Oswego — The Oswego State Volleyball team came back from a 2-1 deficit to knock off the three-time defending champions Brockport in the opening round of the 2018 SUNYAC Championship Tournament. It’s the first time the Lakers have advanced to the semifinal round since the 2015 season when they defeated Fredonia. Both setters Allison Berger and Julia Flohr each recorded double-doubles and Melissa Lussier led the team in kills with 14 in the contest. The Lakers next match is this Friday in Geneseo for a meeting with New Paltz. First serve is at 4 p.m.
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Oswego State Softball gets set for RIT
The Oswego State Softball team takes the field Monday, March 22nd, for the first time since May 4th, 2019. The Lakers go on the road to take on RIT in a Monday afternoon doubleheader slated to take place at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Lakers nearly 700 day off season is shown in roster changes. Four of the 14 girls who appeared in the most recent game, against Cortland in the SUNYAC playoffs are on the roster this year. The 2021 Oswego softball roster features ten newcomers along with seven upperclassmen who return from the 2019 team. The upperclassmen on the team will have a big leadership role this year because the two classes have not seen game action in their college careers.
The Tigers of RIT also have not yet played a game this season, but they were able to play ten in 2020 when they went 7-3 overall. The Tigers feature a very experienced team with nine upperclassmen plus two graduate students. Oswego starts their season with four games in Rochester, with two games against RIT at 3:00 and 5:00 Monday, March 22, as well as 1:00 and 3:00 Sunday March 28 at St. John Fisher. All of these games are non-conference as SUNYAC play does not start until April 1st.
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Softball Drops Three of Four Over the Weekend
Brockport, N.Y. – The Oswego State Softball team was on the road this weekend, heading out West for a double header against the Geneseo Knights on Friday. Then, on Saturday, they traveled out further West for another double header, this time against the Brockport Golden Eagles.
The series with Geneseo was a tough one to watch for the Lakers, as they were blanked ten to zero by the Knights in game one, then dropping game two by eight runs. Fiona Higgins got the start on the mound in both games, recording eight strikeouts in four innings. Samantha Morgan continued to shine at the plate, going 4-5 in the box, scoring two runs for the Lakers. Oswego dropped game one by a score of 10-0, then fell in game two by a score of 13-5 in ten total innings played.
Oswego rebounded to their tough day on Friday with a game one win over the Golden Eagles on Saturday. Higgins got the starting nod again and did not disappoint. in game one, Higgins threw 11 strikeouts and gave up just four hits, including a shutout win. Morgan continued to have a solid performance this weekend, going 2-4 at bat, including two RBI’s and a run scored in game one. The Lakers took game one by a score of 6-0. Game two started off promising for the Lakers, as they jumped out to a three run lead in the first three and a half innings of play. However, the Golden Eagles would shut out Oswego for the remainder of the game, and add eight runs to give them a 8-3 win over Oswego in game two. Oswego recorded just three hits at bat in game two, with Morgan leading the way yet again, going 2-3 with an RBI.
Samantha Morgan shined despite the Laker’s weekend struggles. Overall, Morgan recorded eight hits at bat, going 8-12 over the weekend. Morgan now leads the team in batting average with .337 on the season. Oswego’s tough weekend puts them with an overall record of 8-22-1, and a 3-9 SUNYAC record. The ladies will look to turn things around this weekend, with two double headers at home against Buffalo State and Fredonia.
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Oswego State baseball team returns to action against Salisbury
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego Baseball team made their return over the week on with three contests. They faced off in two games Saturday against the nationally ranked Salisbury. These two contests were wildly different in outcomes. Their first game of the season was a rough one, with oswego giving up fifteen runs in a 15-2 loss. The Lakers scored a run in the first inning when graduate student Kyle Lauria stole second, leading to senior Ryan Enos putting the Lakers on the board. It was all downhill from there as the Lakers were only able to score one more run in the third inning when Ryan Enos scored his second run of the day.
The second matchup ended with a much better outcome for the Lakers as they found a way to come out with the victory. It was another rocky start for the Lakers as they were down by two runs after the first three innings. The Lakers were not even close to finished as they had a score to settle with Salisbury. A double by senior Julian Drew gave the Lakers a golden opportunity to get on the board. After a pitch sailed past the catcher the Lakers were able to cut the lead down to one. Another score at the top od the sixth by senior Ryan Weiss tied the game up at two a piece. Weiss had a dominant performance in this game, and came in clutch in the top of the ninth inning. Weiss had a base hit that set up senior Ryan Enos for a crunch time run, giving the Lakers a 3-2 lead. Pitcher Ben Wilcox would seal Salisbury’s fate in the bottom of the ninth. The Lakers would have the rubber match Sunday afternoon.
The Lakers battled it out in a hard fought game Sunday, but ultimately came out on the losing end. Despite being right in it until the very end, they ultimately lost 6-5. Oswego was on the board first at the top of the third when sophomore Brian Brezosky scored after a single that got him to the plate. The fifth inning was action packed as the Lakers scored 3 runs to give them a 4-1 lead. Salisbury answered right back though, scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Later in the top of the seventh, Kyle Lauria would score his second run of the day after capitalizing on a botched pitch. Unfortunately this would be the Lakers last run of the contest as Salisbury went on to score a run in the bottom of the seventh, eighth, and ninth inning to seal their one run victory. Oswego walked out with one win this weekend but showed signs of greatness after going against top ranked Salisbury. The Lakers take a trip to Virginia to face Shenandoah University this Saturday and Sunday. Time is TBD.
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