PITTSBURGH, PA —The Buffalo State women's hockey team dropped a 4-2 decision to Chatham in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Chatham – 4, Buffalo State – 2
LOCATION: Pittsburgh Ice Arena – Pittsburgh, PA
RECORDS: Chatham (3-4-0), Buffalo State (0-6-0)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Miya Silva (El Monte, CA/Anaheim) scored her first collegiate goal.
• Bethany Horvatits (Elma, NY/Cazenovia Chiefs) recorded a point for the second consecutive game, scoring her first career goal to tie the game in the third period.
• Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) made 45 saves in goal for Buffalo State.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Chatham needed just two minutes and 18 seconds to open the scoring in the first period, with Trinity Antonio scoring the goal to give the Cougars an early 1-0 advantage.
• Silva responded with a goal just five minutes later, knocking home the rebound after the initial shot by Amanda Jackson (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls Rapids) was saved.
• The score remained tied at 1-1 through the end of the period despite good chances by each team.
• At the midway point of the second period, a two-on-one opportunity for the Bengals was broken up by a Cougars defender.
• With under two minutes remaining in the second period, Auge made a great save to deny a Chatham attacker who had gotten behind the Bengals defense.
• Neither team was able to beat the opposing netminder in the second period despite 30 combined shots on goal by the teams.
• Four minutes into the final period, Auge denied Chatham on a breakaway opportunity.
• Chatham took the lead just three minutes later
• Just 30 seconds later, Horvatits tied the game once again, scoring unassisted.
• The Cougars scored a power-play goal for the game-winner with just over 11 minutes remaining.
• Buffalo State was unable to capitalize on a power play chance with six minutes remaining.
• The Cougars added an empty net goal for the final tally with less than a minute remaining.

FOR THE FOES

• Ally Nolan scored the winning goal for Chatham.

UP NEXT
The Bengals return to action on the day after Thanksgiving, beginning a two-game series against Concordia University of Wisconsin on November 26 and 27.