Peru's Luaren Prescott (5) with the tag on Plattsburgh's Hornets would-be base stealer. It would be the semi-finals of the Class B Champlain Valley Athletic Conference playoffs and the #1 Plattsburgh Hornets would host rival #4 Peru Nighthawks at the Plattsburgh Athletic Complex. With the winner meeting the winner of the other semi-final the Saranac Chiefs and the Saranac Lake Red Storm at Plattsburgh State Cardinal Park on Thursday. The game would remain scoreless until the top of the third inning when the Nighthawks would erupt for a 3-0 lead by Gabby Cunningham's 2 rbi double. In the fifth inning, the Nighthawks would get a tac-on round on the sacrifice fly by Steph Gappner for the 4-0 lead. Although the Hornets would not go quietly as they would try to hold the home field they would answer back in the sixth inning with a pair of runs lead by rbi hits by Duquette and Miller to make it a 4-2 game. The Hornets would try and tie the game up in the seventh but it would fall short and the Peru Nighthawks would get the upset win to advance to Section VII Class B Finals against the Saranac Chiefs. In the winning effort, Zoey Malcolm would go the complete game giving up 2 runs on three hits while striking out eight to get the win. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Lilly Duquette (4) drops to a knee to field the hot smash to third and fires onto first for the out. Gallery

Plattsburgh State Cardinals' Kelsey Waite (26) with the base hit on the low inside pitch as she would have a two-hit day. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would meet up with the Fredonia State Blue Devils in SUNYAC action as they are making the playoff stretch. The first game of the doubleheader would be a tight one but would go to the home Cardinals 4-3. They would enter the second game looking for the sweep on the day and would start off well as they would have a four-run first inning led by Julia Golino's RBI double. Then in the second inning, the Cardinals would add a pair of runs to extend their lead to 6-0 helped by Claire Palmer's rbi single. In the third inning, the Cardinal bats would stay hot and get two more runs and extend their lead to 10-0. In the fourth inning, the Cardinal bats would explode though as they would get six runs led by 2 runs sacrifice fly by Mikayla Manalo. The game would be called after the fifth inning due to the mercy rule as the Cardinals get the 16-0 win. In the winning effort, Julia Golino would get the complete game shutout as she scattered three hits on the day while striking out three as the Cardinals go to 18-6 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kylie Persampire (24) picks on the grounder and fires across to first to complete the out. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Jake Calkins (10) rips the pitch down the line for the base hit. It would be a Saturday morning matchup of a pair of Champlain Valley Athletic Conference baseball foes as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Moriah Vikings. The game would remain scoreless all the way till the fifth inning when the Hornets would erupt for seven runs lead by a 2 rbi double by Nate Baker. The Hornets would stay hot in the following inning as they would another 4 runs in the sixth inning led by a rbi single by Jack Sorrell the Hornets would get the 11-0 victory. In the winning effort, Trenton Griffiths would go the complete game 1 hitter shutout while striking out eight as the Hornets go to 3-2 on the season while the Vikings fall to 1-2 on the season. Gallery

Moriah's Chase McGinness (44) slides in safe ahead of the tag at second base for the stolen base. Gallery

