OSWEGO, NY — Men’s Basketball improved to 8-2 Friday night after the Lakers defeated Fredonia 67-44 as the team capitalized in the second half. The Laker defense solidified the win by holding the Blue Devils to 21 points in the half. The Oswego win was headed by junior Liam Sanborn who led on offense with 15 points along with senior Joe Sullivan who tallied 14 points. The Lakers improved to 2-1 in the SUNYAC conference as Oswego will finish out their season with conference game play. The team has another SUNYAC match up Saturday afternoon against Buffalo State at 4 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gymnasium.
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Oswego State Softball Splits Doubleheader with Fredonia
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Softball split a doubleheader at home against Fredonia on Sunday, April 18th with a 6-3 loss in game one and bouncing back in a 4-3 win in game two. Oswego and Fredonia are tied for second place in SUNYAC West, each team holding a 4-4 SUNYAC record at the end of Sunday.
Oswego saw their three game win streak get snapped in game one of the doubleheader, as the Lakers offense put up three runs on five hits. Oswego drew first blood in the bottom of the third inning when Madelana Wrubel and Leah Czerwinski would score on an error by Fredonia’s right fielder, on a ball hit by Madison Hoeflich. Fredonia answered back in the top of the fourth with a four run inning, including a three run home run, all four runs being the only earned runs Fiona Higgins would allow in her seven innings of work. Oswego was trailing 4-2 going into the bottom of the sixth, before Zoe Mennig would hit her third home run of the year, a solo shot to make it a one run deficit for the Lakers. Fredonia would put up two insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning to take game one by a score of 6-3.
Mennig got the Lakers offense going in the first frame of game one on an RBI single that would score Wrubel. Oswego would score three more unanswered runs from innings two through five, Leah Czerwinski and Brianna LoMonaco would score courtesy of Fredonia errors, and Ellie Mahoney scored on a sacrifice fly from the bat of Tai Smith. Oswego led 4-0 going into the seventh inning, but the Blue Devils would put up three runs on Hoeflich who had been tremendous with six shutout innings prior to the final frame. Higgins would inherit a no out, runners on first and second situation with a one run lead in the seventh inning. After a ground out and a walk, Higgins found herself in a one out, bases loaded situation. Higgins got the batter to hit a ground ball to Wrubel at second base, who threw home for the force out to Mennig, who threw on to Taylor DuBois at first base to secure the 4-3 win.
Oswego and Fredonia are tied for second in the SUNYAC West at 4-4, the Lakers next play at Geneseo on Wednesday, April 21st at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Geneseo currently holds sole possession of first place in SUNYAC West with a 4-2 record including a 2-0 record against Oswego this season. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage of the Oswego State Softball team as the squad continues their 2021 season.
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Men’s Hockey gets revenge on Morrisville
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The Oswego State Men’s Hockey team took to the road Wednesday night for a revenge game with the Morrisville Mustangs. The Mustangs came to Oswego just after the Thanksgiving break for the Teddy Bear toss game and shocked the Lakers by beating them 3-1, in a game that would end up being the second loss in a three game skid. Now only three games away from the SUNYAC playoffs, every game matters for the Lakers who are looking to secure home ice advantage in the playoffs.
In what could have been a trap game for the Lakers, they showed what they were made of and it started with the games first goal halfway through the first period. Tommy Cahill found netting, with the assist coming from Daniel Colabufo. The Lakers did a good job killing penalties in the first period, killing off two. Once again, they Lakers ran into a goalie who was having a great game, at least in the first period. Morrisville’s Ryan Creenan had 21 saves in the first period, Cal Schell had seven.
The second period it seemed as thought the Lakers figured Creenan out. It took just under ten minutes for the first goal, but from there they were off to the races. The Lakers second goal came from Shane Bull, with assists credit going to Alex DiCarlo. Less than three minutes later, Jackson Arcan buried one, Tyler Flack getting an assist. The Lakers would find netting for a third time in the second period. Alex DiCarlo added to his team leading goal total, while Ryan Bunka and Connor Gatto each grabbed assists. With a 4-0 lead at the second break, Oswego looked good to win, but they weren’t done. Creenan only had seven saves in the second period, Schell had eight.
Not even four minutes into the third, the Lakers struck again. Connor Gatto grabbed his third goal of the year. Alex DiCarlo grabbed his third point of the game with the goal, Shane Bull also grabbed an assist. The middle part of the period was more tame, Oswego killed a Quinn Warmuth tripping penalty around the halfway point. Oswego took advantage of a late Morrisville penalty to put the cherry on top of the game. Jackson Arcan scored his second goal of the game, and sixth of the season. Shane Bull became the second Laker in the game to reach three points, with Ben Addison also tallying an assist. Oswego walked onto the bus with a 6-0 victory. Matt McQuade led the Lakers with four shots in the game. Schell finished with 26 games and his first shutout of the season. Creenan had 33 in the game.
The Lakers have two games left, both on the road. They take on Buffalo State Friday followed by Fredonia Saturday. With the win the Lakers reclaimed first place in the SUNYAC, one point ahead of Plattsburgh on an even number of games played. Fredonia and Buffalo State won’t be walk over games, both squads still playing for playoff spots and seeding.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY EMILY RUSINKO, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Oswego Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Cortland
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Men’s Lacrosse team lost their second game of the 2021 season on Friday, falling to the Cortland Red Dragons 16-7. The Cortland winning streak vs Oswego continues as the Red Dragons improve to 37-0 all time vs the Lakers. Oswego has yet to win a game this season after losing to Brockport to start the 2021 campaign.
Cortland came out firing early on, scoring the game’s first 3 goals before Weston Gray put the Lakers on the board to end the 1st quarter. Both teams scored 2 goals apiece in the 2nd quarter with the Red Dragons leading 5-3 at halftime. However Cortland would go on and blow things open in the second half. They outscored Oswego 11-4, including a 7-goal run to end the 3rd quarter. Liam Dollard and Weston Gray lead the way for the Lakers, each scoring 2 goals in the contest. Freshman midfielder, Lucas Cioch, also added 2 assists in the loss. Oswego now drops to 0-2 on the season following their two SUNYAC losses, and currently sit in 4th place in the West division. They’ll look to bounce back vs Nazareth College on Tuesday, April 13th at 4 p.m. in the Lakers first non-conference game of the season. WTOP 10 will continue to deliver content on the Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse team as the group battles to head to the SUNYAC Championship.
