CORTLAND, N.Y.—Cortland jumped out to an early 7-1 lead and continued to pull away from visiting Buffalo State for an 18-6 victory in today's SUNYAC regular-season finale.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Cortland - 18, Buffalo State - 6
LOCATION: SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex – Cortland, N.Y.
RECORDS: Cortland (13-4/8-0), Buffalo State (7-10/3-5)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Christina Krowel (Amsterdam/B.H.-B.L.) led Buffalo State with two goals and an assist.
• Kendall Skuse (Churchville/Churchville-Chili) and Morgan Hogue (Painted Post/Corning) had a goal and an assist each, and Nina Schaefer (Lafayette/Lafayette) and Ally Ruggieri (Brockport/Brockport) also scored.
• Elyse Stark (Lido Beach/Long Beach) finished with 16 saves to help keep Buffalo State in the contest.
• Buffalo State converted on three of its five first-half shots, but trailed 9-3 at the intermission.
• The Red Dragons scored the first four goals of the second half to pull away and did not look back.
• Cortland outshot the Bengals 46-11 for the game and held a 29-12 advantage in ground balls.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Megan Gonzalez paced Cortland with four goals and three assists.
• Carly Stone scored three times, and Lexie Meager added five points on two goals and three assists.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State enters the SUNYAC playoffs as the No. 6 seed and will visit No. 3 Brockport for a quarterfinal contest on Tuesday at 4 p.m.