BOXSCORE FREDONIA, N.Y. -- No. 17 ranked Fredonia State remained unbeaten with a 13-5 SUNYAC women's lacrosse victory over Buffalo State in a steady rain at Unversiity Stadium.

Marissa Cussins had four goals and two assists while Katie Kleine and Rachael Reinis had three goals each for the Blue Devils, who improved to 13-0 overall and 5-0 in the SUNYAC.

The 13 straight wins is the most ever by a Blue Devil women's team in any team sport at any point in a season. The 2011 softball team started its season 12-0, while three men's teams (1993-94 hockey, men's soccer 1995 and 1996) went deeper into their seasons without recording a loss.

After a slow start Tuesday, the Blue Devils gained the upper hand and never trailed. Cussins opened the scoring  at 10:31 into the first half. It stayed 1-0 until Reinis scored with 16:48 gone, the first of four goals in the span of just over four minutes.

Down 5-1 at halftime, Buffalo State scored consecutive goals early in the first half to cut its deficit to 6-3. The Blue Devils pulled away by stringing together seven straight goals.

In addition to Fredonia State's top three goal scorers, three players had one goal each -- Kaila Fox, Katie Glagolev, and Juliana Kotas. Glagolev also had four assists and Kleine had one. Chelsea Maderer was credited with a team-high three ground balls, Cussins with two draw controls, and goalkeeper Casey Chiesa with three caused turnovers in addition to six saves. Chiesa has been in goal for all 13 Blue Devil wins this season.

Niki Paulhardt had three goals for Buffalo State, which fell to 7-7 overall and 2-4 in the SUNYAC.

The Blue Devils avenged a loss to Buffalo State, 16-13, in last year's SUNYAC semifinals at Cortland. In addition, the Bengals entered the game having defeating the Blue Devils in five of their previous six meetings.

NOTES: Fredonia State closes out the home portion of its regular season Saturday against the Potsdam Bears at 1 o'clock. Reinis, Fox, Chiesa, and fellow senior Erin Edson will be recognized during a pre-game ceremony ... The Blue Devils entered action Tuesday as one of five remaining NCAA Division III unbeatens. The others were No. 1 Trinity, Conn. (11-0), No. 2 Salisbury (13-0), No. 11 Susquehanna (12-0), and unranked Denison (11-0) ... Flags flew at half-staff and a moment of silence was observed prior to the game for the victims of Monday's terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon.