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Women’s hockey breaks winless streak with big win

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego women’s hockey team got an extra day of preparation and rest for Saturday afternoon’s matchup with Potsdam after Friday’s game got postponed that was supposed to be played against SUNY Canton. The Lakers came in on a three game winless streak, but they snapped that with a dominant 5-0 victory over the Bears for the Teddy Bear Toss game. The first Lakers goal came nine minutes into the first period on the power play, where a shot from Avery Webster would be saved, but the rebound fell to Morgan Shines who put it in the back of the net. The Lakers wouldn’t score again in the first period, but dominated the second period, putting it past the goalie three times. The second goal of the game was off of another rebound, the initial shot was by Megan Teachout, with Ariella Haas cleaning up for her first of three points in the game. Teachout scored the third goal, deking through defenders on a four on four to score a spectacular goal. The third goal of the period came on the power play again, with Mack Hull winning and putting away a scramble in front of the net. The Lakers defense proved their prowess in the second period, shutting down a 5 on 3 situation at one point, and goalie Joanna Hiebert stopping a 2 on 1 break away at another point. Oswego’s final goal came in the third period, on the power play again, Simone Bednarik scored with assists from Chyne Kennedy and Ariella Haas. The Lakers were dominant all game, winning the shot battle 53 to 7, and going 3-4 on the powerplay while keeping Potsdam to 0-5.

The Lakers next game comes against William Smith on Tuesday at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. Coverage will start 6:45 p.m. on WTOP 10.

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Men’s basketball starts season with tournament win

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OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s basketball team competed in the Max Ziel Tournament this weekend. They played the first game on Friday night, beating Elmira College handily 85-51. They would play the second game on Saturday, winning the tournament in a closer contest against Hobart College 63-48.

Friday night’s game against Elmira started close. Oswego State led 6-4 after five minutes before a 10-0 run would help the grow a lead they wouldn’t give up. Another eight points from Laker senior guard Julien Crittendon gave Oswego a 25-6 lead with ten still to play in the first half. The first half would end 42-19 Oswego. Elmira had a more successful second half, scoring thirty-two points, but Oswego would score another forty-three of their own, for the final score of 85-51. Crittendon was the Lakers leading scorer with fifteen points, with freshman Ahkee Anderson the only other Laker with over ten points at twelve. Fourteen Lakers would score on the night. Anderson also contributed three assists. Junior guard Devin Green lead the team in rebounds with nine. Oswego shot 50.9% from the field on the night.

The second and final game of the tournament was against Hobart college. An opening three pointer from Hobart was answered by a 16-0 run by the Lakers over eight minutes. Fourteen of the Lakers sixteen came from junior guard Kaleb Cook and sophomore guard Jeremiah Sparks. The first half would end 35-20 Oswego. The Lakers pushed the lead to twenty-one early in the second half but Hobart would pull it back to eleven with three to play in the game. Oswego would play solid defense and hit their free throws to close out the game and win 63-48. Kaleb Cook led the Lakers with twenty-two points and Jeremiah Sparks had fifteen of his own. Senior center Louis Fedullo led the Laker with eight rebounds. Kaleb Cook was named tournament MVP and Julien Crittendon was named to the all-tournament team.

Oswego State plays Clarkson at 7:30 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gymnasium on Tuesday November, 16th. WTOP 10 will have coverage starting at 7:30 p.m.

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Men’s soccer falls to Cortland in SUNYAC championship

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OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego men’s soccer team travelled to Cortland Saturday afternoon to take on the Red Dragons in the SUNYAC tournament championship game. The Lakers had fought hard to make it to the tournament and then make it all the way to the championship game, but their exciting run came to an end as they would fall 6-0. Cortland got themselves on the scoreboard early when they would get to a loose ball in the box and score. The Red Dragon’s would net another before the half to make it 2-0. Cortland kept their momentum going in the second half, getting their third goal seven minutes in, and their fourth seven minutes later. They converted two more times before the end of the game, making it 6-0. Cortland dominated the second half of the game, getting fourteen shots to Oswego’s three. Oswego had a total of six shots in the game, two each from Ryan Young and Kyle Gehnrich. Oswego’s Caleb Munski, Kieran Gilroy, and Hajoon Lee all earned All-Tournament honors.

