Warwick/Warwick Valley) got the run started with an unassisted goal 6:33 into the first half. Just 49 seconds later, Lauren Bascelli (Williston Park/Herricks) fed Victoria Varone (Commack/Commack) for her 27^th goal of the season to tie the game at 3-3. A Lily Avazis (Port Washington/Schreiber) goal gave the guest the lead at the 7:45 mark before Sophia Calabrese (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) capped off the run with back-to-back makers just 37 seconds apart.

After Cortland called a timeout to regroup, the hosts scored three straight goals to knot the game at 6-6. Oneonta took the lead back when Maggee Sheridan (Warwick/Warwick Valley) connected with Shannon Giddens (Franklin Square/H Frank Carey) for a man-advantage goal with 8:03 remaining in the first half. Cortland responded with back-to-back goals from Emily Goebel to go in front 8-7. Sophia Calabrese (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) tied the game for the last time with 2:13 on remaining in the stanza before Cortland went a three goal run to end the first half with an 11-8 lead.

Sophia Calabrese (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) put Oneonta on the board 3:09 into the second half to make the score 11-9. Unfortunately, Cortland scored the next three goals to go in front 14-9. Sophia Calabrese (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) then tallied her game-high fifth goal of the contest to cut the deficit to 14-10. Cortland and Oneonta then exchanged goals 11 seconds apart to make the score 15-11, with Oneonta tally being scored by Kelsey Cohen (Baldwin/Baldwin). That would be as close as Oneonta would get as Cortland closed out the game with six unanswered goals.
Oneonta goalie Lexi Keen (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) suffered the loss after making 12 saves while causing three Cortland turnovers.

What's Next
The Red Dragons return to action on Saturday, April 27th when they host Fredonia on Senior Day at 1:00 p.m.