Saranac Lake's Nick Munn (2) with the sliding stop to take away the base hit. It would be an early season matchup in the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference as the Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Saranac Lake Red Storm. The game would start off well for the home Hornets as they would get on the board in the first inning on an RBI triple from Jace Lacey and take a 1-0 lead. Then in the second inning, the Hornets would start to take control of the game with a four-run inning led by a 2 RBI single from Warren Miller to give the Hornets a 5-0 lead. Then in the fourth inning, the Hornets would explode again with another five-run inning to take a 10-0 lead on a pair of RBI hits by Warren Miller and Jake Calkins. In the fifth inning, the Hornets would add a single run on a Braeden Calkins RBI single and extend their lead to 11-0. In the top of the sixth, the Red Storm would break up the shutout bid when Nick Munn would score on a sacrifice fly to make it an 11-1 game. Then in the bottom of the sixth, the Hornets would add two more runs lead by an RBI single by Dan Hartman as the Hornets would secure the 13-1 victory. In the winning effort Hornets pitcher Dan Hartman would give up one hit walked two and struck out five over his five innings of work in the winning effort as the Hornets go to 2-2 on the season while the Red Storm suffer their first loss of the season and go to 2-1 on the year. Both teams will be back in action tomorrow as the Plattsburgh Hornets will host the Moriah Vikings and the Saranac Lake Red Storm will travel to Lake Placid. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Dan Hartman (11) with the fastball for one of his five strikeouts as he would pitch five innings of shutout ball for the win. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Declan Baker (11) with the overhand shot on net for one of two goals game on the game. It would be the home opener and the first home game for the Hornets in over two seasons and they would have a conference game against the Canton Golden Bears. The game would not start off the greatest for the Hornets but they would stay in and only be down 3-1 after the first with the lone goal scorer for the Hornets being Declan Baker. In the second quarter, the defenses would stand tall on both sides as there would be no scoring in the quarter and the Bears would take the 3-1 lead into the break. Although when the teams returned for the third quarter the Bear's offense would come to life as they would explode for five in the quarter. Then in the fourth quarter, the Bears would have another 3-1 quarter with Declan Baker scoring again for the Hornets as the Bears would get the 11-2 win. In the winning effort, the Bears go to 2-1 on the season while Owen Pray would make 29 saves as the Hornets fall to 0-5 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Ryan Castro (4) with the side arm whip shot on the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Cergol (13) with the pick on the bunt attempt and fires onto the first base for the out. It would be the first game of a twin bill for the Plattsburgh State Cardinals from the Chip Cummings Field against the New Paltz Hawks in SUNYAC play. The game would remain scoreless until the third inning when Kyle Cremin would hit the RBI single to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. When the Hawks would get up next in the top of the 4th inning they would tie the game at one Ortiz's fielder choice. In the bottom of the fifth, the Cardinals would regain the lead on Connor Gonzalski's rbi single and make it a 2-1 game. Once again the Hawks would answer right back in the 6th inning on another fielder's choice this time from Ascanio and tie the game at two. Then in the bottom of the seventh, the Cardinals would retake the one-run lead on a solo home run by Kyle Cremin for the 3-2 lead. In the 8th inning, the Cardinals would extend their lead to 4-2 on the rbi single to center from Nck Cergol. In the ninth inning, the Hawks would try and make and come back and tie the game up but it fall short as they would only get one off a sac fly by Harvey and the Cardinals would hold on the four the 4-3 victory and they would get the sweep on the day with the 10-7 victory in game two. In the first game, Chris Samtic would scatter 9 hits over 7 and third innings giving up 2 runs as the Cardinals go to 9-14 on the season. The Cardinals will be back in action Tuesday in nonleague action as they would take on Liberty League foe St Lawrence Saints. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Adam Wein (3) makes solid contact on the fastball for the base hit. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Caitlin Nash (23) charges down the center of the zone and fires the shot on net. The Plattsburgh State Women's Lacrosse team would be back in action at the Field House as they would host #19 in the country and fellow SUNYAC foe the Cortland State Red Dragons as they would try to end their four-game losing streak. Although the game would not start off the greatest for the Cardinals as they would behind 4-1 after the first quarter getting the lone goal for the Cardinals would be Lindsay Guzzetta while Hopsicker, Janis Hoffner, and Beck would score for the Red Dragons. In the second quarter, the Red Dragons would show their strength as they would score six times for the 6-1 quarter and the Cardinals would trail 10-2 at the intermission as Kate Kennedy would get the lone Cardinal goal of the quarter. When the teams returned for the second half it would be more of the same as the Red Dragons would have another 6-1 quarter and take a 16-3 lead into the 4th quarter as Lindsay Guzzetta would get her second goal of the game. In the 4th quarter with the game no longer in doubt, the teams would play it out for the Red Dragons 3-2 scoring for the Cardinals would be Lindsay Guzzetta (a third of the game) and Cynthia Barnosky. With that, the Cardinals would lose 19-5 and fall to 5-6 on the season as their next game will be this weekend as they travel to Oswego and take on the Lakers in SUNYAC action. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kate Kennedy (21) races down the sidelines ahead of the defenders as she would have a goal on the afternoon. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Mikayla Manalo with the flip toss at second on the grounder to get the out at first. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals Softball team would be in action this afternoon as they would have a nonconference doubleheader against the St Lawrence Saints at Cardinals Park. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals would break the 3-3 tie on a pair of base hits from Golino and Diller to take the 5-3 lead. Then in the sixth inning, Cardinals Golno would hit a three-rbi double to give the Cardinals the 8-3 lead and the eventual victory. In the second game of the doubleheader in the fourth inning, the Cardinals would explode with five runs on three base hits from Palmer, Persampir, and Torres and take a 7-2 lead. In the sixth inning, the Saints would strike for two runs to make it an 8-4 game. Although in the bottom of the inning, the Cardinals would end the Saints thought of a comeback as the Cardinals would make it a five-run lead again on the Gonzales fielder's choice and secure the 9-4 victory. With the sweep on the afternoon, the Cardinals go to 13-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Julia Golino (11) with the strike to the plate as part of a complete game victory. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Michael Walsh (4) with the shot on net that John Eiseman would clean up for the goal. We would have a little Non-Conference men's lacrosse action as Plattsburgh State from the SUNYAC would host the unbeaten Clarkson Golden Knights from the Liberty League from the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse Soccer Complex. The first quarter would start off well for the Cardinals as they would stay in contact with the Golden Knights and only trail 3-2 after the quarter scoring for the Cardinals would be Michael Swift and John Eiseman. At the same time, it would be Andrew Kearney, Connor Matthews, and Thomas Fiebich for the Golden Knights. Although in the second quarter, the Golden Knights would pull away with a 5-1 quarter on goals from Tyler Hall, Christian Canino, Bryan Penney, Alex Seiler, and Matt Reilly while getting the lone goal for the Cardinals would be John Eiseman (second of the game) to give the Golden Knights 8-3 lead at the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter it would be no better for the Cardinals as they would get shutout 5-0 with Golden Knights goals from Matt Reilly (second of the game), Connor Matthews (second and third of the game), Logan Wilkinson and Alex Seiler (second of the game) as the Golden Knights would have the 13-3 lead as they enter the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter with the outcome already determined the Cardinals would get the two lone goals of the quarter both coming from Owen Lorenzetti as the Golden Knights would get the 13-5 win. In the winning effort, the Golden Knights would stay undefeated at 7-0 as the Golden Knights netminders would combine for ten saves on the day. The Cardinals would lose and fall to 2-5 on the season and Dan Clements would make 14 saves. The Cardinals will be back in action Saturday as they will travel to New Paltz to take on the Hawks in the conference opener. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Gustav Rugg (20) charges down the wing and gets a quick snap shot on net on the scoring attempt. Gallery

