OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State Lakers faced off against the St. John Fisher Cardinals in their first game of the 2025-2026 season during an exhibition match last night. The Lakers were looking to pick up right where they left off after being named the 2024-2025 SUNYAC champions. The Cardinals were coming in with a slightly different goal…to finish their first-ever game in program history. The difference in experience showed early on with the Lakers scoring just 3:30 seconds into the game after Junior defenseman Travis Baker rocketed a one-timer from the point.
This dominance continued for the rest of the 1st period, with the Lakers collecting 4 more goals to make the score 5-1 at the start of the first intermission. The pre-game jitters for the Lakers seemed to carry into the second period, with two early back-to-back goals putting the Cardinals into a 7-1 deficit. This early deficit resulted in the Cardinals pulling out Marcus Oulette for freshman Sebastian Woods. This substitution proved beneficial for the Cardinals as the Lakers were unable to get a puck in the back of the net for the rest of the second period, resulting in a 7-2 score.
Heading into the third period, the Cardinals looked like a completely different team compared to the first period. The team gelled together in real time during the game, taking massive strides in terms of their chemistry and playcalling. This resulted in holding the Lakers to just one goal in the third period while scoring one more of their own, resulting in the final score being 8-3 Lakers.
The Lakers showed out in their 8-3 win for Family and Friends Weekend while the Cardinals lost their first game in program history. The Oswego State Lakers will look to face off against the Nazareth Golden Flyers on October 25th at 7:00 PM in their final exhibition match, as the St. John Fisher Cardinals will face off against the Buffalo State Bengals on October 31st at 7:00 PM.
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Oswego State women’s lacrosse come out on top in close matchup
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Lakers were able to escape with the win yesterday when they took on SUNY New Paltz. This game was close until the very end as both teams were hungry for a victory. at the half the lakers were up by only one goal as New Paltz had an impressive second quarter. One of the main staples of the team Shae McConnell had three goals on the afternoon. Junior Madison Davis also had three goals in a great individual performance. McConnell and Davis have proved time and time again how much of an integral part of this team they are. The third quarter was slow paced as one goal was scored for each team. The contest came down to the final quarter where the Lakers were able to inch out a one point victory. The Lakers look to keep the momentum going as they take on Buffalo State at 4:00 p.m. this Wednesday in Buffalo.
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Oswego State women’s basketball soar past Hawks in non-conference play
OSWEGO N.Y. — It was another day at the office for the Oswego State women’s basketball team. Last night, the Lakers hosted the Hilbert College Hawks in a non conference matchup. This game took place in the Max Ziel Gymnasium and it did not disappoint. The Lakers came out and handled business, winning with a final score of 72-58 as the team improves to 1-1 this season. The leading scorers for Oswego were freshman Diamond Pickett with fourteen, senior Danielle Caivana with fourteen, and sophomore Chastin Giles with eleven. The contest was close at the half with the Lakers leading only by four. The third quarter is where things took a turn for Hilbert as they only managed to drop five points, leading to the Lakers impressive victory. With this win the Lakers pick up momentum heading into their next matchup as they take on the SUNY-Delhi Broncos this Tuesday at the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Tip-Off is at 5:30 p.m. on WTOP 10!
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Oswego Women’s Lacrosse Defeats Morrisville to Kickoff 2021 Season
MORRISVILLE, NY — The Oswego State Women’s Lacrosse Team won their first game of the 2021 season, defeating SUNY Morrisville 20-14. This was the first game for the Lakers in over a year due to the pandemic and they started their season off strong with a hard fought road victory. Sophomore midfielder Sela Wiley set the tone early, scoring Oswego’s first goal less than three minutes into the game. After going down 6-3 midway through the 1st period, junior attack Logan Castiglione scored back-to-back goals to cut the deficit to one. Following a quick Mustang goal, the Lakers would score six consecutive points heading into the second period, before going on multiple scoring runs to put the game out of reach.
Sela Wiley lead the Lakers in points, scoring 7 goals on 10 shots, while Logan Castiglione scored 5 goals on 8 shots. Midfielders Shae McConnell (4), Isabella Lembo (3), and attack Kamryn Sherman (1) each added goals of their own. Junior Goalkeeper Delaney Kendrick also had two saves in the win. Following today’s victory, the Oswego Women’s Lacrosse Team remains undefeated versus Morrisville, bringing their all time record to 11-0. The Lakers are now 1-0 on the season as they turn their attention to their first game in conference play on March 27th at SUNY Brockport.
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