NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta field hockey team fell to New Paltz on the road, 4-0, Wednesday afternoon. The result brought the Red Dragons to 7-10 on the season as they finished out SUNYAC play 2-4 while the Hawks moved to 12-4 overall and finished 5-1 in the conference.  

New Paltz's first goal was scored in the early minutes of the second period off a penalty corner opportunity where Rachel Tama shot the ball from the left side of the circle and had it redirected in by Amanda Quenneville. Senior Carly O'Connor (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) registered the first shot on goal for Oneonta at 17:42 but it was kick saved by Gail Comiskey.  

New Paltz scored two goals in the third period off the sticks of Quenneville and Ayden Fleming, then Miranda Britton netted their last one at 48:22. Graduate student Morgan Fleming (Harpursville, N.Y./Harpursville) had the last chance to get Oneonta on the board at 49:45, but it was stopped by Comiskey.

Sophomore Maura Leib (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa) saved 17 shots for the Red Dragons. Senior Larkin Uhl (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) recorded three defensive saves while senior Michaela Maniscalco (Northport, N.Y./Northport) had two, and freshmen Abigail Draper (Remsen, NY/Holland Patent) and Alexandra Howell (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) each had one defensive stop.  

New Paltz outshot Oneonta 28-3 on net and had a 23-1 penalty corner advantage.  

The Red Dragons close out the season on Saturday with a nonconference match against RPI at 3 pm on All College Field. Read Full Article