BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State women's hockey team dropped their home opener to Nazareth on Saturday afternoon 8-0 at the Ice Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Nazareth – 8, Buffalo State – 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Nazareth (2-0), Buffalo State (0-2)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Sissy Harman (Eden, NY/Morrisville State) made a career-high 58 saves in goal for the Bengals.
- Bethany Horvatits (Elma, NY/Cazenovia Chiefs) won 11 out of her 17 faceoffs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Nazareth opened the scoring just four minutes into the game as Madison Nichols scored the first goal of the game.
- Harman made 14 saves in the opening period to keep it a 1-0 game at the first intermission.
- Nazareth added three goals in the second period to take a 4-0 lead into the second intermission.
- Harman also added 14 saves in the second period.
- Nazareth broke the game open in the third period with four more goals, although Harman registered 20 more saves in the period, including stopping multiple breakaway attempts by the Golden Flyers.
FOR THE FOES
- Eight different players scored goals for Nazareth in the victory.
- Hailey Redders had a goal and three assists for the Golden Flyers.
UP NEXT
The Bengals open NEWHL play next weekend on the road against Oswego on Saturday.