BUFFALO, N.Y.— Ally Ruggieri (Brockport/Brockport) and Jackie Dufresne (Lake View/Frontier) each tallied four goals and Morgan Hogue (Painted Post/Corning) added four assists as Buffalo State cruised to a 15-5 victory over visiting SUNYAC foe New Paltz on Senior Day.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 15, New Paltz – 5  
LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (7-6, 3-1 SUNYAC), New Paltz (4-7, 0-5 SUNYAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hogue paced the Bengals' offense with six points by tallying a pair of goals. Ruggieri added an assist to finish with five points, while Dufresne finished with four points.
• Christina Krowel (Amseterdam/B.H.-B.L.) chipped in three goals and an assist and Kendall Skuse (Churchville/Churchville-Chili) tallied a goal and two assists.
• Nina Schaefer (Lafayette/Lafayette) also scored.
• New Paltz won the first draw control and scored on its first possession to take an early 1-0 lead with only 31 seconds played in the contest.
• Buffalo State responded with a 7-1 run to shift the momentum and pushed the lead to 9-2 at halftime.
• Following a goal from Dufresne to open up the second half, the Hawks scored back-to-back goals to cut the deficit to 10-4 with 19:26 left in the game.
• The Bengals scored five of the next six goals to take a 15-5 lead and cruise for the win.
• Elyse Stark (Lido Beach/Long Beach) was credited with the win in the net for Buffalo State, finishing with 11 saves in 60 minutes of action.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Tara Bovich led the Hawks with a pair of goals, while Amy Hofer, Rachael Purtell and Taylor Russell also scored.
• Nicole Sheintul picked up the loss in the net, finishing with 10 saves.

 
NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game was Buffalo State's annual "Molly's Game" in honor of former Bengal Molly Elizabeth Seifritz who passed away March 2nd, 2013, from a progressive tissue cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma.  Throughout her two-year battle, she never stopped smiling, while turning her thoughts to others more unfortunate than her. She began to develop a vision to create a network of lacrosse teams all over the country that worked together to benefit rare cancer research.  In an effort to realize her dream, Molly's past teammates, coaches and friends have been working together to establish "Molly Games" to help raise money and awareness for rare cancer research.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will travel to Brockport for a SUNYAC showdown on Tuesday, April 17. First draw control is set for 4 p.m.