OSWEGO, N.Y. — Following their unprecedented 2020 season, the Oswego State Women’s Lacrosse team has started their 2021 season off strong, securing victories against Morrisville State, Buffalo State, and SUNY Fredonia. The Lakers have won decisively in each of their victories thus far, lead by the outstanding play and leadership of junior midfielder, Logan Castiglione.
Castiglione is playing in her first lacrosse season since her senior year of high school and it doesn’t seem like she’s missed a beat. Through six games she’s totaled 11 goals and 11 assists, including a 5-goal performance vs. Morrisville State in her first game in over 3 years. Being that Logan is one of the more experienced athletes on the team, she believes it’s important for her to take on a leadership role this season. She states, “I really just try to keep myself composed. Since I am older, I try to be a leader more on the field.”
The Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team is 3-3 so far this season and although they’re currently on a 3-game losing streak, Coach Britt Howard believes this team has what it takes to make a postseason run. Howard has been coaching Women’s Lacrosse at Oswego since 2016 and she sees a lot of potential from this year’s team, especially from Logan Castiglione.
Coach said, “Logan just started joining out program this year and she really had a great start for her first game with us, so that was huge for her.”
Though the Lakers are in good position to qualify for SUNYACs, they must continue to build on their team chemistry in order to ensure a successful season, something Castiglione has emphasized to her team. She states, “Throughout the first couple weeks that I’ve been playing, we’ve been talking about teamwork, communication, and how much team chemistry is important on and off the field.”
Castiglione and the Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team have the opportunity to improve to 4-3 as they take on Buffalo State on April 18th.
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Mens Baseball Sweeps Fredonia in Weekend Action
ROCHESTER, NY – It was a successful weekend for the Lakers as they convincingly beat the Fredonia Blue Devils in both of their encounters this weekend. Game won was nothing short of a blowout that saw the Lakers dominate Fredonia with a final score of 12-1. The momentum was in favor of the Lakers from the start as they truly dominated this game. Fredonia would score their only run of the game in the top of the second inning. Senior Colin Williams was on fire this game as he finished with one run and two RBI’s. It really was a team effort however as the Lakers were firing on all cylinders from start to finish. The Lakers looked to take this momentum into the next day where they had a rematch against the Blue Devils.The Lakers kept the momentum rolling the next day when they knocked off Fredonia for the second time. This game was a lot closer and saw both teams fighting hard for a victory. The Lakers started off hot scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Blue Devils weren’t going to let history repeat itself as they bounced right back tying the game in the third. The Lakers then went on to score three more runs and the game looked like it was shaping up to be another Lakers victory. Fredonia was not done however as they came right back and scored three more runs to tie the game at six. After this the game got out of hand with the Lakers completely taking over. Freshman Emil Sander would score the Lakers final run to give them a five run victory as the Lakers completed the weekend sweep. The Lakers look to keep this momentum rolling as they head to New Paltz this Friday at 3pm.
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Men’s hockey wins first SUNYAC away matchup
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Oswego State Lakers took a trip down I-81 to Cortland Friday for their first road conference game. A matchup between a ninth ranked Lakers squad and a Red Dragons that were receiving votes to get into the top 15 in the USCHO poll certainly had implications for the rest of the season.
The Lakers were the first to find the scoreboard. A little over eight minutes into the period, Tommy Cahill put one past the goalie. It was Cahill‘s third goal of the season. Assist went to Ryan Bunka. Cortland would answer back before the end of the period though. An unassisted goal with just over five to play tied the game. The Lakers had two power play opportunities towards the end of the first, but wouldn’t capitalize on either during the first period. Oswego outshot Cortland 15-9 in the period, Daniel Colabufo leading the team with four shots. Cal Schell, back in goal for his third start of the season, had eight saves.
The second period was all Lakers. The second goal of the game for Oswego came just 40 seconds in. Still on the power play left over from the first, Alex DiCarlo scored his second of the season. Assists went to Tommy Cahill and Daniel Colabufo. It took less than two minutes for the Lakers to double their lead. Thomas Rocco would score his fourth of the season, assisted by Connor Sleeth, his sixth. Goal four was again a quick fire, just 40 seconds later. Jackson Arcan scored his second, assisted by Alex DiCarlo. Once more, it took less than a minute for Oswego to score their fifth and final goal. Tommy Cahill netted his second of the game, Trent Grimshaw getting his third assist of the season. The Red Dragon’s starting goalie, Luca Durante was pulled after the fifth Lakers goal. Cortland wanted in on the scoring parade, adding one of their own, and their second of the game, just 40 seconds after the Lakers fifth. In total, five goals were scored within the first 4:10 of the second period. No other goals were scored in the second. Oswego again won the shot battle in the second 17-7. Schell only had six saves in the period.
Cortland fought in the third period to try and win or get to OT. It took until less then five to play in the game for them to score their third goal.
Then, with under a minute to play, they scored a fourth making it 5-4, but it was too late, as the Lakers held onto their lead. The squads tied in shots in the final period 11-11, but the Lakers won the overall battle 43-27. Thomas Rocco and Tommy Cahill led the team in shots with six each. Connor Sleeth was 12-15 on the face-off in the game. Cal Schell had 23 saves in the game to go with the four goals allowed.The Lakers are no 4-1 this season and 3-0 in the SUNYAC. Their next matchup is a big one as they head to the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in Geneseo, N.Y. for a ranked matchup with the Geneseo Ice Knights. The Knights are currently ranked #3, though they may fall after a tie with Plattsburgh Saturday night. They come home for a game with Brockport on Saturday.
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Women’s Basketball victorious in opening game
HAMBURG, NY – Women’s basketball got their first win of the season in Buffalo in their opening game of the season taking down Hilbert College 78-63 on Tuesday night. The Lakers started off the first quarter strong by scoring 23 points compared to the Hawks nine. Both Shania Iglesias and transfer student Karleigh Leo scored the first two three-pointers of the season for the Lakers. Both Logan Castiglione and Diamond Pickett were active in the first quarter as Castiglione had 3 assists and Pickett had six rebounds. Leo in her first game as a Laker had scored nine points in the first quarter.
The Lakers never slowed down as they continued to hold onto the lead in the second quarter. The Lakers got back-to-back steals from Pickett towards the end of the first half as they led to points by Shania Iglesias and then Pickett was able to add to her points total for the game. The Lakers were able to get 30 rebounds in the first half compared to only 17 for the Hawks and had 20 points in the paint. The Lakers led 35-30 going into halftime.
The Lakers defense continued to give the Hawks problems in the second half. The Lakers led 57-44 going into the final quarter. They were able to get their biggest lead of the game in the third quarter, leading 62-44. The Hawks couldn’t find any answers to the Lakers who dominated in almost every aspect of the game and on the stat sheet as well. Pickett had a great game for the Lakers as she scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds along with shooting 70% from the field. Leo made a name for herself on the court as she led the Lakers on the night with 20 points.
The Lakers will host their first game of the season on Friday, November 11th at 7:30 PM at the Max Ziel Gymnasium against the Keystone Giants. The Lakers will take on a Keystone squad for the first time in their program history where they face a team who went 18-8 last season and made it to the CSAC Championships before losing. Keystone fell to Wilkes on Tuesday night 76-52.
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