Colgate's Carter Gylander (37) with the glove save on the quick wrister from Harvard's Marek Hejduk (13) as he would make 28 saves on the night for the title. It was time for the 2023 ECAC Hockey Championship. It would feature the powerhouse #2 seeded Harvard Crimson and the upstart and #5 seeded Colgate Red Raiders as they batt for this year's edition of the Whitelaw Cup at the Olympic Center Lake Placid in front of 3839 fans. The Red Raiders would come out firing as they were looking for the upset as Colton Young would get them on the board just 1:01 into the game with the powerplay goal. The game would stay there till the 12:47 mark of the period when brother Alex Young would give the Red Raiders the 2-0 lead and that's how the first period would end. In the second period, the Crimson would get on the board and cut the deficit to 2-1 on the Henry Thrun goal at the 6:01 mark. Although the 1 goal lead would be short-lived as Levi Glasman would score for the Red Raiders three minutes later to regain the two-goal lead at 3-1 and the game would stay there for the rest of the period. In the third period, the Crimson would keep fighting and get the game back within one with just over seven minutes left on the Matthew Coronato goal to make it a 3-2 game. From there though the Red Raider's defenses would be up to task as they would block 35 shots as a team in earning the 3-2 victory and being crowned the Whitelaw Cup champion for the first time since 1990 (33 years ago) and first for coach Don Vaughan along with giving the Red Raiders there first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014. In the winning effort, Carter Gylander would make 28 saves on 30 shots and 67 saves on 70 shots for the weekend in being named tournament Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament. With the win, the Colgate Red Raiders will enter the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 with a record of 19-15-5 and while the Crimson would come up short in winning the title they will also get a bid to the NCAA Tournament with a record of 24-7-2. Gallery

Harvard's Alex Laferriere (18) with jump shot on net as he was cutting in with Colgate's Nick Anderson (27) providing the screen on the net. Gallery