OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team lost their third straight game on Saturday, falling to the Brockport Golden Eagles 22-9. This loss drops the Lakers to 3-3 on the season and 2-2 in SUNYAC play. However, Oswego remains in 3rd place in the West division, ahead of SUNY Fredonia (1-4) and Buffalo State (0-5). With four conference games left before the end of the regular season, the Lakers are still in the hunt for a SUNYAC Championship spot.
The Lakers were competitive early on, leading the Golden Eagles 2-1 after quick goals from Logan Castiglione and Kamryn Sherman. But that would be the only lead Oswego would have all game as Brockport went on a 7-goal run midway through the first half and never looked back. The Golden Eagles out-shot the Lakers 36 to 22, with 26 shots being on goal. What really hurt the Lakers chances in the Saturday’s matchup were their defensive clears. Oswego had only 6 successful clears and continued to give Brockport second chance shots on goal. Seven Lakers scored in the matchup, including Isabella Lembo (2), Kamryn Sherman (2), Sela Wiley (1), and Shae McConnell (1). Logan Castiglione also added 1 goal and 2 assists. As for Brockport, they were lead by leading scorer, Heather Conklin, who totaled 6 goals and 2 assists. After starting the season 3-0, Oswego will now enter Monday’s game versus Buffalo State looking to end a 3-game losing streak. The Lakers previously defeated the Bengals 14-6 on April 10th. The women’s lacrosse team will need a win to stay alive in the playoff race. The opening face off is set for 4:00 PM at Laker Turf Stadium. WTOP 10 will be at the field broadcasting all the action.
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Oswego State Men’s basketball weekend recap: two dominant SUNYAC wins
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The #22 Oswego State men’s basketball team came into the weekend with what looked to be a tough two games. They were set to take on the number three team and the number two team in the SUNYAC, the Oneonta Red Dragon and the New Paltz Hawks. Not only did they come out of the weekend with two wins, they did it in dominant fashion, and sent a message to the rest of the SUNYAC that no one is stopping them.
The first game of the weekend came on Friday night against the Oneonta Red Dragons. The Lakers dominated the whole game, and took a 28-point victory, 86-58. Devin Sparks and Jamal Achille combined for the Lakers first twelve points to take an early 12-5 lead. A Julien Crittendon layup with eight minutes to go in the first half would create a 26-15 lead. Oswego’s lead wouldn’t fall below ten for the rest of the game. Oswego headed to the locker rooms up 41-22. The Lakers shot 16-34 (47%) from the field and 4-10 (40%) from deep. The Red Dragons shot 8-28 (28.6%) from the field and 2-7 (28.6%) from deep. The Lakers came out firing in the second half. Sixteen points from Jeremiah Sparks and four from Brendon Mulson saw the Lakers lead balloon to 62-36 with twelve still to go in the half. By the five and a half minute mark Oswego’s lead was 75-45, and the reserves came in to finish the game out. Jeremiah Sparks led the Lakers with 20 points. Christian Simmons added sixteen and Devin Green had ten with nine boards. The Lakers had fourteen different scorers on the night and twenty-one different players get minutes. Oswego shot 51% from the field in the second half for 33-67 (49%) for the game, and a total 7-20 (35%) from three.
Coming off the high of beating the number three team in the SUNYAC Friday, they came into Saturday’s game against the number two team in the SUNYAC, New Paltz, looking to keep the momentum going. They didn’t fail, and blew out the Hawks 82-53. New Paltz didn’t let the Lakers take the lead right away though, they went up 6-3 after four minutes. The Lakers took over from there. At the nine minute mark in the first half Julien Crittendon made two free throws to give the Lakers a 20-8 lead. Over the next four and a half minutes the Lakers would go on a 14-2 run led by five from Crittendon. Brendon Mulson would score six over the last five minutes with Oswego beating the Hawks 12-9 in the scoring category, with the teams going into the locker rooms, Oswego up 46-19. The Lakers shot 45% from the field and 42% from three in half. The Lakers got the score to 64-29, and the lead to thirty-five, with just under thirteen to go in the game. The Lakers bench would take over from there, and they would get the lead as high as forty-two. The reserves would close the game to get the final score to 82-53. Devin Green led the Lakers with thirteen, with Kaleb Cook and Christian Simmons each adding eleven. Oswego had five other players over five points and thirteen total scorers. Twenty-one players saw playing time for the second game in a row. Ahkee Anderson, Julien Crittendon, and Kaleb Cook each had three steals.
