GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo first-year midfielder Matt D'Amico scored the game-winning goal five minutes into overtime to lift the Knights to a 3-2 victory over Buffalo State and earn their first win in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play at Saratoga Field on Friday.

"I'm happy with the result as getting the victory is always good, especially in conference play." said Geneseo head coach Dominic Oliveri. "Buffalo State stepped up the pressure in the second half and we allowed goals on two set pieces. We didn't really recover until overtime when we got the third goal. We'll take the result, but we need to play much better than we did in that second half going forward."

The Knights (3-4-1, 1-0 SUNYAC), who outshot the Bengals 23-9,  took the lead early on, scoring in the 10th minute. Senior midfielder Craig Schackner sent in a long cross from the right side of the field, which was headed by junior midfielder Jason Iannone, and misplayed by a Bengals defenseman, resulting in an own-goal for the Knights.

With nine minutes left in the first half, senior back Mat Rough headed the ball in off a free kick from senior back Pat Lynch to give the Knights a 2-0 lead going into halftime. The Bengals (3-4-1, 0-1 SUNYAC responded in the second half with two goals of their own to bring the score to a 2-2 tie. With 19 minutes left in regulation, senior forward C.J. Scirto scored Buffalo State's first goal, before junior midfielder Francesco Cardillo tied the game, scoring off a corner kick with 7:12 to go.

The Knights increased their pressure in overtime, and in the 95th minute of play, sophomore back Chris Kanaval fed a long ball into the box from the left side, where D'Amico placed a high-arcing shot into the right corner of the net for the game-winning goal.

The Knights will next face Fredonia on Saturday at 1 PM at Saratoga Field in SUNYAC play.