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Men’s soccer defeats New Paltz, advances to SUNYAC Championship

OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s soccer team travelled to New Paltz to take on the Hawks in a SUNYAC semi-final game today. After a hard fought game the Lakers came out on top 1-0. It was a defensive first half, with Oswego getting five shots on goal and New Paltz getting three shots on goal. The Lakers got themselves on the board early in the second half. A cross from Hajoon Lee would find the head of Kieran Gilroy and then the back of the net for the only goal of the entire contest. Oswego goal keeper Brian Terra would come up big for Oswego, he had two saves on the day including a save on a New Paltz penalty kick in the 71st minute.

Oswego will travel to Cortland on Saturday for the SUNYAC championship game, the first in Laker’s program history. The Lakers played the Red Dragons on October 16th at Laker Turf Stadium. The Lakers lost 3-0, despite Brian Terra’s seven saves. Cortland comes into this game ranked #5 in the country and are coming off a win against Buffalo State 2-1 in their semi-final matchup. The contests kicks off at 1:00 p.m. on SUNY Cortland’s campus.

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Women’s Hockey starts season hot in midwest

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s hockey team took a road trip to the Midwest this weekend. The first game of the trip came against Adrian College in Michigan. Adrian College was undefeated in their last season before Covid stopped their chances at the national title. The Lakers would start the season hot with a 2-1 victory. The first period would see the Lakers get off six shots on target and Adrian have seven, but the period would end 0-0. Megan Teachout would open the scoring for the Lakers in the second period with an unassisted goal. Teachout would get the Lakers second goal of the night in the third period. The goal, assisted by Chyne Kennedy, would come on a power play. Adrian would score with less than a minute to go in the game to make it 2-1. Oswego Goalie Joanna Hiebert had a spectacular night in goal, recording 31 saves on 32 shots.

The second game of the weekend came against Trine University in Indiana. This was the first matchup between the two teams. The game wouldn’t start as well for the Lakers, as Trine scored half way into the first period with a power play goal to give them a 1-0 lead. The Lakers got on the scoreboard in the second period. A goal by Amanda Zenstein assisted by Philomena Teggart seven minutes into the second period would put momentum on the Lakers side. Megan Teachout got Oswego’s second goal of the night and her third on the weekend to make the game 2-1 Lakers in the third. Rachel Corbett had a good day in the face-off circle winning seven of her eight draws. Lakers goaltender Bryn White had sixteen total saves and one goal against in the victory.

The Lakers next game comes against Buffalo State at home on Saturday, November 6 at 3 p.m. where they open conference play in the NEWHL. Coverage will start on WTOP 10 at 2:30 p.m. with the pregame show streaming on wtop10.com/live and twitch.tv/wtop10tv.

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Loss keeps field hockey out of conference tournament

Oswego, N.Y. — The Oswego State field hockey team took to the field Wednesday night against Cortland. The Lakers fought hard, but the final score was a 3-0 Cortland win. The first goal came five minutes into the game by Cortland’s Kierra Ettere, one of the best goal scorers in the country. The other two Cortland goals would come in the first half of the game by Lily Fox. The Oswego defense would hold strong in the second half of the game not allowing a goal on thirteen shots. Oswego would take their only eight shots of the game in the second half, four of them going on target. Oswego’s Chloe Parks would get off three of those shots, with two of them on target ones. Oswego’s goalie, Erica Scheblein, would have nine saves in the contest.

Unfortunately, this loss would keep the Lakers out of the conference tournament. With one game to go, the team sits at 8-8, but only 2-4 in SUNYAC play, putting them sixth in the conference. They play their last game of the season at Keuka College on Friday at 4:00 p.m.

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Oswego State women’s hockey sweeps weekend

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s hockey team started their season red hot this weekend. They played their first game of the season Friday night in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena against King’s College. The Women would come out firing with an 18-0 victory. The Lakers would score five in the first period, followed by nine in the second, and four in the third. Five players had two goals, with Kyleigh Grugin and Amanda Zenstein adding three assists to their two goals each. Those two players would lead the team with five points each.

The women’s hockey team would come back to the rink Saturday afternoon to take on Neumann University. They would come down to earth with a 7-0 win. The players were wearing their pink jerseys for their “Pink the Rink” promotion in support of those fighting Cancer, Cancer survivors, and those lost by Cancer. The first period was dominated in the Oswego offensive zone, with the women getting off fourteen shots to Neumann’s one, but couldn’t score. Megan Teachout would open the scoring for the Lakers about five minutes into the second period, her first of two on the night. Oswego would score four in the second period, followed by three in the third. Morgan Shines would also have two goals in the contest, both coming in the second period.

The Oswego State women’s hockey team’s next game is against Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan on Friday at 3 P.M.

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