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 baseball: SUNYAC playoffs preview
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State baseball team cliched the one seed in the SUNYAC playoffs over the weekend. All the games in the tournament will be played at the Laker Baseball Stadium. The tournament features three top 25 teams, Oswego (12), Cortland (13), and Brockport (22). The tournament is a double elimination style tournament with a potential seven total games being played. The first two games of the tournament will be played on Thursday, the first game will feature Oswego taking on the Plattsburgh Cardinals at noon. The second game of the day will see Cortland taking on Brockport at 3:00 P.M.
The Lakers are currently on a 20 game win streak against the Cardinals dating back to March, 2015. This season they won all three games, game one 19-6, game two 8-2, and game three 17-5. In the three games, Kyle Lauria went 9-16 (.563), and drove in eight runs in the series. Ryan Enos had four doubles in the series. Tishawn Featherstone had two home runs in the first game. The Laker pitching staff held the dangerous Alex Kornblau to 2-10 (.200) over all three games.
The Lakers are led by four dangerous hitters at the top of their lineup, Paul Tamarro, Ryan Enos, Kyle Lauria, and Lukas Olsson. Tammaro (64) and Enos (60) are one and two in the SUNYAC hits leaders. They also sit atop the batting average leader board hitting .481 and .476 respectively. Enos also sits second in the SUNYAC in doubles with 16, with Tammaro right behind at 14. Enos and Olsson are in a three way tie for fourth in the conference home runs leaders with eight each. Enos and Lauria tied for second in stolen bases at 24 each, with Tammaro in fourth with 23. Plattsburgh is led by a dangerous hitter of their own, Alex Kornblau. He is fourth in the SUNYAC in batting average (.396), fifth in doubles (11), and ninth in RBIs (33).
In the game, expect the Lakers to put Kyle Finnegan or Anthony Van Fossen on the mound. Finnegan has been the Lakers ace, with a 2.36 era in 61 innings pitched, striking out 54 batters. He pitched a majority of the seven inning games of the doubles headers, doing a complete game four of his ten starts. For the Cardinals, you may see Sean Malamud or Peter Gregory. Malamud has the most innings on the Plattsburgh staff, 56, and the lowest ERA, 4.98.
After Thursday, the loser of the Oswego-Plattsburgh game will play the loser of the Cortland-Brockport game in game one Friday. The winners of the two Thursday matchups will face off in game two Friday. The third and final game on Friday will be the winner of Friday’s first game vs the loser of Friday’s second game. Saturday will the championship matchup. It will feature the winner of Friday’s second game taking on the winner of Friday’s third game, with a potential second game being played if the team who hasn’t lost yet, the winner of Friday’s second game, loses.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM ROGERS, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
RANKINGS COURTESY OF D3BASEBALL.COM
PLAYOFF SCHEDULE COURTESY OF SUNYACSPORTS.COM
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Oswego Men’s Hockey continues win streak against Buffalo State
OSWEGO, NY — Men’s Hockey hosted Buffalo State Friday night in the Marano Campus Center to kick off the final weekend of the regular season. The Lakers would come away with the victory over the Bengals with a score line of 3-2. Oswego would get the lone goal of the first two periods as senior Jody Sullivan tallied a goal around the 12 minute mark of the first period. Joseph Molinaro and Mac Lewis secured assists on the first Laker goal. Oswego would get back on the scoreboard at the start of the third period as sophomore Travis Broughman would score on a wrap around just one minute in. Alex DiCarlo would eventually get the game winning goal around halfway through the period as the freshman ripped one past the Bengals netminder. However, Buffalo State would tally two goals by the end of the game to make it a thriller in the final minutes inside the Marano Campus Center.
The Lakers now look ahead to Fredonia who is coming off a win last night in Cortland. The Devils are in a must win situation as the team looks to stay alive and make it into the SUNYAC tournament. For the Lakers, the team can extend their current three game winning streak to four and maintain momentum into the playoffs. Senior Night also adds some special feelings to the 13 seniors playing in their final regular season game tonight. The Lakers and Devils are set to faceoff at 7 p.m. but WTOP 10 will begin coverage at 6:30 p.m. before puck drop.
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Women’s Basketball falls flat against cortland
OSWEGO, NY – The Lakers celebrated senior day this past Saturday for Senior Payton Daeffler but unfortunately they couldn’t keep pace with the 19-4 Cortland Red Dragons falling 74-37.
The first quarter was a disaster for the Lakers as they allowed the Red Dragons to go up 13-0 with 5:25 in the first quarter as the Lakers had no answers for the Red Dragons. The Lakers would finally get on the board as Logan Castiglione would score to put the Lakers down 13-2. The Lakers began to rally at the end of the first quarter and made the score an eight point game but still trailed 17-9. The Lakers went 33.33% from the field in the first quarter while the Red Dragons went 40.00% from the field. The Lakers also hit a three-pointer in the first as Caitie Lilly knocked one down.
The second quarter started with Shania Iglesias scoring five points including a three-pointer to help the Lakers trail 17-14 in the early minutes of the second quarter. Unfortunately after this the Lakers were just outmatched and couldn’t keep pace with the Red Dragons as they trailed 30-18 at half. The Lakers were slightly better from the field by a small margin shooting from 40% while the Red Dragons despite the halftime lead shot from 28.57%.
The third quarter started with the Red Dragons putting up five points to begin the quarter. With 6:26 left in the third quarter Peyton Daeffler scored her 101th point of her career as she eclipsed the 100-point barrier for her career. Shania Iglesias would knock down her second three-pointer with 3:49 left in the third quarter but the Lakers still trailed by 21 points. Shania Iglesias lead the Lakers with five points in the third quarter. The Lakers trailed the Red Dragons by a huge margin 55-33 at the end of the third quarter.
The fourth quarter saw the Red Dragons continue to extend their lead. The quarter started with Chastin Giles making two three-pointers to cut the Red Dragons lead to 20. The game was never close for the Lakers after the two free-throws. The Red Dragons would dominate the Lakers 74-37 making this their worst loss since losing to New Paltz two weeks ago. With the loss the Lakers have been eliminated from any chance of qualifying for the SUNYAC tournament. Despite this, the Lakers produced their best season in ten years and it was coach Pinkerton’s best season while coaching the Lakers.
The Lakers will travel to Brockport this Friday, February 17th. The Lakers will look to get back on track and avoid their losing their fifth straight game. The Lakers face a Golden Eagles who sits at 10-13 on the season currently and had gotten absolutely crushed by New Paltz 60-37 this past Saturday. The Golden Eagles have locked up a spot in the SUNYAC tournament so the Lakers will look to knock the Golden Eagles off balance and shake up the SUNYAC tournament seeding. New Paltz and Cortland are the top two seeds in the SUNYAC tournament. The Golden Eagles already defeated the Lakers 75-60 at the Max Ziel Gymnasium back on December 2nd.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY OSWEGO STATE ATHLETICS
