BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State women's lacrosse team defeated the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes, 29-0, breaking a program record for most goals in a single-game.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 29, Geneva College - 0
LOCATION: Coyer Field – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 3-0 (0-0 SUNYAC), Geneva College: 0-3 (0-0 PAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Vanessa Willick (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East) led the way for the Bengals with a seven-goal performance, clinching 100 career goals for her at Buffalo State.  Backing up Willick on the scoring end was Sage Running Rabbit (Siksika, AB, Canada/Strathmore), who tallied up a 12-point performance, with five-goals and a team high, seven-assists.
• Six different Bengals contributed with multi-goals, including: Emilee Josker (Hamburg, NY/Frontier), Anna Cinquino (Conesus, NY/Livonia), Lauren Rinow (Lakeview, NY/Frontier), Malenne Vinueza (New York, NY/Frederick Douglas Academy), Carly Barrett (Forestville, NY/Forestville) and Kira Grzechowiak (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West).
• On the defensive end, Willick led the way with nine draw controls, while Josker would tally up seven…hitting 100 career draw control for her time at Buffalo State. Rinow and Elona Jackson (West Babylon, NY/North Babylon) would round out the bunch in double digit draw controls in tonight's performance. Moira Penot (Clifton Heights, PA/Upper Darby) and Brielle Lum (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) kept the opponent scoreless, securing the first shutout for the season.
• As a team, the Bengals outshot the Golden Tornadoes 43-0, while also dominating in draw controls with 23 to the Golden Tornadoes eight.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Coming off a thrilling, last second win against the Utica University Pioneers, the Bengals returned to Coyer Field looking to continue their early season momentum. Opening the first quarter, things looked to go the Bengals way with three-unanswered goals within the first five minutes. This scoring show would continue through quarter, as the Bengals would put up ten goals in the first quarter, heading into the second quarter up 10-0.
• In the second quarter, the scoring party would continue as the Bengals would tally up six more goals in the quarter, tying the most goals in a half at 16. A strong showing from the Bengals on their home turf would find them up 16-0 at the half and not looking back.
• The second half would be all Bengals, scoring a combined 13-goals in the half and securing their third win of the season in dominating fashion. This win secured 30-career wins for Head Coach Ashley Holdridge…congratulations coach!

FOR THE FOES

• Catherine Qi and Amanda Gillette both securing three-ground balls for the Golden Tornadoes.
• Lexi Lee made seven saves in net.

UP NEXT
The Bengals will hit the road again, this time traveling to Nazareth University as they battle the Golden Flyers, Saturday, March 8^th at 12:00 P.M.