Steinle
Rene Van Ee
Natasha Steinle scored her sixth goal in her past six games in today's victory.
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William Smith WSC 4-9-2 (1-6-1)
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Winner Buffalo State BUFW 10-4-1 (5-3-0)
William Smith WSC
4-9-2 (1-6-1)
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Final
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Buffalo State BUFW
10-4-1 (5-3-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
William Smith WSC 0 0 1 1
Buffalo State BUFW 2 0 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

Women’s Hockey completes sweep of William Smith with 2-1 win

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Natasha Steinle (Morrison, CO/COHA) and Lila Toczek (Pendleton, NY/Starpoint) each scored first period goals as Buffalo State was able to hold off William Smith, 2-1 in an ECAC West contest this afternoon at the Buffalo State Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 2, William Smith - 1
LOCATION: BSC Ice Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (10-4-1/5-3-0), William Smith (4-9-1/1-6-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Buffalo State outshot William Smith, 47-18 as the Bengals controlled play for the majority of the afternoon.
  • Steinle netted her sixth goal in her last six games after going scoreless in her first eight games as a Bengal.
  • Just a day after scoring her first colligate goal against the Herons, Toczek scored her second in two nights after going goal-less in her first 13 games with Buffalo State.
  • Missy Mallon (Amherst, NY/Amherst), Jessica Carter (Scottsdale, AZ/Brightmont Academy), and Toczek all registered an assist.
  • Steinle opened the scoring just 2:38 into the first period.  Toczek entered the zone on a 2-on-1 and sent the puck into the corner.  She chased it down, circled the net and threw it off the boards to herself again behind the net.  After getting into a battle in the boards, Steinle took the puck off Toczek's stick, stepped out in front, and ripped a shot into the top corner of the net from the faceoff circle to make it 1-0, Buffalo State.
  • The Bengals struck again 16 minutes later as Carter won a battle behind the net, pushing it out to Mallon in front.  Mallon then flipped it across to Toczek, who was crashing the net, and she buried it to make it 2-0, Buffalo State.
  • The two teams skated to a scoreless second, with the Bengals outshooting the Herons 14-5 in the period.
  • William Smith's Jordan Roetzer scored halfway through the third period on the power play to half the Bengal lead to 2-1.
  • Buffalo State stood strong and withstood the Herons final attack in the last couple minutes of the third to pick up the 2-1 conference victory. 
  • With the win, the Bengals completed the season-sweep over the Herons after last night's 5-2 victory.  Buffalo State is now 5-1 against William Smith all-time.    
  • Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) made 17 saves to pick up her ninth win of the season.

FOR THE FOES
  • Maggie Salmon made 45 saves in the losing effort.  Despite being 3-6-1 on the year, Salmon averages over 39 saves per game for the Herons.
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State heads to Cortland to take on the Red Dragons (1-12-0, 0-8-0) on Friday and Saturday in an ECAC West season-series at Alumni Arena.  Both games are set to face off at 2 p.m.
 
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