OSWEGO, NY — On the final day of the annual Pathfinder Bank/Oswego State Hockey Classic, the #10 Oswego Lakers dropped their final tournament game to the #9 University of New England Nor’easters 4-3. This nationally ranked match up featured multiple players making an impact on both sides of the match up as Tyler Seltenreich of UNE tallied a goal and assist as he led the Nor’easters to a victory. Laker Travis Broughman would add two goals to his season total to make the all-tournament team. The Saint Mary’s Cardinals, who bounced Oswego Friday night, beat the Williams College Ephs 4-2 to take the championship back to Minnesota. The Lakers move onto another nationally ranked match up as Oswego welcomes the Utica Pioneers into the Marano Campus Center January 10th. The Lakers have yet to beat a nationally ranked opponent this season as they still have Geneseo later in February. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
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Oswego State Softball Team Prepares For Doubleheader versus New Paltz
OSWEGO, N.Y — The Oswego State Softball team will look to bounce back from their most recent defeat to Buffalo State as they take on the New Paltz Hawks on April 27th. They’ll compete in back-to-back games at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 pm for a non-conference doubleheader. The Lakers are currently on a four game losing streak heading into the pair of games.
Both the Lakers and Hawks come into Tuesday’s matchup with losing records and are desperate for a late season sweep. Oswego is 5-9 which includes a pair of shutouts to SUNY Geneseo and Buffalo State on April 23rd. While New Paltz won their last game vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, they went 2-9 in their previous eleven games this season. The Lakers will be lead by junior 1st baseman, Zoe Menning, in Tuesday’s doubleheader. She leads the team in at-bats (45), hits (23), and home runs (3). She also bats a .511 average, which is the highest on the team. Oswego will have to get solid performances out of their talented pitching bullpen to ensure a victory. Madison Hoeflich has a 2.40 ERA and is 3-3 as the Lakers starting pitcher. While sophomore Fiona Higgins has a bit higher of an ERA (4.32), she leads the team in strikeouts with 33. This could be a high scoring contest if Oswego is able to capitalize on New Paltz’s poor pitching. The Hawks bullpen averages a 5.75 ERA and have given up a combined 107 hits this season.
Oswego is in “win now” mode and Tuesday’s doubleheader could change around their 2021 season. WTOP 10 will be at Laker Softball Field for the doubleheader.
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Oswego State women’s basketball finds success this weekend
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OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball was able to come out with one win out of their two games played this weekend. Their first matchup this weekend was against SUNY Oneonta Friday night. Oneonta was heavily favored to win this contest with a much better record than the Lakers. The Lakers proved that they were no easy task as they stunned Oneonta with a three point victory. Oswego’s stellar offensive performance from the three point line combined with their lights out defense ultimately sealed Oneonta’s fate. Freshman Shania Iglesias continued to prove herself as a star of this Lakers team, dropping sixteen points with nine coming from the three point line. She was the Lakers lead scorer and it wasn’t close. Other key contributors were senior Danielle Caivana with eight points, and freshman Diamond Pickett with eight. Down early in the first, Iglesias entered the game and was on an absolute tear helping the Lakers take back the lead and maintain it throughout the contest. They were firing on all cylinders and despite only winning by three points, had an answer to everything Oneonta threw their way. Deep in the fourth when it mattered the most the Lakers held Oneonta scoreless the last three minutes to put this game away. The Lakers went on to host SUNY New Paltz the following night.
The Lakers looked to keep their momentum rolling after their impressive victory Friday. Unfortunately they were on the losing side this time. Another very close game against a high seeded New Paltz resulted in a five point loss for the lakers. At the end of the first the Lakers had it all tied up at ten a peice. The next quarter was where things started to get bumpy as the Hawks went into the half with a six point lead. Senior Danielle Caivana had a star studded performance for the Lakers with dropping nineteen points, for buckets coming from the three point line. Caivana continues to finish out her time here as a Laker with great performances. The other top scorer was Shania Iglesias yet again with eleven points. Heading into the fourth quarter the game was within four points. despite the Lakers valiant effort to come out with a win, they ultimately couldn’t get the job done in a hard fought battle. The Lakers host the Potsdam Bears this Friday in the Max Zeil Gymnasium. Catch the game at 5:30 on WTOP10!
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Oswego State Baseball Erupts Against Fredonia
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Baseball swept a home doubleheader against SUNYAC West opponent Fredonia, on Saturday, April 10th. Oswego won 17-3 and 15-6, as the Lakers move to 7-1 (5-1 SUNYAC) on the year. Oswego’s offense has been on fire over the course of the win streak, and they did not slow down one bit in the 32 run effort against the visiting Blue Devils.
Oswego won game one of the Saturday doubleheader 17-3, highlighted by a nine run 4th inning which broke the game wide open. Nine Laker hitters had at least one RBI in game one, as the Lakers produced 15 hits. Kyle Lauria was 3-4 with 4 RBIs, and Ryan Enos was 2-3 with a double, 2 RBIs and 3 runs as the 3-4 hitters in the order led the way for the offense. On the mound, Kieran Finnegan held the Blue Devils to one run through six innings of work, while only allowing four hits and striking out five.
The Oswego offense kept their momentum rolling into the second game, with a 15-6 win. Ryan Enos and Kyle Lauria picked up right where they left off, Enos was 4-5 with a double, 5 RBIs, 3 runs, and Lauria went 2-3 with a triple and a home run, to go along with 3 RBIs and 3 runs in game two. Jonathan Luppens had a great day at the plate as well as he went 3-4 with 3 RBIs, a run, and a home run to mark the first multi home run game of the season for the Lakers.
Oswego State baseball expands their win streak to six games after the doubleheader sweep of Fredonia on Saturday. The Lakers open up a six game road trip on Wednesday, April 14th at Potsdam in a doubleheader scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. first pitches.
