OSWEGO, NY — Monday evening, the Oswego Boys Buccaneers Hockey team welcomed the Baldwinsville Bees into the Crisafulli Ice Rink for a Section III Hockey matchup. The Bees were on a mission to snap a two-game losing streak while Oswego looked to start a four-game series off on a high note. Senior goaltender Brayden Demling would once again start in net for Oswego but would not last that long as freshman forward Sam Ciappa would net his first goal of the game. The Bee would later tally two more for a hat trick in his first season with the team. But, that would come after Demling was replaced by backup netminder Mason Kurilovitch. This would be the first time the goaltender has seen action in the first period, and would later give up three goals during his time in between the posts. Marcus Baker would score the first Buccaneer goal before the end of the first stanza to make it a 3-1 hockey game.
Lukas Cady was able to tally his third goal of the season on the powerplay in the first part of the second period. However, Baldwinsville would not look back. The Bees would add two more in the period and cap off the game with an additional tally in the third period. Sophomore netminder Jon Schirmer would allow two goals in the contest and get his second win of the season in net for the Bees.
Oswego now sets sail for the Christian Brothers Academy of Syracuse as the two teams face off for the second time in four days. The familiar foes will drop the puck at 8:30 p.m. at the Coliseum located at the New York State Fairgrounds. On Saturday, the Brothers defeated the Bucs 6-2 at the Fort Ontario. WTOP 10 will continue to bring Oswego Buccaneers fans coverage of the 2021 season for the Oswego Boys Buccaneers Hockey team.
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Oswego State Baseball Heads into SUNYAC Championship
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNYAC Baseball playoffs kick off Saturday, May 15th as Oswego hosts Oneonta and Brockport goes on the road to take on Cortland. Games are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday with a if necessary game three slated for 12:00 on Sunday, May 16th.
Cortland comes in as the number one overall seed and ranked 22nd in the country, at 14-2 as the nationally ranked Red Dragons look for their 35th conference championship. Scott Giordano leads the Cortland offense with a .455 batting average, four home runs, and 25 RBIs, the first two stats rank 3rd and the third stat ranks 5th in the SUNYAC. Former SUNYAC Baseball Athlete of the Week Daniel Coleman has four home runs to his name as well to go along with 26 RBIs which is good for 4th in the conference. Cortland also touts the three lowest ERAs in the SUNYAC, Ryan Flansburg leads with a 0.93 ERA in 29 innings, former SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week Zack Durant comes in with a 2.18 ERA in 29 innings, and Brandon Buchan carries a 2.20 ERA in 28.2 innings of work. Cortland met their first round opponent, Brockport back on May 3rd in the regular season. Brockport took game one 9-4 and Cortland took game two 9-1.
Brockport faces Cortland in the first round as the second seed in the West division, as the Golden Eagles have a 12-4 SUNYAC record. Brockport has two hitters in the top five for batting average in the SUNYAC, former SUNYAC Baseball Athlete of the Week Matt O’Dair led all hitters in the regular season with a .478 and Daniel Delgazio is 5th with a .423 average. Brockport has hitters in 1st and 5th in another hitting category, as Tom Kretzler led all hitters with eight home runs, and Jake Sisto had four long balls of his own. On the mound, former SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week Trevor McCarthy is 2nd in the SUNYAC in strikeouts with 37, and Andrew Huffman is 5th in the stat with 33 punchouts. Brockport goes on the road to take on Cortland with the winner in the two of three series advancing to the SUNYAC championship.
Oswego hosts the other first round matchup, as the first seed in the West and 21st nationally ranked Lakers come in with a 14-2 regular season record. Oswego is looking to win their 16th SUNYAC title as well as their fourth consecutive. Paul Tammaro in the leadoff spot has a .444 batting average which is good for 4th in the SUNYAC. The top three RBI leaders in the SUNYAC are also in the Oswego order in the form of Kyle Lauria, Ryan Enos, and Ryan Weiss who have 38, 34, and 31 RBIs apiece. Brendon Frank and Lauria are tied for 1st in the conference in stolen bases with 18 each, and Enos ranks 4th with 12 as all three former SUNYAC Baseball Athlete of the Week winners are threats both at the plate and on the basepaths. On the mound, former SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week Kieran Finnegan ranks 5th in the conference in ERA with a 2.40 in 30 innings of work. Oswego faced first round opponent Oneonta on May 6th in the regular season. Oswego took game one 19-5 and Oneonta won game two 5-2.
Oneonta goes on the road to take on Oswego in the first round as the second seed in the East, the Red Dragons have the only losing record of any of the four playoff teams with their 6-10 SUNYAC record. The biggest strength for Oneonta is their two headed monster on the mound in the form of Michael Losak and Sean Liquori. Losak is 4th in ERA in the SUNYAC with a 2.30 through 27.1 innings, and the duo is 3rd and 4th in strikeouts in the conference with 35 and 34.
SUNYAC Baseball playoffs start Saturday, May 15th at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. as Cortland hosts Brockport and Oswego hosts Oneonta. If Cortland wins they will host the championship the following weekend, if Cortland loses but Oswego wins then Oswego will host, if both teams lose then Brockport will host the championship. WTOP 10 will continue to follow Oswego State Baseball as the team looks for another conference title.
