BUFFALO, N.Y.—
Erin Gehen (West Seneca, NY/W. Seneca West) and
Rachel Lenard (Orchard Park, NY/Nardin) had three points each as Buffalo State rolled to a 4-0 victory over visiting Cortland today in an ECAC West contest at the Ice Arena.
THE BASICSFINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, Cortland - 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (17-6-0/11-5-0), Cortland (9-12-1/5-10-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED- Gehen netted two goals and an assist, and Lenard had a goal and two assists to lead the Bengals attack.
- Senior Nikki Kirchberger (Buffalo, NY/W. Seneca West) added a goal and an assist for the Bengals.
- Lenard opened the scoring with her fourth of the season since transferring for the New Year just 4:38 into the game.
- Gehen pushed the lead to 2-0 with a deflection from a Lenard point shot on the power play for the only goal of the second period.
- Gehen extended the lead with her team-leading 17th goal of the season midway through the final stanza, before Kirchberger completed the scoring with her 10th of the year on the power play.
- Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) and senior Sarah Quigley (Canton, MA/National Sports Academy) combined for the shutout in goal. Silva stopped all 19 shots she faced before being relieved by Quigley who made four saves in the final 4:47 on "Senior Day".
- Buffalo State finished 2 for 7 on the power play and successfully killed all nine shorthanded situations.
- Buffalo State outshot Cortland, 26-23.
- Emma Ruggiero (Amherst, NY/Sacred Heart), Caitie Horvatits (Elma, NY/Iroquois), Viivi Vaattovaara (Veikkola, Finland) and Maddie Toczek (N. Tonawanda/Starpoint) added assists for the Bengals.
FOR THE FOES- Deanna Meunier finished with 22 saves for Cortland.
NOTEWORTHY- Kirchberger matched a school record playing in her 100th career game today. She also moved into sole possession of second place on the school's all-time scoring list with 61 career points (31 goals, 30 assists).
UP NEXTBuffalo State will close out the ECAC West regular season with a pair of games at Utica next Saturday and Sunday to likely determine the No. 3 and 4 seeds entering the playoffs.
