OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey lost to the Hamilton Continentals Tuesday night after giving up the game winning goal within the last ten minutes of the third period. The Lakers got on the score board on a power play opportunity after senior Eryn Stewart tipped in a Megan Teachout shot in the first period. Hamilton would get back on the board in the second and then the third. The 2-1 final was the first loss in three games for Oswego as they head back to NEWHL play this Friday. The team is looking for their tenth win of the season, which would tie last year’s total with still eight games remaining. Morrisville will travel into the Marano Campus Center for a 7 p.m. puck drop.
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Oswego Women’s Lacrosse Defeats Buffalo State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team improved to 3-0 in the 2021 season on Saturday, defeating the Buffalo State Bengals 14-6. Oswego remains undefeated to start their season and moves to 2-0 in conference play, putting them in great position for a postseason run.
Buffalo State’s Samantha Burlow put the Bengals up early, scoring the game’s first goal three minutes into the half. However, that would be the only lead Buffalo State would have all game. Junior attack, Logan Castiglione, scored the Lakers first goal and followed that up with three consecutive assists. Freshman midfielder, Shae McConnell, who was recognized as Oswego’s Female Athlete of the Week on April 5th, scored four goals in Saturday’s performance. Sophomore midfielder, Sela Wiley, continued her stellar start to the season, totaling four goals and four assists. Oswego goalkeeper, Delaney Kendrick, also had her best outing of the season, racking up 9 saves versus the Bengals. The Lakers will now turn their attention to their highly anticipated matchup vs SUNY Geneseo, who lost their first game of the season on Saturday, falling to St. John Fisher College in a 11-10, 2-overtime loss. Faceoff is set for 4:00 p.m. at Geneseo.
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Oswego State Baseball Continues Dominance Against Fredonia
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Baseball continues to remain hot in the SUNYAC West with a sweep over the Fredonia Blue Devils. The Blue Devils came into the port city looking for their first SUNYAC win of the season and were left short. Oswego State would sweep the Blue Devils with scores of 17-6 and 9-2 and improved to 11-1 in the division.
The Lakers were led in game one by Dylan Frawley who was 3-4 at the plate and had four runs scored as well as a pair of RBI’s. Blue Devils pitching was not up to par with the Lakers hitting as Oswego was able to get 13 hits in the first game alone as well as drawing 12 walks with senior first baseman Ryan Weiss being the team leader with three of them. As for the second matchup, the Lakers were kept at bay for the first two innings but then erupted with 4 runs in the third then two runs in their last two innings . Fredonia’s only runs were scored in the fourth inning at that point it was already 4-0 Lakers. Oswego was led this game by 2nd baseman Ryan Enos who led the team in runs with three. Kieran Finnegan was able to carry the pitching for most of the game pitching 6 of the 7 innings with striking out 6 to remain unbeaten at 4-0 on the year.
The Lakers now move to 17-1 on the season as well as 11-1 in the division, Fredonia now falls to 3-12 on the season and 0-12 in the SUNYAC West. The Lakers now have a chance to make history as they are two wins away from setting the program record for consecutive wins at 18 that was set back in 1982. Oswego will attempt to achieve this with a double header vs Clarkson University on Tuesday May 4th at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Oswego already swept the Golden Knights once this season and have won their last 7 as well. As for Fredonia they look to find their first SUNYAC victory since 2019 with a double header matchup against the Brockport Golden Eagles on May 5th starting at 1:00 p.m.
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Oswego State Softball Sweeps Buffalo State on the Road
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Oswego State Softball went on the road Wednesday, April 14th for a SUNYAC West doubleheader at Buffalo State in which the Lakers got the sweep by scores of 8-5 and 9-7. Oswego had a 24 hit day, as the Lakers who were 1-4 at one point, are now on a three game win streak with a 4-4 overall record and 3-3 conference record. The Lakers lineup had not hit a home run through their first six games of the 2021 season, before hitting five across two games against Buffalo State.
Oswego hit a home run in each of the first three innings of game one, and six extra base hits in the early game. Zoe Mennig set the tone for the Lakers in her first at bat of the day, in the top of the first inning of game one with a two run home run. Samantha Morgan kept it going with two outs in the top of the second with a solo shot of her own. Fiona Higgins picked up her first home run of the season on a two run home run in the second, and Mennig made it back to back with her second of the day. Mennig and Morgan both had three hit days to go with three RBIs for the former, and two RBIs for the latter, in the 8-5 Lakers win.
In game two the Lakers picked up a run in the first inning for the third straight game. Oswego went off for a six run first inning, as the Lakers batted around and got RBIs from three different players, each RBI coming with two outs. Taylor DuBois had an RBI double to start the scoring, and Fiona Higgins scored on a wild pitch to the following batter Ellie Mahoney. Leah Czerwinski would slap an RBI single up the middle, and get driven in by the following batter Samantha Morgan courtesy of a three run shot, Morgan’s second home run of the day. Buffalo State answered back in the bottom of the first with six runs of their own, and each team would tack on a run between the second and fifth innings. It was a 7-7 score heading into the sixth inning before Mennig and DuBois went back to back with a pair of RBI singles, to win the game 9-7. Additional contributions in game two came from Madelana Wrubel who was 3-5, and Madison Hoeflich who threw four shutout innings of one hit pitching in relief.
The second win completes the softball team’s first doubleheader sweep since April 22nd 2019 against Fredonia. Oswego softball returns to the field in a SUNYAC West doubleheader at home, against Fredonia Sunday, April 18th at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Oswego softball field. WTOP 10 will have all the action with the doubleheader being broadcasted by the television station.
