CORTLAND, N.Y.—No. 13 Buffalo State scored twice in the third period to claim a 4-3 victory over host Cortland tonight in a SUNYAC game at Alumni Arena.  The win guarantees a home playoff game for the Bengals.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #13 Buffalo State – 4, Cortland - 3
LOCATION: Alumni Arena - Cortland, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (17-6-1/9-5-1), Cortland (9-13-2/5-9-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS), Nick Berst (Depew, NY/Lancaster), Zach Remers (Clarence, NY/Canisius) and Jonathan Colley (Stouffville, ON/Stouffville District) all scored for Buffalo State.
• Colin O'Connor (Kankakee, IL/Providence Catholic) recorded a pair of assists.
• Buffalo State jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Wood and Berst just over a minute apart, but Cortland answered with two goals of its own in a span of 31 seconds to even the score at 2-2 before the first intermission.
• After a scoreless second period, the Bengals reclaimed the two-goal lead with two goals in the first 7:23 of the third by Remers and Colley.
• The Red Dragons closed the gap to one, striking with the extra-attacker with just 32 seconds remaining, but the Bengals held on for the win.
• Buffalo State finished with a 35-27 advantage in shots. 
• Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) made 24 saves in the win.

 
FOR THE FOES                                    

• Aidan Salerno, Andrew McCann and Sean Patrick all scored for Cortland.
• Drew Weigman finished with 31 saves.

 
NOTEWORTHY                                     

• The win guarantees a home playoff game for the Bengals.  Plattsburgh defeated Geneseo, 1-0, locking the Bengals into either third or fourth, earning them the right to host a first round game on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.

 
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