Fadeley
1
Buffalo State BUFSTATE 0-1-0
8
Winner Nazareth NAZARETH 1-0-0
Buffalo State BUFSTATE
0-1-0
1
Final
8
Nazareth NAZARETH
1-0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Buffalo State BUFSTATE 0 1 0 1
Nazareth NAZARETH 1 5 2 8

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey |

Women's Hockey drops season opener at Nazareth

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Nazareth tallied five second-period goals to pull away from the Buffalo State women's hockey team, as the Bengals fell 8-1 to the Golden Flyers in the season opener from the Bill Grey's Iceplex Friday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Nazareth – 8, Buffalo State – 1
LOCATION:  Bill Grey's Sportsplex – Rochester, N.Y.
RECORDS:  Nazareth (1-0), Buffalo State (0-1)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
  • Carys Ursell (Calgary, Alberta/Calgary Fire AAA) tallied the lone goal for the Bengals in the second period, her first career goal.
  • Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, Mich./Honeybaked Detroit) made 48 saves in her first career start.
  • This was the first ever meeting between the two schools.
     
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Nazareth opened the scoring with six minutes left in the opening period as Olivia Miller-Johnson scored on the rebound on the power play.
  • Nazareth doubled the score early in the second period, as Makenna Wiljanen got one into the net.
  • The Golden Flyers scored just over 90 seconds later, as Abbey Luth scored on the rebound after a Wiljanen shot.
  • Luth then doubled up with her second goal of the game, this time while shorthanded.
  • Buffalo State got on the board with Ursell's goal midway through the period, just after the face-off at 10:49.
  • Nazareth ended the period with two more goals, as Keeley Rose and Gabriella DeMeo scored.
  • The Golden Flyers scored twice in the final period, as Rae Rice and Ally Watrous provided the final margins.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Luth led the Golden Flyers with two goals, adding one assist.
  • Wiljanen led the team with three assists, adding the aforementioned goal.
  • Madison Nichols added two helpers.
  • 12 different Nazareth skaters earned at least a point.
  • Adrianna Brehm made seven saves in the winning effort.
  • Nazareth outshot Buffalo State by a 56-8 margin and won the face-off battle, 34-23.
  • Nazareth went 2-for-3 on power plays, and stopped all six Buffalo State extra-person chances.
 
UP NEXT
The home-and-home series shifts to Buffalo, as the Bengals and Golden Flyers will meet at the Buffalo State Ice Arena Saturday at noon.
 
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