BUFFALO, NY – Capped off by Vanessa Willick's (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East) five goal performance, the Buffalo State women's lacrosse team rallied back to defeat the Fredonia Blue Devils on Senior Day by a final score of 15-13 at Coyer Field.
 
The team also recognized senior Lindsay Wademan (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy) prior to the game.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 15, Fredonia – 13
LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 5-6 (1-4 SUNYAC), Fredonia: 5-9 (0-6 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Emilee Josker (Hamburg, NY/Frontier) paced the Bengals with seven goals in the win.
• Willick added an assist, six draw controls, and a caused turnover to her five goal effort.
• Sage Running Rabbit (Siksika, AB/Strathmore) tallied four assists in the effort.
• Buffalo State outshot Fredonia by a 36-29 margin.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Blue Devil got off to a fast start as they quickly found themselves up 3-0.
• Willick would get the Bengals on the board, but Fredonia would score two more goals in the first to take a 5-1 lead.
• After Willick and Josker scored back-to-back goals, the Blue Devils would build on their lead.
• Buffalo State rallied back with three of the final goals in the half to only trail 8-6.
• Fredonia opened the third with three unanswered goals.
• The Bengals would respond with a 5-0 run, capped-off by another Josker girl to even the score 11-11 after the third.
• To kick-off the final 15 minutes of action, Fredonia scored from the free position.
• Willick would then go on to score the tying goal and go-ahead goal halfway through.
• Sarah Fineour (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca East) and Lauren Rinow (Lakeview, NY/Frontier) each scored to help secure the Bengals comeback efforts.

FOR THE FOES

• Julie Culver led Fredonia with six goals and two assists.
• Sydney Buchko had seven draw controls.
• Emily Carr made 16 saves in the effort.

UP NEXT
The Bengals are back in action o Saturday as they travel to Cortland for a 3:30 pm battle with the Red Dragons.