CORTLAND, N.Y.—No. 13 Buffalo State scored twice in the third period to claim a 4-3 victory over host Cortland tonight in a SUNYAC game at Alumni Arena. The win guarantees a home playoff game for the Bengals.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #13 Buffalo State – 4, Cortland - 3
LOCATION: Alumni Arena - Cortland, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (17-6-1/9-5-1), Cortland (9-13-2/5-9-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS), Nick Berst (Depew, NY/Lancaster), Zach Remers (Clarence, NY/Canisius) and Jonathan Colley (Stouffville, ON/Stouffville District) all scored for Buffalo State.
- Colin O'Connor (Kankakee, IL/Providence Catholic) recorded a pair of assists.
- Buffalo State jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Wood and Berst just over a minute apart, but Cortland answered with two goals of its own in a span of 31 seconds to even the score at 2-2 before the first intermission.
- After a scoreless second period, the Bengals reclaimed the two-goal lead with two goals in the first 7:23 of the third by Remers and Colley.
- The Red Dragons closed the gap to one, striking with the extra-attacker with just 32 seconds remaining, but the Bengals held on for the win.
- Buffalo State finished with a 35-27 advantage in shots.
- Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) made 24 saves in the win.
FOR THE FOES
- Aidan Salerno, Andrew McCann and Sean Patrick all scored for Cortland.
- Drew Weigman finished with 31 saves.
NOTEWORTHY
- The win guarantees a home playoff game for the Bengals. Plattsburgh defeated Geneseo, 1-0, locking the Bengals into either third or fourth, earning them the right to host a first round game on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will wrap up the regular season tomorrow at No. 2/3 Oswego at 7 p.m.
