OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Lakers faced off against the Brockport Golden Eagles in a SUNYAC matchup on Saturday afternoon. The Lakers honored 6 seniors on Saturday including midfielder Megan Delaney, defender Kaitlyn Mastracco, defender Holly Carr, forward Kaitlyn Ahle, Midfielder Kacie Simzer and senior goalkeeper Erica Scheblein. The Lakers started off the game with a strong drive offensively and managed to get a penalty corner in the first 40 seconds of play but they were not able to capitalize. Both teams would remain pretty quiet for the next few minutes, but around the ten minute mark Brockport would pick things up offensively, getting seven shots off in the final five minutes of the first quarter. This would ultimately pay off for the Golden Eagles as Paige Thowe would sneak one past Scheblein on the left side of the goal for a 1-0 lead with 3 minutes left in the first.
Oswego would come out with another strong offensive push to start the second quarter, getting another penalty corner less than a minute into play. But Taylin Bauer missed her attempted wide and Kacie Simzer would miss her attempt wide a couple minutes later. The Lakers would have other chances to tie the match at one but were unable to capitalize on opportunities keeping the score at 1-0 going into halftime. Oswego would have only four shots in the first half, only one landing on goal while the Golden Eagles would have 11 shots, and eight on goal. Oswego was more on the offensive attack in third quarter beating Brockport 4-2 in shots on goal.The Lakers had some close chances, with two out of the four shots bouncing off of the crossbar and barely missing the goal.
Brockport’s goalie would be injured on a diving save late in the third, forcing her to exit the game and Brockport having to bring in a freshman goalkeeper. Fortunately, she was able to return at the start of the fourth and played the remainder of the game The Lakers had a few opportunities to tie the gamelate into the fourth off penalty corners and Kaitlyn Mastraco would come the closest but had her shot saved twice by Brockport’s goalie. The Lakers were not able to regroup and would fall 1-0 to Brockport
With 2 games left the Lakers are now 7-7(0-4 SUNYAC) and sit in 7th place in the SUNYAC. The Lakers will now head to Geneseo on October 22nd for a conference matchup against the Knights.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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