OSWEGO, NY — Men’s Basketball wrapped up their regular season this past Saturday as Brockport traveled into the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Number 25 Brockport would take this one 85-80 as the teams need extra time to decide a winner. The Golden Eagles would score 11 points in overtime to secure the victory. Liam Sanborn led the Lakers on Senior Day as he tallied 23 points in his 44 minutes played. Joe Sullivan tallied 16 points as he made 5 field goals and 5 free throws.
The Lakers will now start preparing for their first round playoff game in the SUNYAC Championship against Cortland. The Red Dragons and the Lakers split games this season as each team won against each other in their own gyms. Oswego is the four seed in the tournament and will be the home team in the match up. The game will be held at 7 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gym.
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Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse Loses to Nazareth
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse team hosted the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Tuesday, April 13th. The Lakers would lose their third game of the season by a score of 15-6 to the Golden Flyers. This was Oswego’s first non-conference game of the season after the first two were canceled back in March.
Nazareth would score the first two goals of the contest before Lucas Cioch tallied the first Oswego goal. The freshman would score two more over the course of the game to lead the Lakers on offense during the game and continue to be the leading point getter over the span of the 2021 season. The Riverhead, New York native now has five goals and three assists in his first three collegiate games. The two teams would then each score one more before the end of the quarter to make the scoreline 4-2 heading into the second quarter. The Golden Flyers would add six more goals in the second quarter to blow out the score heading into halftime. Nazareth continued right where they left off as the team got five more tallies in the second half. This would bring the Lakers out of reach of their first win of the season.
The men’s lacrosse team will be back in action on Friday against the Brockport Golden Eagles at Laker Turf Stadium. Face off is set for 4 p.m. and WTOP 10 will have all the action live from the field.
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Oswego State Softball has Busy Weekend in Conference Play
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Softball had a full plate over the weekend with a doubleheader Friday, April 9th against Geneseo, followed by a doubleheader Saturday, April 10th against Brockport. All four games were played at home with both doubleheaders being conference matchups for the Lakers. Oswego lost both games of Friday’s doubleheader 9-1 and 5-0, and dropped game one on Saturday 5-2, before bouncing back in game two in a 9-3 win.
The Lakers offense could only muster one run on five hits combined in Friday’s doubleheader against Geneseo. Game one of the doubleheader was shortened to five innings due to mercy rule, as the Knights would take it 9-1 in abbreviated fashion. Nicole Schwartz of Geneseo allowed just one run on four hits in her five innings, and Fiona Higgins matched up well allowing only three earned runs but nine total runs. Higgins also went 2-2 with the only Laker RBI of the day at the plate. Madelana Wrubel and Zoe Mennig each went 1-2, as Oswego’s four hits went stride for stride with Geneseo’s five, but the three Laker errors as well as the six walks Higgins surrendered dug the hole too deep for Oswego to dig out of. In game two, SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week Lauren Kersch from Geneseo came to the mound as she threw a one hit, complete game shutout. Oswego’s hit came courtesy of a Leah Czerwinski bunt, but the Lakers could not get a run across as Geneseo would take game two 5-0.
Oswego had little time to rest, as Brockport came to Oswego the following day. The Lakers defensive woes continued into game one with five errors, but Mennig was a bright spot with her bat as she was 2-3 with a run in the 5-2 loss. The Lakers shined in the second game of the day, and their fourth of the weekend. Oswego won game two 9-3 and the bats got hot with 12 hits, Wrubel went 2-3 with two doubles, 4 RBIs and 2 runs, and Mennig was 4-4 with a double, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs. Samantha Morgan threw five innings and allowing only three runs (two earned) and four hits in her first college start. Higgins came in to pitch two innings of relief in which she did not allow a hit, to go along with her 2-3 with a run and an RBI effort at the plate.
Oswego State softball will look to keep their momentum from the fourth game of the weekend rolling into their doubleheader Wednesday, April 14th at Buffalo State at 3:00 and 5:00. The Lakers return home the following day Thursday, April 15th for a 3:00 and 5:00 versus SUNY Cobleskill.
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Oswego Girls Buccaneers Hockey Finishes 2021 Season
OSWEGO, NY — The Oswego Girls Buccaneers Hockey team finished their shortened 2021 season Saturday Morning. The Buccaneers faced off against reigning State Champions Clinton in an early puck drop. Clinton would win 7-1 in the contest as Oswego struggled to get on the scoreboard. Bucs forward Mischa Palmitesso would get the lone goal as she was able to pull it to her backhand to bring it around Clinton goaltender Casey Clausen. At the other end, goaltenders Nyah Dawson and Chelsea Storms shared time in between the pipes that morning for the Buccaneers and did a solid job trying to keep the team in the game. However, Clinton’s offense was just too powerful as the Warriors would finish their season undefeated and at the top of the Section III Standings.
For Oswego, the Buccaneers struggled throughout the season as the team’s roster featured a lot of underclassmen trying to make the jump to the varsity level. However, the team did make strives throughout the contests in their limited schedule. Later on, in the season, the group was able to battle in games, one specifically being in the overtime lost against Skaneateles in the Crisafulli Ice Rink. The Bucs look to get back to their regular schedule in the 2021-22 season as the team was only able to play six games this season due to limitations from the COVID-19 Pandemic. A large part of the roster will be returning to the team along with both goaltenders currently on the Oswego team. This concludes WTOP 10’s coverage of the Oswego Girls Buccaneers Hockey team as the group has finished their 2021 season.