The Lakers no have a record 18-1 (12-0 SUNYAC) with the win streak up to fifteen games. Oswego’s next game is next Friday, February 4 at home in the Max Ziel Gymnasium.
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Where There’s Sparks, There’s Fire
Bethlehem, PA – The Lakers sailed down to Moravian College for the 40th Steel Club Classic picking up two wins on the perfect weekend. Their first matchup was against Montclair State who had scored over a hundred points in multiple games this season but couldn’t produce against the reigning SUNYAC championship defense of the Oswego Lakers. The Redhawks scored 73 points good enough for a season-low in their first 11 games this year, but it wasn’t a cakewalk win for the Lakers.
Montclair State ran a baseline to baseline trap on Oswego from the opening tip until the horn sounded at the end of the game. Senior Brandon Gartland shot 5 for 6 from beyond the arc exploiting no-easy-inside-bucket Redhawk defense. Junior Liam Sanborn finished the game with 22 points and helped control the pace of the game when Montclair began to chip away at the lead in the second half. Coach Leone expressed that Liam is “the guy who runs the show for us” and as good as he was on Saturday, it was a different story come Sunday.
Sanborn got into foul trouble early in the game against the Moravian College Greyhounds and didn’t see the floor much in the first half. Ending the game with 6 total points, Sanborn wasn’t the normal floor general for the Lakers. Freshman Jeremiah Sparks was the ‘spark horse’ on Sunday scoring 32 points bringing his total up to 50 on the weekend. Sparks plugged the hole in his offensive game after having five turnovers on Saturday against the Redhawks and Coach Leone was pleased with his performance.
“[Jeremiah] has obviously got some g-d given ability with his athleticism,” Coach Leone praised, “tonight might have been Jeremiah’s best game in terms of moving the ball when he was double-teamed.”
Sparks was also a presence on the defensive end tonight registering two steals and three monster blocks against the Hounds–the only three blocks of the game for Oswego. Freshman Kaleb Cook was in the backcourt with Sparks and he came up with a couple of clutch buckets and rebounds down the stretch. This turned out to be another point of emphasis for Leone regarding his comfort levels with the depth on his team.
“We finished the game with two freshman guards out there,” Leone said “so that’s pretty good for the future of our program. It was a great thing for them to be able to go through that experience especially during a win.”
Although, this win may have been a loss if it wasn’t for Joe Sullivan’s ability to flip the switch in the second half. Sullivan was non-existent in the first half ending without a bucket but through all of the adversity Oswego played against being in Moravian’s backyard, he finished with 22 second-half points.
“We challenged a couple of guys at halftime.” Leone expressed, “Like a senior should, [Sullivan] stepped up his game and played a great second half. We wouldn’t have won without him.”
Joe Sullivan finished with five boards to add to his second-half outburst and went 10 for 11 from the charity stripe. Funny enough, his missed free throw would be the ONLY missed free throw on the night for the Lakers. Oswego made 37 free throws on 38 attempts which helped seal the deal late in the game. Coach Leone was satisfied by their efforts at the line tonight.
“That was the thing I was most happy about.” Leone said, “I don’t know if we made that one we missed if it would be some kind of record for us. 37 out of 38 is pretty impressive and our guys deserve a lot of credit on that.”
Sullivan and Gartland combined for 21 of 22 at the free-throw line on Sunday night as the Lakers outran the Greyhounds winning by a score of 85 to 79 and improve to 7-2 on the year. The Lakers will play their home opener this Friday against Fredonia at 7:30 p.m. in Max Zeil Gymnasium, and look for Jeremiah Sparks to continue to produce as he grows into a future SUNYAC star.
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Oswego womens soccer continues to dominate with win over Potsdam
OSWEGO, N.Y. – It was another day at the office for the Lakers as they tool it to the Potsdam Bears from start to finish. The Lakers came out swinging early and did not take their foot off the gas the whole game. Freshman Briana Winkler put the Lakers on the board early as she has made a huge impact on the team in her first year as a Laker. From there it was a bit of a back and forth battle until the end of the half. The second half is where things picked up for the Lakers as Katie Delgrosso put the Lakers up 2-0. With five goals on the season already, Delgrosso has been on an absolute tear. Potsdam just couldn’t do anything to halt the Lakers momentum as Lexi Thompson scored the third and final goal of the game for the Lakers, putting the contest away. The Lakers outshot the Bears 17-6 putting on an offensive clinic. The Lakers look to keep the hot streak rolling as they travel to Geneseo to take on the nights in a SUNYAC matchup this Wednesday. Game starts at 4pm.IMAGE PROVIDED BY OSWEGO ATHLETICS
