OSWEGO — Men’s Hockey stays perfect so far this season with a commanding 8-1 win over SUNY Potsdam Saturday night. Carson Vance and Colton Fletcher started the scoring for the Lakers in the first period. The Bears would get on the scoreboard late in the second period on a powerplay rebound tally. Oswego would answer right off the faceoff at the start of the third period from a Jeff Solow shot. That would be the first of five unanswered goals to come in the rest of the period before the end of regulation. Cedric Hansen would earn the win with 20 saves in the contest. Travis Broughman would be the most notable Laker tonight with two goals and two assists. Moving forward, the Lakers host Brockport this coming Friday at the Marano Campus Center. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m.
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Women’s Soccer Preview of game against SUNY Potsdam
OSWEGO — Laker Stadium will host a SUNYAC match up this Friday between the Lakers and Potsdam Bears. The 3 p.m. kickoff will be the start to a 4-game home stand that the team will finish the regular season on. Currently, Women’s Soccer sits in last place of the SUNYAC conference with an 0-5 record. These final games will all be conference games in which the Lakers may be able to turn their season around. They showed strength their last game out with an overtime lost to New Paltz. The Lakers had the advantage in shots (8-6) along with corner kicks attempts (3-2) over the Hawks. Oswego soccer fans can catch the match up at Laker Stadium this Friday at 3 p.m. along with online, right here at WTOP10.com.
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Oswego State Baseball Erupts Against Fredonia
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Baseball swept a home doubleheader against SUNYAC West opponent Fredonia, on Saturday, April 10th. Oswego won 17-3 and 15-6, as the Lakers move to 7-1 (5-1 SUNYAC) on the year. Oswego’s offense has been on fire over the course of the win streak, and they did not slow down one bit in the 32 run effort against the visiting Blue Devils.
Oswego won game one of the Saturday doubleheader 17-3, highlighted by a nine run 4th inning which broke the game wide open. Nine Laker hitters had at least one RBI in game one, as the Lakers produced 15 hits. Kyle Lauria was 3-4 with 4 RBIs, and Ryan Enos was 2-3 with a double, 2 RBIs and 3 runs as the 3-4 hitters in the order led the way for the offense. On the mound, Kieran Finnegan held the Blue Devils to one run through six innings of work, while only allowing four hits and striking out five.
The Oswego offense kept their momentum rolling into the second game, with a 15-6 win. Ryan Enos and Kyle Lauria picked up right where they left off, Enos was 4-5 with a double, 5 RBIs, 3 runs, and Lauria went 2-3 with a triple and a home run, to go along with 3 RBIs and 3 runs in game two. Jonathan Luppens had a great day at the plate as well as he went 3-4 with 3 RBIs, a run, and a home run to mark the first multi home run game of the season for the Lakers.
Oswego State baseball expands their win streak to six games after the doubleheader sweep of Fredonia on Saturday. The Lakers open up a six game road trip on Wednesday, April 14th at Potsdam in a doubleheader scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. first pitches.
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Oswego State Men’s Golf Wraps Up 2021 Season
ELMIRA, N.Y. — The Oswego State Men’s Golf team traveled to Mark Twain Golf Club in Elmira, N.Y. for the one day Elmira College Invitational. The Lakers would claim the second place finish with an overall team score of a +49 and a 337 stroke total. The field consisted of two teams from the host Elmira, two teams from SUNY Delhi, one from Utica College, and the Lakers to wrap up the 6 team pool. The team coming away with the tournament win was SUNY Delhi’s “A Team” with that entire team landing in the top seven scores, however the other two in those top 7 were from the Oswego State Lakers.
Ryan Fecco a junior was tied for the top score with a 75 (+3) on the day to back up his first team all conference performance from the previous weekend at the Empire 8 Golf Championship. Fecco would go into a playoff with Delhi’s Danny Christy and the Laker would get the job done to take the invitational title. The other Laker was sophomore Christopher Sugar, an Oswego High School graduate in 2019. Sugar was able to place in a tie for fourth with a 78 (+6) on the day. As for the rest of the Oswego State squad, Oliver Wolland and Joseph Pacheco III were in a tie for 20th with 92’s (+20) and Joe Marszalek was shortly behind them with a 93 (+21) in the round.
The final standings were, as mentioned SUNY Delhi (A) taking the top spot, followed by the Lakers with their total of 337. The Broncos would have another team in the top three with their “B” team shooting a 339, Elmira College (A) in 4th with a 348 total. Wrapping up the bottom of the standings was Utica at 5th with a 351 and Elmira College (B) with a 449. Although this will wrap up the Lakers condensed season, with two finishes in the top 3 for team score as well as a tournament individual championship, look for them to be eager for a potential Empire 8 championship next season.