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Oswego Baseball: SUNYAC playoff review and national tournament preview
OSWEGO N.Y. — The SUNYAC playoffs have come and gone. A disappointing weekend for the Lakers saw them knocked out before the championship game. The tournament started Thursday with a game against Plattsburgh, followed by two games Friday for the Lakers against Cortland followed by Brockport.
Thursdays game against the Cardinals was always going to be the easiest for Oswego. Plattsburgh found the scoreboard first, a bases loaded sac fly scored Alex Kornbla from third. The Lakers quickly answered. The Lakers loaded the bases with none out. A Kyle Lauria single scored Paul Tammaro to tie the game. Ryan Weiss hit a sac fly in the ensuing at bat scoring Ryan Enos for the Lakers second run. Oswego struck again in the bottom of the third, scoring five runs and extending the lead to 7-1. Plattsburgh had one runner cross the plate in the bottom of the fifth for their final run of the game. Oswego scored five more runs in the sixth inning to get the lead to ten runs. Two more runners scored in the seventh, and got their 15th and final runner to cross in the eighth inning for a 15-2 win. Paul Tammaro and Kyle Lauria combined for the lead in hits for Oswego, each having three. Ryan Weiss drove in four runners, the most on the team. Thomas Pecchia got the start for Oswego. He pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on eight hits, walking one and striking out two.
The second game of the tournament was a rematch with the Cortland Red Dragons. The Lakers took two of three games in the series with them only a few weeks prior, and the Red Dragons wanted revenge. Oswego crossed the plate first, a solo home run in the bottom of the second off the bat of Ryan Weiss gave the Lakers the early lead. Cortland answered in the top of the fourth. They would load the bases with none out. A double play would take out two runners, but one scored tying the game. A double scored one more to give Cortland the lead. Oswego wouldn’t let hold the lead long, another Ryan Weiss homer, this one a two run shot, gave the Lakers the lead back in the bottom of the fourth. Cortland took the lead straight back though, scoring four in the top of the fifth for a 6-3 advantage. In the bottom of the fifth, Ryan Weiss drove in his fourth run on a sac fly to cut down the lead. Cortland extended their lead with two more runs in the sixth. Oswego wasn’t letting the Red Dragons get any further away in the bottom of the sixth. They loaded the bases without an out, but Cortland buckled down to get two outs. Lukas Olsson stepped into the batter box and sent the ball out of the park to tie the game at eight. Cortland took the lead back in the top of the eighth, scoring three times to get a 11-8 lead. A ninth inning single by Julian Drew brought home one for the Lakers, but they took their first loss of the double elimination tournament. Julian Drew led the team with three hits. Lukas Olsson and Ryan Weiss combined to drive in eight of the Lakers nine runs. Kieran Finnegan got the start for Oswego. he pitched four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits, six runs, only two earned, walking two and striking out two.
With the loss to Cortland, the Lakers played another game on Friday, this one against the Brockport Golden Eagles. Oswego struck first, Ryan Weiss and Julian Drew each driving in a run on singles for an early 2-0 lead. Brockport tied the game in the third inning, a two run single off the bat of Tom Kretzler. Frank Levanti scored on a balk in the bottom of third to take the lead back for the Lakers, but Brockport tied it with a double in the top of the fifth. In the top of the seventh, back to back solo home runs gave the Golden Eagles the lead, and a one run single later in the inning extended the lead to 6-3. Ryan Weiss drove in one in the bottom of the seventh for the Lakers final run of the game. Brockport had four runners cross the plate in the top of the eighth and two more in the top of the ninth for the 12-4 win, and knocked Oswego out of the tournament. Ryan Enos’ three hits led the Lakers. Ryan Weiss had a team leading two RBIs. Anthony Van Fossen got the start for Oswego. He pitched six and two thirds innings, allowing five runs on ten hits, not walking any and striking out two. Cortland would beat Brockport in the Championship game.
After Monday’s selection show, the Lakers will head down to Glenside, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia. They will take on Elizabethtown College from Elizabethtown, PA. The Elizabethtown Blue Jays won the Landmark Conference Championship after finishing the regular season in third with a 22-20 (11-7 Landmark) record. The Blue Jays are led by third basemen Robbie Bertucio. He had 59 hits in 42 games played this season, a .376 batting average with eight doubles and three home runs, driving in 32. Their second best hitter was outfielder Andrew Fisher. He hit .329 with six doubles. They also have pitcher/outfielder Ben Watson. At the plat hit hit .408 with eight doubles and eight home runs and two triples, he hit three home runs in one game. On the mound he pitched 18 innings, allowing 16 runs, walking 16, and striking out 14. On the mound they are led by Eric Sipling. In 47 innings, he had a 2.09 ERA, in 18 appearances, only one start, he struck out 46. Starter Tyler Dunbar pitched 75.2 innings, had a 4.64 ERA in 12 starts, he struck out 63. On the other side of the regional bracket is Arcadia University, the hosts of the regional, taking on Husson University.
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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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