BUFFALO, N.Y.—Sophomore Missy Mallon (Amherst, NY/Amherst) tallied her first collegiate hat trick and Buffalo State cruised past visiting Salem State, 6-0, today, setting a school record for wins in a season with 12 in the process.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Salem State – 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (12-3-0), Salem State (3-12-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Mallon also added an assist.
Emma Ruggiero (Amherst, NY/Sacred Heart) had a goa and an assist, and Caitie Horvatits (Elma, NY/Iroquois) and Christine Harris (Mountain Top, PA/Wyoming Seminary) also scored.
Rachel Lenard (Orchard Park, NY/Nardin) continued to find her way to the scoresheet for the fourth-consecutive game since joining the team with three assists.
Horvatits opened the scoring with her second of the season just 36 seconds into the game.
Ruggiero’s fourth of the year gave the Bengals a 2-0 lead before the first intermission.
Mallon scored a pair of goals in the second period, including a shorthanded tally, before netting her third of the game and fifth of the season midway through the third period.
Harris scored her fourth of the season on the power play to complete the scoring in the closing seconds.
Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) needed to make just 15 saves for her third shutout of the season as Buffalo State outshot the Vikings, 29-15.
FOR THE FOES
Jenn Toussaint finished with 23 saves for Salem State.
NOTEWORTHY
Buffalo State is off to its best start in the history of the program at 12-3-0, already breaking the school record for wins of 11 set in 2000-01.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will return to ECAC West play at William Smith next Saturday and Sunday.
