OSWEGO — Women’s Soccer started their four-game home stand yesterday afternoon against Potsdam. Oswego gave up two goals in the first half and could not recover by the end of regulation. The team put five out of their seven total shots on net during the second half but could not get past the Bear’s goalkeeper. Emma Allen would make eight saves during the match up. The Lakers look to bounce back in today’s game versus SUNY Plattsburgh. The group is still looking for their first conference win of the season. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Laker Stadium.
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Men’s Hockey gets set for SUNYAC Finals
OSWEGO, NY — Oswego Men’s Hockey has been preparing for their road trip to Geneseo this past couple of days as the group is getting set for the SUNYAC finals against the Knights. The Lakers are coming off a win over their rivals Plattsburgh which ended with a score of 4-1. The group is currently on a 4 game win streak which comes from Oswego’s powerful offensive play along with a strong goaltender between the pipes. Steven Kozikoski has been stellar in net for the Lakers as the netminder has held a 1.79 goals against average and a .928 save percentage in the three games the goalie has played during this stretch. Captain Josh Zizek is currently on a 6 game point streak as the senior has nine points since their game against Geneseo. Max Novick, Travis Broughman, and Anthony Passero all received all-conference honors this past week heading into their matchup against Geneseo. This game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Geneseo.
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Preview of Women’s Hockey week ahead
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey kicks off their four game home stand this week as the Lakers prepare for their first games of the second semester. Tuesday Night is the first of three games this week as Hamilton travels into the Campus Center. The team from the NESCAC conference is currently 9-6 and is slotted in 6th in their conference standings. The last time these two teams met, which was last season, in which the Continentals secured the victory in a 3-1 win. The Lakers have not defeated Hamilton since the 2015-16 season, which came on the road in Clinton, New York. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow night.
After this past weekend, Oswego remains in second in the NEWHL standings behind Plattsburgh. After tying Potsdam Saturday, the Lakers only sit two points above the Bears after both playing 12 games. If the standings remain the same, the Lakers will host the third seed in the semi-finals round of the NEWHL playoffs that occurs the last weekend of February.
The Lakers will go back to NEWHL play Friday night as Morrisville travels to Oswego for the first time this season. The last time the Mustangs and Lakers faced off resulted in Oswego coming away with a 4-3 victory. Philomena Teggart netted two goals in the victory along with freshman Kyleigh Grugin tallying one. Puck drop is also set for 7 p.m. from the Campus Center.
Saturday afternoon will feature the Lakers hosting their annual Pink the Rink game in which the team will wear pink jerseys. Potsdam will travel into Oswego for their last regular season match up against the Lakers. The recent transfer Tia Trovato who started her freshman season for the Lakers, will come back to Oswego for the first time since then. This game is set to begin at 3 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center.
WTOP 10 will broadcast all the games and will go live 15 minutes before each puck drop for an in depth analyst.
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Men’s Soccer Held Scoreless; Hamilton Nets 4
OSWEGO, NY – The Hamilton Continentals came into town to take on the Oswego State Lakers, looking to avenge a 3-2 home loss from early last season. They wasted no time getting started, with Brady Hyland netting the opening goal just 10 minutes into the first half, and giving Hamilton an early 1-0 lead.
Hamilton continued with a physical, no-nonsense style of play, as Aedan Burke picked up an early yellow card in the 24th minute, at which point they had already recorded 6 team fouls.
The Lakers eventually found their footing and applied some pressure, but Hamilton’s back line held strong, as the Continentals held the Lakers shotless through the first 45, and went into the halftime break ahead 1-0.
In the second half, The Lakers’ defense collapsed early, as the Continentals struck three times in the first 20 minutes, with Griffin Weidner ,Troy Miller, and Sean Curran all adding their names to the score sheet, extending Hamilton’s lead to 4-0.
For the Lakers, sophomore goaltender Kyle Rose put on a clinic, recording 11 saves, but it simply wasn’t enough to counter the 15 shots on target that he faced from Hamilton. With a 4-0 loss vs Hamilton, the Lakers move to 0-1-1 on the season, and will head to Elmira this Saturday, still in search of their first goal of the season.
Written by: Mike Neckers
