BUFFALO, NY – Emily Olsen scored the game-winning goal for visiting Morrisville in overtime for a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo State women's hockey team on Saturday afternoon at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Morrisville – 3, Buffalo State – 2
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Morrisville (7-13-1, 4-10-0 NEWHL), Buffalo State (5-14-0, 1-13-0 NEWHL)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Katie Sarich (Columbia, MD/Washington Pride) and Carys Ursell (Calgary, AB/Calgary Fire) both scored for Buffalo State.
• Alexa Groh (Elma, NY/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) and Hannah Tingley recorded assists.
• Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) 46 shots in goal to keep the Bengals in the contest.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Buffalo State took the lead just over two minutes into the contest, with Sarich's shot from the point squeaking underneath the Morrisville goaltender's pads after a pair of solid passes from Tingley and Groh helped the Bengals break out from their own defensive zone.
• The Mustangs took advantage of a Buffalo State penalty to knot the equalizer with just under half the period gone, with Hailee Easson scoring on a wrist shot from below the right faceoff circle.
• The teams headed to the first intermission all square after an altercation resulted in a pair of game misconduct penalties, one for each side.
• The score remained 1-1 into the second intermission, with Auge saving all 10 shots she faced in the second period.
• Ursell netted a fabulous individual goal to restore the Buffalo State lead under four minutes into the third period, stealing the puck in the Morrisville zone, dangling past a defender, and ripping a wrist shot past the goalie's blocker side.
• Another Buffalo State resulted in the tying goal with 9:40 remaining in regulation, a wrist shot from Rhys Brown on the power play.
• Neither team was able to find a winning goal over the final minutes, and the game headed to a 3-on-3 sudden-victory overtime period.
• Each team registered a few chances in overtime, before Allie Davidson stole the puck in the Bengals' defensive zone, fed a pass to Olsen out front, who wristed home from close range with 1:26 left on the clock.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Emma Plett stopped 26 shots to earn the victory in goal.
• Easson also recorded an assist in addition to her goal, while Davidson had two assists.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals are back in action next weekend, making the short trek to face Hilbert on Friday at 2:30 pm.