OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball team Saturday suffered an unfortunate 59-48 loss to the Fredonia Blue Devils. The Lakers stayed in it until the very end where Fredonia went on a nine point run to end the game, ultimately giving the Blue Devils the victory. It was almost as close as it can get heading into the forth with the Blue Devils only up by one point. The Lakers were ready for a battle, but came up on the losing end. Freshman Shania Iglesias was the lead scorer for the Lakers dropping an impressive seventeen points with two three pointers and nine rebounds. Right behind Iglesias was senior Danielle Caivana with twelve points. Despite this tough loss, the Lakers have to find a way to start clicking and picking up some wins. All hope is not lost as the Lakers return after the holiday season to host Alfred State January 3rd in the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Tip off is at 12 p.m. on WTOP 10!
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Women’s basketball split weekend matchups
OSWEGO, NY- The Lakers ended up splitting their games this weekend as they won on Friday against Plattsburgh but lost on Saturday to Potsdam.The Lakers started off the weekend with an impressive performance against the Plattsburgh Cardinals winning 53-48. The Lakers would lead 12-7 halfway through the first quarter with Sydney Hoefs scoring five points in the first quarter. The second quarter saw the score tied three times with the Lakers leading 33-28 at the half. Chastin Giles would have nine second quarter points. She would lead the Lakers at the half with 11 points. Oswego would go 63.64% in the second quarter and went 66% from the three-point line.
The second half saw the Lakers extend their lead to 40-28 early in the third quarter. The Cardinals would rally at the end of the third to only trail by seven. The Lakers struggled from the field in the third quarter as they were only 26.67% from the field in the quarter. The Lakers would extend their lead to ten early in the fourth as Sydney Hoefs connected on her second three-pointer of the game to give the Lakers a 45-35. A late rally by the Cardinals would fail as the Lakers would hold off Plattsburgh. Hoefs would lead the Lakers on the day with 15 points a season-high for her and Chastin Giles would post a season best 13 points in the game.
The Lakers would then take on the Potsdam Bears on Saturday but would lose 64-33. The Lakers would trail early 4-0 and would trail 19-14 at the end of the first quarter. Sydney Hoefs would lead the Lakers at the end of the first quarter with five points. The Lakers had immense struggles from the field only shooting 28.57% in both the first and second quarter. Potsdam fared from much better from the field shooting 42.86%. Giavanna Principio-White would lead the Lakers at the half with six points. The Bears would lead the Lakers 31-19 at the half.
The second half was a continuation of the first half with more struggles for the Lakers. The Lakers would only shoot 11.11% from the field, their worst shooting % from the field in a quarter this season since their game against Geneseo only January 24th only managing to shoot 13.33%. Oswego managed to only score three points in the third quarter while allowing Potsdam to score 16 more points as the Bears lead by a huge margin 47-22 at the end of the third. The fourth quarter began with Principio-White connecting on a three-pointer but the Lakers still trailed 47-25. Oswego would lose 64-33 to Potsdam which was their eighth straight loss to the Bears and their worst loss to them since they first faced off in 1971.
The Lakers will host the New Paltz Hawks on Friday, February 3rd at the Max Ziel Gymnasium at 5:30. The Lakers face a Hawks squad who have won 12 games in a row this season and are on of the top two teams SUNYAC . The Lakers will look to end a ten-game losing streak to the Hawks. New Paltz beat Oswego 74-47 this season back on January 21st.
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Women’s Hockey ties with Cortland
CORTLAND, NY — Women’s Hockey played another NEWHL game this evening as the Lakers tied the Cortland 2-2 in Red Dragon’s territory. Both teams were scoreless in the 1st period before the Red Dragons got on the board five minutes into the 2nd period. The Lakers would answer as freshman Megan Teachout snapped one past the Cortland goalie for her 8th goal of the season. Senior Eryn Stewart would tally the assist for her 12th assist on the season. Cortland would take the lead at the end of the 2nd period before Eryn Stewart scored in the 3rd period to force the tie. Senior Rachael Farmer would post 22 saves for a .917 save percentage in the tie.
The Lakers stay two points ahead of Cortland and Potsdam for second place in the NEWHL standings. Oswego travels to Potsdam this Saturday for an afternoon game on the road. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m.
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Lakers field hockey keep shutout streak alive with another successful weekend
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego state field hockey team kept their hot streak going as they took their fifth straight victory beating their record of four straight last year via shutout in two home games this past weekend. The lakers started off the weekend by hosting the Keuka Wolves on friday afternoon. Senior Kaitlyn Mastracco stayed with the theme of the lakers quick offensive attacks when she netted the first goal only a minute into the game. The Lakers then stayed quiet for most of the first half as the Wolves and Lakers had a continued back and forth midfield play with great defense on both sides. It took until the 24:56 mark of the quarter until Mastracco fired her second goal of the contest past the goalkeeper putting the Lakers up 3-0 at halftime. But the Lakers turned it up after halftime after Nancy Pagliaroli scored her second goal of the season ten minutes into the second half. Less than three minutes later Mastracco struck again for her third goal of contest on a day where she ended with a team leading 3 goals and 1 assist. Senior Kacie Simzer would then score two straight goals for the lakers to end a 7-0 win against Keuka.
The Lakers came back on Saturday afternoon against Sage college from Albany, NY. The Lakers started off quick as Kaitlyn Jordan scored the Lakers’ first goal 2 minutes into the game. The Lakers had eight straight shots and four penalty corners without a score because of stellar goalie play by Sage’s Anna Church in a game where she had 19 saves, the Lakers broke through on their ninth consecutive shot off the stick of Kacie Simzer. But this team shined with their stellar defense in a game where Sage had no SOG and limited possession. Pagliaroli, Mastracco and Bauer led the team with 2 goals each and Simzer and Jordan added the others in a 7-0 win over Sage.
Oswego State will now travel to La Plume, PA to take on the Keystone College Giants on September 13 at 4:00PM.
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