(BOX SCORE)

GENESEO, NY— Nicholas Petriello (St. Catharines, ON/Holy Cross) scored twice, but Geneseo (14-11-1) scored 11 minutes and 30 seconds into overtime to defeat visiting Buffalo State (10-12-4), 4-3, in a SUNYAC quarterfinal game tonight at the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena.

After Geneseo opened the scoring midway through the first period, Buffalo State took the lead with a pair of goals before the first intermission by Justin Merritt (Burlington, ON/Blessed Trinity) and Petriello. The Knights pulled even with the only goal of the second period, before Petriello's second goal of the game put Buffalo State ahead 3-2 with just 5:31 remaining. Geneseo pulled even again just 46 seconds later, however to force the extra period.

Geneseo outshot the Bengals, 44-37, including 8-5 in overtime. Alan Fritch (Saginaw, MI/Heritage) made 40 saves for Buffalo State.

Senior Jason Hill (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls) had two assists in his final game to bring his career point total to 131, tying Joe Urbanik's Buffalo State career scoring record.