OSWEGO — The Men’s Hockey team will start their 2019-2020 regular season today against SUNYAC opponent Cortland. The Lakers are looking to continue their success last season versus the Red Dragons after sweeping their opponent both home and away. The most recent preseason poll has the Lakers slotted in the sixth position under Hobart (5) and Geneseo (3). After going 2-0 against Carleton Place and Nazareth in exhibition, the top story going into this season is who Ed Gosek will be starting between the pipes. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m. at the Marano Campus center. Of course WTOP10 has you covered with Hockey Night in Oswego starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Men’s basketball rolls over Cortland in first SUNYAC matchup
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s basketball team took on the Cortland Red Dragons at home in the their SUNYAC opener Tuesday night. A great night on defense for the team saw them shutdown the Red Dragons and win 69-44. A fast start by the Red Dragons saw them grab an early 6-2 lead, but Oswego took control from there. The next twelve minutes saw the Lakers outscore Cortland 25-3, including an eight minute stretch where Cortland wouldn’t score at all. The scoring run was lead by guards Julien Crittendon, ten points, and Devin Green, eight points. The teams went into the locker rooms at the half with Oswego up a commanding 33-16. Oswego held the Cortland to 25% shooting in the first half, and 1-7 from beyond the arc.
The second half started with senior Brendon Mulson hitting a shot for his 1,001 career collegiate point, a major milestone on his part. Oswego would keep the defensive pressure high through the second half, with seven minutes left they had grown the lead to 56-28. After some Cortland makes, Green would add to his scoring output, hitting three straight threes to extend the lead to 65-35. Oswego’s reserves would finish the game from their, and the final score would be a whopping 69-44. Green lead the Lakers in scoring on the night with twenty points, adding four rebounds. Crittendon also had a good night with fourteen points of his own and three steals. Jeremiah Sparks cleaned the boards with fourteen rebounds for Oswego. The Lakers were efficient shooting on the night, 40% overall, while 39% from deep. They also scored nineteen points off turnovers.
The Lakers next game comes against the Buffalo State Bengals (0-4) at home in the Max Ziel Gymnasium. They look to keep the hot start going and extend on their now 4-1 record. Tip off is set for 7:30 P.M. WTOP 10 will have coverage of the game starting just before tip off.
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Men’s Hockey Max Novick named All-American
OSWEGO, NY — The American Hockey Coaches Association released their All-American teams this past Friday, which featured Oswego State Laker Max Novick. The Junior made the Third Team for the East Region as this is the defenseman’s second All-American Award. Novick was also named to the First Team All-Conference for the second straight season as the junior was in the top-15 for points and held a + 20 plus/minus rating. He ranked second on Oswego behind fellow defenseman Carter Allen. Novick helped the Lakers rank inside the top 20 nationwide for goals against with a game average of 2.41 goals. The defenseman also scored six goals and tallied 18 assists to tie for fourth in scoring between the Lakers.
Max Novick will join Mike Snell and Don Patrick as the only other Oswego Lakers to receive the award twice. This is the 32nd All-American honor for the Men’s Hockey team as the group finished 16-10-1 this season and ended their campaign as conference finalists. Novick will most likely join the Lakers once again next season for his senior campaign along side Carter Allen, Tanner Spink, and Carson Vance.
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Oswego State Softball Looks to Rebound After Geneseo
GENESEO, N.Y.– The Oswego State Lakers Softball team went into Geneseo on Friday to look for revenge after being swept on their homefield just a few weeks ago. It was all Geneseo though in the doubleheader today as they shut out the Lakers 7-0 in the first game and 6-0 in the second matchup of the day. The Lakers fall to 5-7 on the season and currently sit in third place in the SUNYAC West standings with a conference record of 4-6 after Friday’s results.
Holding the Lakers scoreless in the first game was Knights pitcher Nicole Schwartz who only allowed 6 hits the entire contest and still remains perfect at 5-0 this season at the mound. The Knights were able to jump out early with three different RBI’s which led to 5 runs in the second inning that would eventually seal the fate of Oswego State in the first game. Moving on to the second matchup of the day, once again it was Geneseo’s offense striking early. With three runs scored by the Knights in the first inning as well as two in the third and one in the 5th to cap off a 6-0 shutout in game two. As for Geneseo, they improve to 9-4 on the season and remain at the top of the SUNYAC West division. The Knights will have a little under a week off with their next contest not until Wednesday at SUNY Brockport.
Looking on from this contest the Lakers will look to rebound on a quick turn around as they face off against the Buffalo State Bengals today at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. at Laker Softball Field. Oswego State was able to sweep the last doubleheader against the Bengals with final scores of 8-5 and 9-7. Tune in today to watch the Lakers attempt to rebound with a doubleheader against Buffalo State and you can watch all the action on WTOP 10.
