OSWEGO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo senior forward Zachary Vit scored his team-leading 16th goal and sophomore winger David Ripple tallied the game-winning goal to lead the No. 12 Knights past No. 8 Oswego, 3-2, in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) men's ice hockey, Friday night.

Sophomore goalie Nick Horrigan was credited with a career-high 36 saves to improve to 8-1 on the season.

Oswego jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a tally 6:33 into the game but Geneseo would answer with two goals in less than two minutes to take a 2-1 lead at 8:30.

Following an Oswego interference penalty, Vit would get the Knights on the board with a long shot from the top of the point that found its way through traffic and into the net at 8:07. Twenty-three seconds later, junior winger Ryan Stanimir would find a loose puck during a scramble in front of the Laker goal and flip his 11th goal of the season past Oswego goalie Justin Gilbert into the net from close range.

With 47 seconds remaining in the period, Ripple was able to somehow stuff what would turn out to be the game-winning goal inside the pipe off Gilbert to give the Knights a 3-1 edge after 20 minutes of play.

Oswego converted a power-play tally 3:20 into the second period but was unable to solve Horrigan the rest of the way.

The victory was the Knights first win at Oswego since the 2008-09 campaign, and also marked the first time Geneseo swept the regular-season series with the Lakers since 2004-05 after also picking up a 7-4 win at home on Nov. 22.

A win at Cortland tomorrow night (7:00 p.m. faceoff) would pull the Knights (17-5, 11-2 SUNYAC) into a first-place tie with idle Plattsburgh (11-1-2 SUNYAC).