ANOTHER WEEK DOWN AND ON THIS FINE MONDAY WE ARE GIVING YOU YOUR OSWEGO STATE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK! STARTING OFF WITH MY TEAMMATE JOHN MACKIE OF THE MEN’S GOLF TEAM! THE SENIOR CAPTAIN WENT OUT WITH A BANG SHOOTING A CAREER LOW 74 ON SUNDAY OF THE OSWEGO STATE INVITATIONAL. HIS 74 ADDED WITH HIS FIRST DAY SCORE OF 80 TOTALED FOR 154 WHICH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A TIE IN FIFTH PLACE OUT OF A FIELD OF SEVEN TEAMS! CONGRATS AGAIN MAN! ALSO RECEIVING THE HONOR ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE WAS EMILY LANGE OF THE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM. LANGE HAD 14 POINTS LAST WEEK IN JUST THREE GAMES!!! SHE ALSO HAD TWO GOALS IN THE LAKERS FINAL GAME AGAINST ONEONTA. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE ATHLETES ON A GREAT SEASON!

STICKING WITH A MEMBER OF THIS WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM, NIKkI GRECO HAS EARNED THE SUNYAC GOALIE OF THE WEEK FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME!! THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010 THAT A GOALIE RECEIVED THIS HONOR BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK. GRECO HELPED LEAD THE LAKERS TO A 2-1 RECORD ON THE WEEK, TOTALING 38 SAVES WITH A SAVE PERCENTAGE OF .543. GRECO CLEARLY A STANDOUT ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A FABULOUS SEASON!

                                                        ~ Dan North

The SUNYAC has released its weekly awards and two Oswego State student athletes have been honored for their accomplishments.  Nikki Greco has been named the Women’s lacrosse goalie of the week for the second straight week. The back to back win award comes off a 1-2 record this week by the Senior who started with a 11 save performance in the 13-6 victory over went onto to have two great games in defeat with 11 saves vs Geneseo and 9 against nationally ranked Brockport. Greco and the Womens lacrosse team return to action Tuesday at New Paltz.

On the men’s side Nick Giampaolo earned the Men’s  Lacrosse player of the week. The Lakers went 2-1 this week including two games with 20 plus goals. The Junior had 3 goals and 1 assist in the 20-11 win vs Elmira last Monday, then 4 goals and 1 assist in the 21-6 victory against Canton on Wednesday and then finally finishing up with 3 goals and 1 assist in Oswego’s 10-9 loss at Geneseo on Saturday. Giampaolo leads the team in goals with 26 and points with 34. The Men are back on the field Wednesday to host Potsdam in their final home game of the season.