OSWEGO — Field Hockey hosted the defending SUNYAC Champions, New Paltz, this past Saturday. The Lakers hold the Hawks to a 2-1 score up till halftime. Once the 3rd period begins, New Paltz began to turn on the heat and netted four more goals by the end of the tilt. The lone Oswego goal, scored by Alyssa DeMichael, was a deflection from a shot sent in by Abby Testo. The ladies look to bounce back as they travel to Oneonta on Saturday Oct. 5th for another SUNYAC battle.
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SUNYAC cancels winter season for 2020-21, NEWHL follows suit
OSWEGO, NY — On Monday, October 19th, the State University of New York Athletic Conference released a statement in regards to the cancelation of the winter sports season. This announcement comes after the SUNYAC Presidents discussed the topic during a meeting. Two week prior, on October 6th, the athletic directors approved schedules for the sports of men’s ice hockey, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. These schedules were released to the member schools and public before being retracted the following week. All winter championships have been canceled which included the sports of men’s and women’s swimming & diving and men’s and women’s indoor track & field. The release finished with the acknowledgement that the conference will continue planning for the possibly of spring sports. This will be announced at a future date.
On Friday, October 23rd, the Northeast Women’s Hockey League released a statement stating that the winter season will be canceled. The NEWHL that includes the Oswego State Lakers has the same commissioner as the SUNYAC, Tom DiCamillo, which means the league usually follows SUNYAC decisions. The ECWC has not made a decision on if the 2020-21 season will be held, which features the Oswego State wrestling team.
SUNYAC Press Release Link: https://www.sunyacsports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20201019lptsbh
NEWHL Press Release Link: https://northeastwomenshockeyleague.com/sports/wice/2020-21/releases/20201023fua5u4
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Oswego mens soccer loses in a tough defensive game
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s team hosted undefeated Elmira college from the empire 8 conference on Tuesday night. This game was a highly defensive affair as both teams only had 6 shots on goal in the first 20 minutes of the game. A poor throw in by Oswego led to a free kick in the 21st minute as Gavin Wise of Elmira pressured a lakers defender trying to receive the throw. A lakers player then tried to redirect the ball to his teammate but Lutho Mlunguza of Elmira intercepted it and quickly got the ball to Wise up the field. As Wise tried to settle the pass, Ryan Contreras of the lakers stepped across and sent Wise to the ground. The referee would then give Elmira a free kick that Mlunguza would kick into the top left corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. The Lakers would push hard the rest of the game to fight back as they out shot Elmira College 13 to 4 in the second half. The Lakers had their best shot with just 25 seconds left in the game when Oswego’s Ha Joon Lee blasted a shot from around 20 yards out that forced Elmira goalie Zachary Raffino into a full length dive to his right. The ball fell inside of the box with Laker Kyle Gehnrich given a chance to tie but was stopped with a great save by Raffino. Raffino would end the game with 5 saves as the Lakers fell 1-0.
The Lakers are now 2-3 this season. Their next game will be when they host Fredonia September 17th at 1:00 as their SUNYAC opener.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA KEANEY, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse Loses to Nazareth
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse team hosted the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Tuesday, April 13th. The Lakers would lose their third game of the season by a score of 15-6 to the Golden Flyers. This was Oswego’s first non-conference game of the season after the first two were canceled back in March.
Nazareth would score the first two goals of the contest before Lucas Cioch tallied the first Oswego goal. The freshman would score two more over the course of the game to lead the Lakers on offense during the game and continue to be the leading point getter over the span of the 2021 season. The Riverhead, New York native now has five goals and three assists in his first three collegiate games. The two teams would then each score one more before the end of the quarter to make the scoreline 4-2 heading into the second quarter. The Golden Flyers would add six more goals in the second quarter to blow out the score heading into halftime. Nazareth continued right where they left off as the team got five more tallies in the second half. This would bring the Lakers out of reach of their first win of the season.
The men’s lacrosse team will be back in action on Friday against the Brockport Golden Eagles at Laker Turf Stadium. Face off is set for 4 p.m. and WTOP 10 will have all the action live from the field.
