-
Oswego State Baseball Sweeps Alfred State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Baseball got their second consecutive doubleheader sweep on Thursday as the Lakers have now won four in a row, and move to 5-1. The weather was beautiful in Oswego for the home opener, and the first home baseball game for the Lakers since April 23rd, 2019. The Lakers defeated Alfred State 6-3 in game one, and 8-0 in game two in a great day for both pitchers and hitters in an Oswego uniform.
Oswego scored in each of the first three frames of game one, leading 5-0 after 3, the Lakers dominated all day long. Each of the first five runs came courtesy of Alfred State mishap as two runs came on separate wild pitches, two runs came on fielding errors, and one run was walked in. Anthony Van Fossen was brilliant on the mound for the Lakers as he threw 6 innings of 1 hit, shutout ball. Van Fossen now holds a 0.82 ERA through 11 innings of work, as he gave up just one run on three hits in his last outing against Brockport, and he has shown he can be a reliable arm for the Lakers staff this year. At the plate, Ryan Weiss was 3-3 with a double, an RBI and a run. Oswego led 6-0 going into the final inning in which Alfred State gave the Lakers a little scare in a rally that featured 3 runs, but the Lakers would win game one 6-3.
The Lakers had 8 hits in the first game, but came out even hotter in the second game with 14 hits to go with 8 runs. While the Lakers offense was firing, Ronald Loomis who struggled in his first outing against Brockport put on an inspired performance on the mound as he threw 5 innings of two hit, shutout ball. After Loomis was pulled, the Oswego bullpen was outstanding, as Connor Van Dreason, Jacob Sanders, Sean Clifford, and Evan Dempsey each threw an inning apiece, and none of them gave up a hit. In the batters box, Kyle Lauria was 3-5 with 3 RBIs, Brendon Frank was 3-4 and contributed 2 runs, Paul Tammaro was 2-4 with a double and 2 runs, and Ryan Enos was 2-4 with a run and 2 RBIs.
The Lakers successfully defended home field in their doubleheader sweep behind a 14 run day from the offense, and the pitching staff held Alfred State to 5 hits all day long. The Lakers will defend home turf again Saturday, April 10th, when they take on Fredonia in a SUNYAC West doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage on the Oswego State Baseball team all season long.
-
Laker Volleyball sweeps Golden Flyers
OSWEGO — The Lakers defeated the Nazareth Golden Flyers in a quick three sets on Wednesday at the Max Ziel Gymnasium. The Golden Flyers came into the match 9-8 with a steady 3-1 away record. Lauren Fie and Julia Flohr led Oswego with two long serving runs that secured the first set. They would need to battle back in the other two sets to sweep Nazareth and improve to 14-6 overall. Shauna O’Flaherty, Senior, stood out with 13 kills and 2 blocks along with Lauren Fie’s 3 aces throughout the match. The team looks to take the recent success on the road for a 4-game road trip that starts with Plattsburgh this Friday. Oswego still has six matches SUNYAC games left before starting SUNYACS in early November.
-
Oswego women’s soccer secures SUNYAC playoff spot
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women’s Soccer team faced off against the New Paltz Hawks on Saturday afternoon. This game was an important one for the Lakers as they were looking to get into one of the last SUNYAC playoff spots. Oswego would take control to start the first half of the matchup in what was a relatively quiet half of play. That was until Amber Mcdermott Scored first for the Lakers, unassisted at the 29:02 mark to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead. The Lakers held the advantage in the first half beating New Paltz in shots 5-2 and would take a 1-0 lead after one half of play.
In the second half we saw a momentum switch where New Paltz took over. Shortly into the second half, New Paltz would tie the match at 1 from a goal by Gaby Treble at the 48:56 mark. The Hawks would eventually take the lead over the Lakers halfway through the second half from Addison Weiner at the 69:10 mark to take a 2-1 lead over the Lakers. But the Lakers fought back to tie it as graduate transfer Graisa Madde would score the match’s final point, tying the game at 2 with just over 12 minutes remaining in the contest. Both teams could get nothing past the goalkeepers for the rest of the game and it would end in a 2-2 tie in Oswego’s last regular season game.
The Lakers finished their season with a record of 8-5-4, and a conference record of 3-3-3. The Lakers will now turn their focus to the playoffs as they will be the fifth seed. Oswego will take on the Plattsburgh Cardinals at Plattsburgh on October 29th at 1PM in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRANDON CHAUG, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
