BUFFALO, N.Y.— Nationally-ranked No. 12 Geneseo held Buffalo State scoreless in the first half en route to a 20-4 victory in today's SUNYAC contest on Coyer Field.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: No. 12 Geneseo – 20, Buffalo State – 4
LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Geneseo (11-0, 4-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (6-6, 2-1 SUNYAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Morgan Hogue (Painted Post/Corning) and Jackie Dufresne (Lake View/Frontier) each finished with a goal and an assist to pace the Bengals.
- Nina Schaefer (Lafayette/Lafayette) and Kendall Skuse (Churchville/Churchville-Chili) also scored for Buffalo State.
- Geneseo took control in the first half, netting the game's first 12 goals to close the half and pushed the lead to 13-0 with 26 minutes remaining in the second half.
- Buffalo State responded with back-to-back goals by Hogue on the free-position attempt and Dufresne to cut the lead to 13-2 with 18 minutes left in the contest.
- Following four-consecutive goals by Geneseo, the Bengals tallied a pair of goals from Skuse with seven minutes left and Schaefer with five minutes remaining to complete their scoring.
- The Knights scored three goals in the last three minutes to claim the win.
- Geneseo held a 39-9 advantage in shots and an 18-7 advantage in draw controls.
- Elyse Stark (Lido Beach/Long Beach) was credited with the loss in the net, making eight saves in 60 minutes of work.
FOR THE FOES
- Rachel Fisher finished with five goals to lead the Knights.
- Tessa Doody and Hannah Marafioti each tallied two goals and an assist respectively.
- Tess McFadden picked up the win in the net for Geneseo, making four saves in 49 minutes of action.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will close out its home regular season with a SUNYAC contest against New Paltz on Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m.
