OSWEGO — Men’s Soccer hosted SUNY New Paltz Saturday afternoon featuring a senior day celebration. The Lakers would overcome the Hawks with a late tally from senior Anthony Paris to add to his Senior Day. His 2nd goal of the season came with eight minutes left in the match. The 2-1 victory would be their third SUNYAC victory of the season. Kyle Scalzo would be the other Laker to score, as he deflected a shot from Kieran Gilroy in the first half. The team is set to finish the regular season on the road for four conference games before the start of the SUNYAC tournament. The Lakers are currently holding the fourth seed down but are looking to move up in the standings by the end of the season.
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Oswego State women’s basketball concludes 2021-22 season celebrating two seniors
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball team concluded the 2021-22 season last weekend, honoring seniors Danielle Caivana and Raiven Encarnacion in the process. The Lakers fell to SUNY Brockport 56-55 on Friday and Fredonia 68-60 on Saturday, bringing their season record to 5-19. In their second matchup of the season, the Lakers and Golden Eagles played a hard fought game from start to finish. After the opening tip, Brockport took an early 8-6 lead before the Lakers went on a 14-2 run. With 2:42 left in the first quarter, Oswego led 20-10. Danielle Caivana scored nine points in the quarter, shooting 3-3 from behind the arc. Heading into the second frame, Brockport stormed back to knot the game up at 20. However, eight points from Logan Castiglione helped the Lakers regain the lead and go into the half up 37-25. After a back-and-forth third quarter, Brockport brought the deficit to seven entering the final ten minutes. The Golden Eagles continued to fight down the stretch and pulled the game within two points with just over a minute remaining in regulation. Castiglione, who was great defensively in this game, came up with a clutch steal to maintain the Oswego lead with 30 seconds remaining. After some scrappy play, an Oswego foul put Brockport on the free throw line down just one point. The Golden Eagles nailed both free throws to take their first lead since the opening quarter. The Lakers got a last-second shot off in time, but it would fall short, giving Brockport the victory. Shania Iglesias finished the contest with 16 points while Caivana (15) and Castiglione (10) both scored double-digit points.
Before the tip-off of Saturday’s senior night game, Oswego celebrated Caivana and Encarnacion for their accomplishments with the team. Both teams exchanged a flurry of baskets throughout the first quarter, with Fredonia up 18-16 heading into the second. The Lakers quickly took their first lead of the game off a Diamond Pickett three-point shot. The Blue Devils and Lakers went shot-for-shot throughout the frame, with Fredonia escaping the the quarter up 32-27. To begin the second half, Fredonia went on a small scoring run. Though, Encarnacion scored two buckets and a free throw to bring the deficit to five. Despite Oswego’s persistence, Fredonia went into the final quarter with a nine point lead. The Lakers would bring the game within six points with 30 seconds remaining, but it was too little, too late for the home team. Diamond Pickett finished with her fifth double-double of the season, putting up 19 points, 16 boards, three assists, and three steals. Encarnacion and Caivana combined for 25 points in their final game as Lakers. With this win, the Blue Devils clinched the sixth and final playoff berth in the SUNYAC Championship.
Although it wasn’t the outcome the team was hoping for, the Lakers have a bright future lead by their young star athletes. Oswego saw major contributions from the likes of Catie Lilly, Chastin Giles, and Diamond Pickett throughout the course of the season and will look to build upon their performances from this season. The team will reload in the offseason and look towards the 2022-23 season, where they hope to make it back to the SUNYAC playoffs once again.
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Oswego State Baseball Splits at Brockport
Brockport, NY — The Oswego State Baseball team kicked off their 2021 season with a double header split against SUNY Brockport Saturday afternoon. Oswego was able to put the Brockport team away in the first game with a 7-2 victory but the Golden Eagles would out run the Lakers team in the second game with a 14-2 win. This was the first SUNYAC double header for the Lakers as the team moves to 1-1 to start the season.
Game number one began with Oswego scoring first as Brendon Frank stole second base and would make it home on a single hit from Paul Tammaro. Tammaro would then be driven home off a hit from Ryan Enos which would be followed up with a Ryan Weiss hit that would put Oswego ahead 3-0 in the third inning. The Golden Eagles would cut the score down in the next two innings as the Lakers led now 3-2 heading into the seventh inning. In the eighth, Myles Felton would score after Tammaro added another hit to his totals in the contest. Oswego would add insurance runs in the ninth inning to gain their first win of the season. Kieran Finnegan and Anthony Van Fossen split the pitching duties as the pitchers combined for eight strikeouts and only allowed one run each.
The second game in the double header would have a completely different story as the Golden Eagles dropped double digits on the Lakers squad. Oswego would score a solo homerun off the bat of Jacob Levine which opened up the scoring in this seven inning contest. However, Brockport would score in the bottom of the inning to take over the lead heading into the second inning. The Golden Eagles would add to their total in the third inning with six more runs. Frank Levanti would score the second run of the contest for Oswego but that would not be enough as Brockport would take game two. Ronald Loomis would take the loss on the mound giving up six hits and striking out one player.
Oswego holds second place in the SUNYAC West Division standings behind Brockport. Fredonia remains in third with an 0-2 conference record. The top team in each division will advance to the SUNYAC Championships along with two more teams that will be decided based on conference record. Oswego continues their 2021 season on the road against New Paltz for another SUNYAC double header. The Lakers travel to face the Hawks on Tuesday, April 6th, with games scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. as Oswego looks to bounce back from the second game in Brockport. Oswego team returns home for a non-conference double header on Thursday, April 8th, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. against Alfred State College. WTOP 10 will have continued coverage of the Oswego Baseball team as the group continues their 2021 season.
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Lussier and Women’s Volleyball advance after big win against Brockport
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.
