FREDONIA, N.Y. – Freshman Tala Abdellatif (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) scored the game-tying goal with 30 seconds left in regulation and Lauren Rinow (Lake View, N.Y./Frontier) scored the game-winning goal at the 2:00 mark of the second overtime, as the Buffalo State lacrosse team outlasted Fredonia by a 6-5 score on a snow-filled Wednesday afternoon from University Stadium. At 70:00, it's the longest game in the 28-year history of the lacrosse program.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Fredonia – 5
LOCATION: University Stadium – Fredonia, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (6-8, 2-6 SUNYAC), Fredonia (1-14, 1-7)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOXSCORE

• Rinow's game-winner was her ninth of the season, while Abdellatif's tally was her 11th.
• Liz Schultheis (Holley, N.Y./Brockport) led the team with three goals and five draw controls.
• Sarah Fineour (West Seneca, N.Y./West Seneca West) also tallied a goal.
• Julia Wachna (Syracuse, N.Y./Onondaga) added an assist.
• Anastacia Wells (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Academy) caused four turnovers, finishing the day with 45 caused turnovers this season. Wells breaks the record set by Sarah Lorusso in the 2016 season. She also led the team with six ground balls.
• The Bengals outshot Fredonia by a 31-18 margin and were 11-of-12 in clear attempts.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• With the Bengals trailing 5-4 in the final minute of regulation, Wachna lofted a pass in traffic, finding Abdellatif, who one-timed a shot past Fredonia goalie Emily Carr, tying the game.
• In the extra session, Schultheis had a chance to win midway through, but her chance was parried away by Carr.
• In the final seconds, Fredonia had a few shots near target, with one bouncing off the post as the game moved into halftime of the first overtime.
• Down two people in the beginning of the second overtime thanks to a simultaneous yellow and green card, the Bengals fought it off, keeping Fredonia off the board.
• Fredonia did get a chance to score in the final five seconds of the period, but Audrey's shot went high.
• Four minutes into the fourth overtime, Rinow finished the job, as she curled around a Bengal screen and fired a low shot from distance, beating Carr as the team mobbed the rookie in celebration.
• A Schultheis tally in transition got Buffalo State on the board midway through the opening quarter.
• Fredonia responded at the 2:38 mark, as Molly McGowan found Erin Woods for the tally.
• Fineour struck back on the next possession, tallying her team-leading 29th goal, giving the Bengals a 2-1 lead after one.
• Schultheis extended 'State's lead to 3-1 in the second quarter, converting on a free position opportunity.
• Fredonia scored twice in the third quarter to tie the game at three, as McGowan and Culver scored.
• Late in the third, Schultheis tallied her third of the game, and 29th of the season, giving the Bengals the lead.
• Fredonia tied the game early in the fourth, and later took the 5-4 lead thanks to a Culver feed to Woods with 9:44 to go.
• Both defenses stood strong for nine minutes, keeping the one-goal margin. The Bengals forced a turnover with 1:28 to go in regulation, setting the stage for the Abdellatif tally.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Woods led Fredonia with two goals.
• McGowan scored a goal, added an assist, and caused two turnovers.
• Carr made 15 saves in cage.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals will finish the regular season with a home matchup against Cortland. Action from Coyer Field will begin at 1 p.m. The Bengals will honor the late Molly Seifritz in the annual 'Team Molly' game.