OSWEGO — The Oswego State baseball team has announced their schedule for the 2019 season. They will open their season with a double-header against Salisbury University on Mar. 2. and they will be traveling to Lexington, South Carolina for their spring break matchups. While their in South Carolina, the two-time defending SUNYAC Champions begin conference play against their rival Plattsburgh. Their home-opener is on Apr. 5 when they face St. John Fisher.
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Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse Kicks off Non-Conference Play
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse is set to play their first non-conference game of the season against the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Tuesday, April 13th. The 0-2 Lakers squad is still looking for their first win of the 2021 season. After multiple cancellations and postponements, the Lakers fell to the Brockport Golden Eagles and the Cortland Red Dragons to begin their conference play. This non-conference game could give the Lakers the needed momentum to turn their season around and have a chance at making into the SUNYAC Championships for men’s lacrosse.
Oswego State has relied on multiple players to get offense so far through their first two contests. Freshman Lucas Cioch currently leads the team in points with two goals and three assists good for five points. Garrett Petrelli, another player to join the Lakers this season, has also contributed with a goal and assist in the game against Cortland. Liam Dollard and Weston Gray continue to add to their resumes as the players have both shown up on the score sheets in the start of the 2021 campaign. On defense, the Lakers are backstopped by senior Kevin O’Donnell, a familiar name in between the pipes. The goaltender has played every game since joining the squad in freshman year and currently holds a 14.00 goals against average and a .491 save percentage.
Nazareth enters the contest 1-5 overall this season with their one win coming against Keuka College in Empire 8 Conference play. The Golden Flyers have never lost a game against the Lakers in the 18 times the two colleges have faced off against each other. The last time these two teams played was back in the 2010 season when Oswego lost 14-2 on the road in Rochester. This year’s contest is set to begin at 4 p.m. at Laker Turf Stadium and WTOP 10 will be live from the field to cover all the action that unfolds between the two squads.
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Lakers Fight Tough Against Geneseo
OSWEGO, NY – Oswego Men’s Soccer fought tough against their SUNYAC opponent Geneseo in a 2-2 tie. The Lakers started out the first half strong as they had four shots within the first ten minutes of the game. The Lakers took the lead early in the game with Kieran Gilroy scoring a goal at the 35:57 mark of the first half. Geneseo would finish off the second half strong as they had six shots within the final 20 minutes of the first half. Oswego had an impressive first half as they had nine total shots.The Knights would control the tempo of the second half. Geneseo would tie the game as they scored their first goal of the game. The Lakers would answer three minutes later as HaJoon Lee scored for the Lakers to give the Lakers a 2-1 lead. The Knights weren’t finished yet though as within about six minutes of the Lakers scoring the Knights scored again tying the game at two a piece. Geneseo outshot Oswego 23-10 during the game. Freshman Goalie Andre Bourjolly had a strong game as he had six saves all coming in the first half. This marks the first time that the Lakers have tied with the Geneseo Knights since the 2018-2019 soccer season.
Oswego State faces off against another SUNYAC opponent the Plattsburgh Cardinals on Saturday, October 8th at 1 PM at the Laker Turf Stadium.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Field Hockey Picks Up First Win of Season
The Oswego State Lakers faced off against the Elmira Soaring Eagles, with both squads coming into this game looking for their first win of the new season. While Oswego is looking for a bounce-back win after being shut out by the Wilkes Colonels in their season opener, Elmira came into the game holding a 15-game losing streak that began back in the 2024 season. Needless to say, both teams came into this game hungry for a win.
The game started out gritty, with both sides boasting a total of 7 fouls combined within the first four minutes of playing time. However, back-to-back penalty corners for Oswego was able to get the action going early with Midfielder Carly King netting her first goal of her college career as well as the first goal of the new season for the Lakers with the goal being assisted by Madi Stuckart and Alexa Snyder. After striking hot early, scoring with 10:05 left in the first quarter, Oswego took its foot off the gas, allowing Elmira to outshoot them 5-3, a stellar goalie performance from 2024 Rookie of the Year Sam Krautheim; however kept the score at 1-0 heading into the second.
Elmira kept the momentum moving out of the break however, living in Oswego’s zone for several minutes until they finally broke the seal with Forward Caitlin Ehlenfield able to get one past Krautheim off of the rebound to tie it up at 1-1 with the goal being assisted by Nicole Luther. This complete swing of momentum seemed to light a fire under the Lakers as they proceeded to play with a vengeance for the rest of the quarter. Oswego proceeded to rack up 6 fouls, with even defenseman Heather Dent being ejected with three minutes left on the clock. Oswego also held a monopoly over shots and offense, staying almost exclusively on the Soaring Eagles’ side of the field the rest of the half.
Oswego kept up the barrage heading out of the 2nd half, taking back-to-back penalty corners and eventually scoring 3:30 into the half with Forward Ellie Kazel blasting it home for Oswego to take a 2-1 lead. After this lead change, Oswego and Elmira proceeded to exchange blows for the rest period, exchanging shots on net back and forth.
By the start of the fourth quarter, the defense had locked down on allowing shots for both sides. This, accompanied with players showing exhaustion after going all out for 45 minutes, resulted in a rather lackluster offensive fourth quarter with Elmira boasting only 3 shots while Oswego had 0.
Oswego was able to secure the victory in a 2-1 win over Elmira, giving them their first win on the season, while Elmira’s losing streak fell to 16 games. Oswego will be looking to go above .500 on their Senior Day, September 6th, against the Nazareth Golden Flyers. Elmira will look to finally break the curse on September 6th against the Gwynedd Mercy University Griffins.
Written By: Eric Palmeri
