BOXSCORE GENESEO, N.Y. – A free-position goal by Katey Hart lifted No. 9 Geneseo to an 9-8 SUNYAC women's lacrosse win Wednesday over the Fredonia State Blue Devils.

Hart's goal, her third of the game, came with 2:47 left and took momentum away from the Blue Devils, who had just rallied from a three-goal deficit.

The Blue Devils had one final chance to tie the game. Following a Geneseo draw control, Katie Kleine (Sr.; Cazenovia, N.Y.) caused a turnover which led to one final Fredonia State possession. Moving from left to right in front of the crease, Marissa Cussins (Jr.; Corning, N.Y.) took a low, hard shot from close range. Geneseo goalkeeper Laura Passamonte made a knee-high stick save with :02 remaining and time then ran out.

The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 8-3 and ended their eighth-game winning streak. They are 2-1 in the SUNYAC heading into a home conference game 1 p.m. Saturday against Oneonta.

Geneseo improved to 8-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

The Blue Devils jumped to a 3-1 lead on goals by Katie Glagolev (Jr.; Webster, N.Y.), Kristie Kleine (Fr.; Cazenovia, N.Y.), and Katie Kleine. Geneseo scored four unanswered goals to take a 5-3 lead into halftime.

Geneseo extended its scoring run to five straight until Emily Polizzi (Fr.; Rushville, N.Y.) broke the string and cut the Blue Devil deficit to 6-4 with 19:53 remaining. Cussins scored her team-leading 30th goal of the season at 16:42 to cut the margin to one goal.

Hart stemmed the tide with her second goal of the game. Geneseo later regained its three-goal lead before Katie Kleine asserted herself. She collected three straight draw controls in a span of two minutes. Each one resulted in a goal by the Blue Devils – by Polizzi, by Juliana Kotas (Soph.; Lancaster, N.Y.), and by Glagolev with 6:23 left for an 8-8 tie.

Kristie Kleine finished with one goal and four assists, her older sister Katie with one goal and two assists, and Glagolev and Polizzi with two goals each. Blue Devil goaltender Jessica Zagari (Fr.; Rochester, N.Y.) made five saves. Chelsea Maderer (Sr.; Orchard Park, N.Y.) had a team-high two ground balls. Polizzi was credited with two draw controls. Katie Kleine led the Blue Devils with two caused turnovers.

STICK CHECKS: Katie Kleine on Tuesday was named ECAC Mid-Atlantic Region Division III Player of the Week. She was also named SUNYAC Player of the Week on Monday. She had eight goals, 11 assists, and numerous field stats in Blue Devil home wins last week over Elmira and New Paltz … Oneonta brings a No. 19 ranking into Fredonia for Saturday's game.