OSWEGO — This weekend, the Oswego State Volleyball team will participate in the Oswego State Quad as they take on St. John Fisher on Friday as well as Union and Oneonta on Saturday. The Lakers are (13-8) this season but just (2-4) in conference play putting them 5th in the SUNYAC. If they want to make the SUNYAC tournament, they will have to win these next few games.
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Oswego State Women’s Basketball falls short this weekend
OSWEGO, N.Y. — It was a rough weekend for the Lakers as they suffered two unfortunate losses Friday and Saturday. The Lakers played the Buffalo State Bengals Friday. Despite a valiant effort, the Lakers fell short with a fourteen point loss. Oswego State was off to a great start with help by star sophomore Chastin Giles. Giles had yet another dominant performance scoring twenty-one points. Not an uncommon sight seeing her put up big numbers like this. Giles was splashin all night, scoring five three pointers. Senior Danielle Caivana also had a notable performance with fourteen points. Unfortunately the Lakers were outscored in the first three quarters making a fourth quarter comeback highly unlikely. Despite Outscoring the Bengals in the fourth, it wasn’t enough to get the job done. The Lakers then had to shift their attention to the Golden Eagles of Brockport who have been on a tear this year.
The Lakers took on SUNY Brockport Saturday in a very close game from start to finish. The Lakers put up a fight but sadly came up short in a twelve point loss. Both teams put up big numbers in the first quarter with the Golden Eagles putting up nineteen and the Lakers with sixteen. From there it was a battle. The Lakers were hungry for a victory and fought tooth and nail to come out on top. Senior Danielle Caivana had yet another great performance dropping sixteen points, twelve of those points coming from threes. Caivana is the backbone of this offense and will surely be missed next season. Freshman Shania Iglesias also put up sixteen yesterday. These two combined for half of the teams points this game. Brockport was able to break free in the third and fourth quarter, outscoring the Lakers by fifteen to solidify their victory. The Lakers have a week to recuperate and try to get back in the win column as they go on the road to take on Fredonia on December 11th at 12:00 p.m.Image Provided by Oswego State Athletics
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Oswego womens soccer suffers first loss of the season
DUNKIRK, N.Y. – With tons of momentum going into their forth game of the season, the Lakers were hungry to take down Ithaca. Unfortunately all good things most come to an end, including the Lakers undefeated record. The Bombers applied pressure early getting two shots on goal within the first five minutes of the game, ultimately setting the tone in the beginning of the contest. Shortly after the Bombers scored the first goal of the contest. The Lakers didn’t back down and twenty minutes left in the first Nicolette Joannou set up Maggie Riordan for her second goal of the season. The Bombers took the lead again early in the second quarter and were able to maintain the lead to close out the game. The Lakers put up six shots in the last fifteen minutes of the contest but just couldn’t put the ball in the net to tie the game. The Lakers look to get back in the win column as they stay in Fredonia for day two of their tournament to take on the Fredonia Pioneers. Game begins at 12:30 PM
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Oswego Men’s Soccer Falls 2-0 to Rochester
Oswego, N.Y. – The Oswego State Lakers welcomed the University of Rochester Yellowjackets to Laker Turf on Wednesday, as they sought to pick up their first win of the season. The Lakers faced a roadblock early on, though, as a lower-body injury to sharpshooter Tajay Ellis would render him unavailable for the rest of the contest, which proved to be critical in the end result.
The Lakers imposed an aggressive style of defense in the early stages, and it all but worked until the 33rd minute, when Kol Bassuk of the Yellowjackets connected on a strike to give his squad a 1-0 lead.
The Yellowjackets presented an even peskier style of defense, as they allowed just one shot from the Lakers through the first 45 minutes of play, denying any potential momentum that their opponent tried to conjure up.
Things became even more grim for the Lakers in the second half, as the backend struggled to protect keeper Max Mahlke, while no will was yet to be had on the offensive side of things. The Yellowjackets would eventually strike again, when Jasper Danielian found the back of the net in the 59th minute to further the margin to 2-0 in the Yellowjackets’ favor.
Max Mahlke played to the best of his abilities, but was ultimately dealt a tough deck of cards, as he faced 13 shots and saved five. The Lakers move to 0-2-2 after this result, and will hope to tack on their first win of the season in their next matchup, when they travel to Troy, N.Y. to take on the RPI Engineers.
Written by: Logan Weingartner
Photos by: Clay Kepler
