BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State women's soccer team dropped its final home contest of the season on Wednesday evening at Coyer Field, falling to Geneseo 2-0. The game was also the Cancer Awareness Game, as the Bengals raised money for cancer research for Roswell Park.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Geneseo – 2, Buffalo State – 0
LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Geneseo (9-4-2, 6-1-1 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (6-6-3, 1-5-2 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Bella Vene (Deer Park, NY/Deer Park) made 10 saves in goal for the Bengals.
• Sarah Berlinger (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island), Kaylee Valentic (N. Tonawanda, NY/N. Tonawanda), and Carley LoPresto (Livonia, NY/Livonia) each tallied a shot on goal for Buffalo State.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Geneseo opened the scoring in the 17^th minute, as Nicole Bell headed home a corner kick past a diving Vene.
• Geneseo nearly doubled its lead minutes later, but Vene was able to divert a long-range attempt onto the crossbar and keep the ball out of the net.
• Geneseo maintained its 1-0 lead into halftime.
• The Bengals' best opportunity of the game came in the opening minutes of the second half, as Valentic was denied by Knights' goalkeeper Angel Bennett with a diving stop to her right.
• Geneseo doubled its advantage in the 62^nd minute as Mckinley Skala finished off a shot past Vene after a strong ball over the top of the Bengals' defense.

FOR THE FOES

• Bennett kept a clean sheet with three saves.
• Four different players registered a point for Geneseo.

UP NEXT
The Bengals will wrap up their season on the road at Plattsburgh on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.