BUFFALO, NY — Oswego sophomore Emily Grippin (Ithaca, NY/Syracuse Stars) scored the game-tying goal with less than three minutes left in the game to send it to overtime as the Lakers (3-3-1; 1-3-1 ECAC West) rallied to tie Buffalo State (0-5-3; 0-2-3), 2-2, in an ECAC Women's West game tonight at the Ice Arena, snapping a three-game losing streak.

Marissa McMullan (Haileybury, ON/Chingausousy) and Andrea Brunetta (Sault St. Marie, ON/St. Mary's) each had a goal and an assist for the Bengals.  Gillian Toneguzzo (Caledonia, ON/McKinnon Park) chipped in two assists.

The Bengals opened the scoring at the 15:29 mark of the first period to a take a 1-0 advantage into the first intermission.  The teams traded goals in the second, with Oswego getting a goal from freshman defender Kathryn Sbrocchi (Mississauga, ONT/Mississauga Chiefs Int A) at 2:15, and Buffalo State responding with a power-play marker to regain the lead.  The Lakers killed three straight penalties to start the third and tied things at 2-2, but couldn't find the back the net despite a skater advantage for the final 36 seconds of the overtime period.

Both teams had 26 shots on goal.  Buffalo State's Alyssa Koniar (New Berlin, WI/Univ. School of Milwaukee) and Oswego's Erin Robson (Orillia, ONT/Coldwater Wildcats) each had 24 saves.

Buffalo State and Oswego will face off again at the Ice Arena tomorrow at 4 p.m.

(Release courtesy of Buffalo State Sports Information)

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