Box Score MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – SUNY Morrisville women's lacrosse battled to their first win of the 2021 season Wednesday evening, topping host SUNY Potsdam by a final 11-10 overtime decision in thrilling fashion, behind a career high nine points from Maddie Baum (Fulton, N.Y.).

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 11, Potsdam 10 OT (halftime – Potsdam 7-6)
• Location: Potsdam, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 1-1, Potsdam 0-1

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• SUNY Morrisville attacker Maddie Baum (Fulton, N.Y.) led all scorers on the afternoon as she collected a collegiate high six goals and three assists to lead the Mustangs to their first win of the 2021 season.
• Mustang Senior Makenzi Santini (Fairport, N.Y.) opened all scoring on the day 1:45 into the contest on a free position before Potsdam rattled off three straight to claim a 3-1 advantage 10 minutes in.
• Baum collected her first at the 19:23 mark to bring the Mustangs within one, before the hosts again went on a 3-0 spurt to open the lead to 6-2 with 10 to go in the half.
• Baum broke the Potsdam streak with an unassisted tally and about 30 seconds later connected with a cutting Aria Treadway (Rome, N.Y.) to cut the lead to two.
• Back-to-back tallies by Baum sent the game into the halftime period with a 7-6 Potsdam lead.
• After a Potsdam tally to extend the host lead to two, Morrisville rifled off three straight – the first from Jaele Naab (Buffalo, N.Y.) who posted her first collegiate score, a fifth from Baum and a second from Santini – giving the Mustangs their first lead of the contest with 4:55 to go.
• Potsdam tied it up at nine with 2:55 remaining, before Baum countered with her sixth of the day, regaining the lead for Morrisville.
• The Bears, who tied the contest at 10 with 1:44 to go in regulation had two attempts to claim the win, but goalkeeper Kadi Denney (Lorraine, N.Y.) posted two huge stops, including on a free position, to keep the hosts off the board and send the game into overtime.
• In the extra time, Lauren McGreal (Pawling, N.Y.) claimed her fourth draw control of the day and following a ground ball pick up by Naab to maintain possession, at the 1:37 mark into the overtime period Morrisville struck as Baum fed a cutting Treadway from behind the net for the sudden victory winning tally.
• Denney finished the contest with six saves in the win, while Laura Lorraine (Hamilton, N.Y.) added two to the team's totals with her 14 minutes played in net.
• Baum finished with a total nine points and added a team high seven ground balls to go along with two caused turnovers to her tallies on the day.
• Santini and Treadway each finished with two scores, adding a combined five ground balls and five draw control wins.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:

• Morrisville returns to the field Saturday, hosting Oswego at 12 p.m. on Drake Field. Live stats and video for the contest will be available on the team's schedule page on the athletic website.

 
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