Freshman Faith Welch (Albany, NY/Catholic Central) hit a pair of free throws with 8.3 seconds remaining to give The College at Brockport Women's Basketball team a 54-53 lead but New Paltz drove to the lane at the other end of the court and converted both free throws to regain the lead and held on for the 55-54 win Friday night in a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) game in the Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium in Brockport.

Brockport (9-15 Overall, 5-12 SUNYAC) had an early lead with a 13-point advantage in the first half at 18-5. New Paltz (6-18, 4-13) trimmed the lead to seven points in the next four minutes and trailed by 10 points at 23-13 at the break.

In the second half, the Hawks doubled their scoring output in the first six minutes of the half to cut the Brockport lead to six points and eventually tied the game at 38-38 with 9:40 left. New Paltz built its largest lead, scoring seven of the next eight points for a 45-39 advantage.

Brockport rallied to keep the score within a possession and regained the lead on a pair of Hannalee Fordyce (Amityville, NY/Copiaque) lay ups, the second coming off a fast break pass by Meg Stucko (Elba, NY/Elba) with 1:35 left to play.

New Paltz converted a pair of free throws to regain the lead at the 1:23 mark and neither team was able to score until Welch's free throws in the closing seconds of the half.

Fordyce finished with 11 points and fellow senior Alexandra Marshall (Manorville, NY/Eastport-South Manor) also scored 11 points to lead the Golden Eagles. Welch chipped in six points, six rebounds and five assists while Kaitlin Hammersley (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) led the way with nine rebounds as Brockport held a convincing 55-36 lead in rebounding.