Reported by: Mimi Haruna
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Randazzo’s OT Goal Lifts Lakers Past Castleton
The Oswego State women’s hockey team defeated the Castleton Spartans Saturday afternoon by a final score of 3-2 in overtime. The Lakers are now 2-0-0 while the Spartans fall to 1-1.
The Lakers controlled a majority of the play including goals in regulation from Emma Morisette and Eryn Stewart. However, Castleton was able to tie it up with 0.9 seconds left in regulation thanks to a backhand goal over the right shoulder of goaltender Mariah Madrigal.
In overtime, Kate Randazzo scored with just 39.2 seconds left to give the Lakers their second win of the regular season.
Oswego is back in action this Saturday at 3 p.m. when they host Elmira for their Pink the Rink game.
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The Zika Virus
Reported by: Casey Matto
For the past few months the concern over the Zika virus has been steadily growing. The Zika virus as of now is found mostly south of the United States in Central America and the northern part of South America, but is expected to spread northward as it gets warmer and warmer headed into summer. The full capacity of the disease is unknown, each week new symptoms and ways of transmission are talked about.
What we know is that the symptoms are relatively mild for adults but for pregnant women who catch the disease the fetus is susceptible to numerous brain complications upon birth.
The disease is spread mostly by mosquito but sexual transmission has also been know to happen for those carrying the disease. And there is currently no vaccine or cure for the virus.
As for the Oswego area the mosquitos that carry Zika are not expected to travel this far north this summer however for students living in Long Island, New York City, and southward be careful because it will be warm enough for mosquitos to travel up to those areas. A lot of bug spray, long pants, and long sleeve shirts this summer may be a good idea to decrease your chances of catching the virus.
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Blake Leads Lakers to Tie vs. Plattsburgh
The Oswego State women’s ice hockey team tied Plattsburgh 2-2 on Saturday. With the tie, the Lakers are now 8-11-2 overall and 4-7-1 in conference play while the Cardinals move to 17-2-2 on the season and 11-0-1 in the NEWHL. The game also marks the first time Oswego has not lost to Plattsburgh at home.
After allowing five goals in the first period Friday night, the Lakers defense held Plattsburgh to a single shot for the first ten minutes of the contest. During that time, Olivia Ellis scored her team leading seventh goal of the season to give Oswego an early lead. The Cardinals were able to fight their way back into the game with multiple power play opportunities due to the Lakers’ miscues. On the brink of defeat, Oswego’s Victoria Blake sent the puck sailing past the leg of Plattburgh’s goalie, Brooke Wolejko to tie the game up with just 17 seconds left.
The Lakers will head to Cortland on Friday as part of a home and home series. Puck drop is scheduled for 2 pm.
