OSWEGO — A big weekend coming up for the Lakers as they host Plattsburgh on Friday and Potsdam on Saturday. The Lakers will head into the action (3-5-1) overall, but more importantly (0-3) in conference play which makes these games even more important. Two wins this weekend would give the Lakers six points in the standings and would greatly improve their chances of getting one of the six spots in the SUNYAC championship tournament later this month.
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Men’s hockey wins first SUNYAC away matchup
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Oswego State Lakers took a trip down I-81 to Cortland Friday for their first road conference game. A matchup between a ninth ranked Lakers squad and a Red Dragons that were receiving votes to get into the top 15 in the USCHO poll certainly had implications for the rest of the season.
The Lakers were the first to find the scoreboard. A little over eight minutes into the period, Tommy Cahill put one past the goalie. It was Cahill‘s third goal of the season. Assist went to Ryan Bunka. Cortland would answer back before the end of the period though. An unassisted goal with just over five to play tied the game. The Lakers had two power play opportunities towards the end of the first, but wouldn’t capitalize on either during the first period. Oswego outshot Cortland 15-9 in the period, Daniel Colabufo leading the team with four shots. Cal Schell, back in goal for his third start of the season, had eight saves.
The second period was all Lakers. The second goal of the game for Oswego came just 40 seconds in. Still on the power play left over from the first, Alex DiCarlo scored his second of the season. Assists went to Tommy Cahill and Daniel Colabufo. It took less than two minutes for the Lakers to double their lead. Thomas Rocco would score his fourth of the season, assisted by Connor Sleeth, his sixth. Goal four was again a quick fire, just 40 seconds later. Jackson Arcan scored his second, assisted by Alex DiCarlo. Once more, it took less than a minute for Oswego to score their fifth and final goal. Tommy Cahill netted his second of the game, Trent Grimshaw getting his third assist of the season. The Red Dragon’s starting goalie, Luca Durante was pulled after the fifth Lakers goal. Cortland wanted in on the scoring parade, adding one of their own, and their second of the game, just 40 seconds after the Lakers fifth. In total, five goals were scored within the first 4:10 of the second period. No other goals were scored in the second. Oswego again won the shot battle in the second 17-7. Schell only had six saves in the period.
Cortland fought in the third period to try and win or get to OT. It took until less then five to play in the game for them to score their third goal.
Then, with under a minute to play, they scored a fourth making it 5-4, but it was too late, as the Lakers held onto their lead. The squads tied in shots in the final period 11-11, but the Lakers won the overall battle 43-27. Thomas Rocco and Tommy Cahill led the team in shots with six each. Connor Sleeth was 12-15 on the face-off in the game. Cal Schell had 23 saves in the game to go with the four goals allowed.The Lakers are no 4-1 this season and 3-0 in the SUNYAC. Their next matchup is a big one as they head to the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in Geneseo, N.Y. for a ranked matchup with the Geneseo Ice Knights. The Knights are currently ranked #3, though they may fall after a tie with Plattsburgh Saturday night. They come home for a game with Brockport on Saturday.
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Oswego State men’s soccer team advances to SUNYAC tournament semi-finals
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s soccer team (#6) defeated the Oneonta Red Dragons (#3) in a 2-1 shootout on Saturday, advancing to the SUNYAC semi-finals. This was the Lakers first win against Oneonta since 1965, ending a 56-year drought.
After falling to Oneonta on senior day just seven days prior, Oswego bounced back on an even bigger stage, earning the team’s first SUNYAC tournament win in Coach Dan Kane’s tenure there. It was a competitive bout from start to finish with Oneonta striking first in the 27th minute to take a 1-0 lead. The score would remain the same until the 64th minute after freshman midfielder Hajoon Lee scored off a pass from Kieran Gilroy. However, that would be the final goal of the game as neither team could find the back of the net throughout the rest of regulation and both overtime periods, forcing a shootout.
Through the first four rounds of the shootout, each player on both teams scored on their attempt. Though in the final round, Oneonta’s Malcom Swett hit the crossbar while sophomore defenseman Brendan Murphy made his attempt. In a match that took more than 110 minutes to declare a winner, the Lakers were able to edge the Red Dragons in a shootout, 5-4.
With their first-round victory, Oswego State will now travel to New Paltz to take on the Hawks in the SUNYAC semi-finals on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. This will be the second time these two teams have met this season with the first game resulting in a 2-1 New Paltz victory on Oct. 22nd. Oswego will look to bounce back in the same way they did against Oneonta in hopes of advancing to the SUNYAC Championship final. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.
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Softball Drops Three of Four Over the Weekend
Brockport, N.Y. – The Oswego State Softball team was on the road this weekend, heading out West for a double header against the Geneseo Knights on Friday. Then, on Saturday, they traveled out further West for another double header, this time against the Brockport Golden Eagles.
The series with Geneseo was a tough one to watch for the Lakers, as they were blanked ten to zero by the Knights in game one, then dropping game two by eight runs. Fiona Higgins got the start on the mound in both games, recording eight strikeouts in four innings. Samantha Morgan continued to shine at the plate, going 4-5 in the box, scoring two runs for the Lakers. Oswego dropped game one by a score of 10-0, then fell in game two by a score of 13-5 in ten total innings played.
Oswego rebounded to their tough day on Friday with a game one win over the Golden Eagles on Saturday. Higgins got the starting nod again and did not disappoint. in game one, Higgins threw 11 strikeouts and gave up just four hits, including a shutout win. Morgan continued to have a solid performance this weekend, going 2-4 at bat, including two RBI’s and a run scored in game one. The Lakers took game one by a score of 6-0. Game two started off promising for the Lakers, as they jumped out to a three run lead in the first three and a half innings of play. However, the Golden Eagles would shut out Oswego for the remainder of the game, and add eight runs to give them a 8-3 win over Oswego in game two. Oswego recorded just three hits at bat in game two, with Morgan leading the way yet again, going 2-3 with an RBI.
Samantha Morgan shined despite the Laker’s weekend struggles. Overall, Morgan recorded eight hits at bat, going 8-12 over the weekend. Morgan now leads the team in batting average with .337 on the season. Oswego’s tough weekend puts them with an overall record of 8-22-1, and a 3-9 SUNYAC record. The ladies will look to turn things around this weekend, with two double headers at home against Buffalo State and Fredonia.
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