OSWEGO, NY — Oswego Men’s Hockey has been preparing for their road trip to Geneseo this past couple of days as the group is getting set for the SUNYAC finals against the Knights. The Lakers are coming off a win over their rivals Plattsburgh which ended with a score of 4-1. The group is currently on a 4 game win streak which comes from Oswego’s powerful offensive play along with a strong goaltender between the pipes. Steven Kozikoski has been stellar in net for the Lakers as the netminder has held a 1.79 goals against average and a .928 save percentage in the three games the goalie has played during this stretch. Captain Josh Zizek is currently on a 6 game point streak as the senior has nine points since their game against Geneseo. Max Novick, Travis Broughman, and Anthony Passero all received all-conference honors this past week heading into their matchup against Geneseo. This game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Geneseo.
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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 women’s hockey falls to Nazareth
OSWEGO, N.Y. – It was a tough exhibition matchup for the Lakers as they went head to head against a very good Golden Flyers team. Nazareth is coming off an incredible season last year finishing with a 27-2-0 overall record and sweeping their conference 20-0. Despite the Golden Flyers losing a whopping thirteen seniors after last season they were still able to get the job done in the Deb. The Lakers had a rough start of the game not getting much going against a face paced Nazareth team. Nazareth opened up with a goal by Ivy Liden halfway through the first period. Heading into the second it was like night and day as the Lakers performed much better, tying it up with Nazareth with a goal from Megan Gates off of an assist by former Golden Flyer Taylor Hudon and Mia Conboy. Nazareth however answered right back with a goal by Ally Watrous to go up 2-1 heading into the third. The Lakers were not able to string a comeback as Ally Watrous would tack on another goal for the day to seal the Golden Flyers victory. The Lakers finish 0-2 in their exhibition matchups as they head into their first game of the season against Adrian College this Friday in the Deb Stanley Arena. Catch it live on WTOP10 at 7:00pm!
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