OSWEGO — Laker Swim and Dive teams faced off against the RIT Tigers in a meet Wednesday night. The match up, at Laker Pool, saw both Men’s and Women’s dropping their first meet of the 2019-2020 season. Senior Walker Snowden would be a standout for Oswego State with three victories over the span of the night. With two individual event wins going into the 200-yard free relay, Snowden would get his third win alongside Laker teammates as they would finish a second before the Tigers. The teams look to rebound with another home meet this Saturday against SUNY Oneonta at 1 p.m.
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Oswego State women’s hockey completes season sweep against SUNY Canton
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s hockey team defeated the SUNY Canton Kangaroos 3-1 tonight in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. The Lakers got their thirteenth win and extend their win streak to five games on Senior Night where Oswego State honored Chyne Kennedy, alternate captain Aislinn McAleer, and captain Philomena Teggart.
Heading into the second period, the Lakers and Kangaroos were tied at 1-1. The teams would trade shots in the second stanza but the score would remain the same heading into the final period of regulation. Early in the third period, Morgan Shines set up line mate Kyliegh Grugin for the game winning goal. Grugin got her seventh goal of the season and Shines snags another assist to push her point total to fifteen on the campaign. Ariella Haas got her fifth goal of the season to seal the deal for the Lakers. Haas continues to lead the team in points after transferring from Elmira College.
With tonight’s NEWHL conference win, the Oswego State women’s hockey team clinches a spot in the conference post season. Currently, the Lakers are tied with SUNY Cortland for second place in the conference standings with a total of 21 points. On Tuesday, the Lakers will play on the road against SUNY Potsdam with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m. up in Potsdam. The Bears are now in the fourth seed in the standings two points above the Kangaroos of SUNY Canton. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage of the Oswego State women’s hockey team as the group continues their 2021-22 season.
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Volleyball drops heartbreak set to lose in five to Wells
OSWEGO — Volleyball hosted non-conference opponent Wells College Wednesday night in a five-set loss after a comeback from the Wells Express. After the team took a 2-1 set led over the Express, the Lakers would drop the next two sets only by a margin of four points or less. Recent SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Week Shauna O’Flaherty once again led the Lakers with 15 kills and 4 blocks. Other notables included Melissa Lussier (14 kills and 11 digs) and Sarah Massie (12 kills) along with Emily Costa playing stellular defense with 24 digs. Oswego State looks to round out conference play this weekend as they play host to the Brockport Golden Eagles. The contest will be played at the Mark Ziel Gymnasium at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
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Oswego State men’s basketball continues dominate run
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s basketball walked into the weekend on a dominant stretch of games. A fifteen-game win streak that included seven wins by more than twenty points. A Friday night matchup against the Potsdam Bear and a Saturday afternoon bout against the Plattsburgh Cardinals became just two more games during one of the dominant stretches in program history.
Potsdam kept it close through the beginning of the first first half. The Lakers held a 9-8 lead after five minutes, and a 26-22 lead with eight and half to go. Then the Lakers found their stride. Oswego went on a 24-3 run to end the half lead by eight from Ahkee Anderson. The Lakers went to the locker rooms up 50-25. The second half was all Lakers. Oswego extended the lead to thirty-five with thirteen left to play on a Louis Fedullo layup. The bench finished the game from there, the final score 85-58. Devin Green led the Lakers with fifteen points and added 5 rebounds. Ahkee Anderson (14), Jeremiah Sparks (12), and Christian Simmons (11) all had over ten points. Brendon Mulson had six points and seven rebounds. It was also head coach Jason Leone’s 200th win as the Lakers coach.
Saturday’s matinee against the Plattsburgh Cardinals saw the Cardinals find the score board first with a layup, then quickly find themselves in a 13-2 deficit. The Lakers pushed the lead to twenty-four with six minutes left in the half, 34-10, with ten points from Jeremiah Sparks. Julien Crittendon hit two three later in the half, and the Lakers reached the fifty point mark before half time, and went to the locker rooms up 52-23. The Lakers would also have a fifty point second half, and for the third time this season would have over 100 points, winning 103-61. Julien Crittendon (18) led the Lakers in points, while Jeremiah Sparks (13) and Jamal Achille (11) were the only other Lakers with over ten points. Sixteen Lakers found the bottom of the net on the night.
Oswego now has twenty wins on the season with a perfect conference record of 14-0. They jumped up in last weeks national poll to #17. Their win streak now sits at seventeen games, the program record is nineteen straight games. The Lakers next game comes on the road in New Paltz versus against the Hawks next Friday February, 11th. WTOP 10 will have coverage of all homes games on Youtube or Twitch.
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