BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo State scored four second period goals to cruise to a 6-0 victory over visiting Nichols to close out the Buffalo State Invitational at the Ice Arena this evening. 
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Nichols - 0
LOCATION: Buffalo State Ice Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (1-0-1), Nichols (0-2-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Buffalo State had seven players finish with multi-point games.  Emma Ruggiero (Amherst/Sacred Heart), Caitie Horvatits (Elma/Iroquois), Rachel Lenard (Orchard Park/Nardin), Kristine Strawberry (Edmonton/Freshstart Westmount) and Missy Mallon (Amherst/Amherst) each scored a goal and chipped in one assist.  Erin Gehen (West Seneca/West Seneca West) was the other goal scorer for the Bengals while defensemen Emily DeCock (Ramara, ON/Patrick Fogarty) and Megan Reukauf (Depew/Lancaster) each added two assists. 
• Ruggiero opened the scoring 5:38 into the second period, and Mallon stuck just 11 seconds later after the ensuing faceoff to give Buffalo State a 2-0 lead.
• Horvatits converted a chance off of what looked to be a normal rush back up the ice, but she turned on the burners, slipped behind the Bison defense and put home a beautiful pass from Lenard to make it 3-0 Bengals, 12:05 into the second.
• Just 14 seconds later, Strawberry found the back of the net to make it 4-0, Buffalo State.
• Buffalo State held a 33-2 edge in shots after two periods of play.
• Lenard scored 7:24 into the third and Gehen ended things with her tally with just 45 seconds remaining in the game.
• Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) and Serena Angelo (Rochester/Greece-Athena) combined for the Buffalo State shutout.  Angelo played the third period and led the Bengals with four saves while Silva took the first two periods, picking up the win.
• Buffalo State outshot Nichols, 47-7 and held a 50-15 edge in faceoffs.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Cassandra Goyette made 41 saves for Nichols in the losing effort.

 
IN THE EARLY GAME

• Morrisville knocked off Plymouth State, 3-0 in the 1 p.m. game today.  The Mustangs got goals from Claire Newman, Maddison Devlin and Kali Rutka.
• With the victory, Morrisville won the Buffalo State Invitational Cup, posting a record of 2-0-0 and a goal differential of 12-0.

 
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
F- Maddison Devlin (MOR)
F- Caitie Horvatits (BUF)
F- Shannon Hickey (PLY)
D- Kaitlyn Schlake (MOR)
D- Viivi Vaattovaara (BUF)
G- Lindsay O'Connell (NC)
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State gets ECAC West play underway against visiting Utica on Friday, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. at the Ice Arena.