OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s soccer team travelled to New Paltz to take on the Hawks in a SUNYAC semi-final game today. After a hard fought game the Lakers came out on top 1-0. It was a defensive first half, with Oswego getting five shots on goal and New Paltz getting three shots on goal. The Lakers got themselves on the board early in the second half. A cross from Hajoon Lee would find the head of Kieran Gilroy and then the back of the net for the only goal of the entire contest. Oswego goal keeper Brian Terra would come up big for Oswego, he had two saves on the day including a save on a New Paltz penalty kick in the 71st minute.
Oswego will travel to Cortland on Saturday for the SUNYAC championship game, the first in Laker’s program history. The Lakers played the Red Dragons on October 16th at Laker Turf Stadium. The Lakers lost 3-0, despite Brian Terra’s seven saves. Cortland comes into this game ranked #5 in the country and are coming off a win against Buffalo State 2-1 in their semi-final matchup. The contests kicks off at 1:00 p.m. on SUNY Cortland’s campus.
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Preview of Women’s Hockey week ahead
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey kicks off their four game home stand this week as the Lakers prepare for their first games of the second semester. Tuesday Night is the first of three games this week as Hamilton travels into the Campus Center. The team from the NESCAC conference is currently 9-6 and is slotted in 6th in their conference standings. The last time these two teams met, which was last season, in which the Continentals secured the victory in a 3-1 win. The Lakers have not defeated Hamilton since the 2015-16 season, which came on the road in Clinton, New York. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow night.
After this past weekend, Oswego remains in second in the NEWHL standings behind Plattsburgh. After tying Potsdam Saturday, the Lakers only sit two points above the Bears after both playing 12 games. If the standings remain the same, the Lakers will host the third seed in the semi-finals round of the NEWHL playoffs that occurs the last weekend of February.
The Lakers will go back to NEWHL play Friday night as Morrisville travels to Oswego for the first time this season. The last time the Mustangs and Lakers faced off resulted in Oswego coming away with a 4-3 victory. Philomena Teggart netted two goals in the victory along with freshman Kyleigh Grugin tallying one. Puck drop is also set for 7 p.m. from the Campus Center.
Saturday afternoon will feature the Lakers hosting their annual Pink the Rink game in which the team will wear pink jerseys. Potsdam will travel into Oswego for their last regular season match up against the Lakers. The recent transfer Tia Trovato who started her freshman season for the Lakers, will come back to Oswego for the first time since then. This game is set to begin at 3 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center.
WTOP 10 will broadcast all the games and will go live 15 minutes before each puck drop for an in depth analyst.
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Oswego State Baseball Erupts Against Fredonia
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Baseball swept a home doubleheader against SUNYAC West opponent Fredonia, on Saturday, April 10th. Oswego won 17-3 and 15-6, as the Lakers move to 7-1 (5-1 SUNYAC) on the year. Oswego’s offense has been on fire over the course of the win streak, and they did not slow down one bit in the 32 run effort against the visiting Blue Devils.
Oswego won game one of the Saturday doubleheader 17-3, highlighted by a nine run 4th inning which broke the game wide open. Nine Laker hitters had at least one RBI in game one, as the Lakers produced 15 hits. Kyle Lauria was 3-4 with 4 RBIs, and Ryan Enos was 2-3 with a double, 2 RBIs and 3 runs as the 3-4 hitters in the order led the way for the offense. On the mound, Kieran Finnegan held the Blue Devils to one run through six innings of work, while only allowing four hits and striking out five.
The Oswego offense kept their momentum rolling into the second game, with a 15-6 win. Ryan Enos and Kyle Lauria picked up right where they left off, Enos was 4-5 with a double, 5 RBIs, 3 runs, and Lauria went 2-3 with a triple and a home run, to go along with 3 RBIs and 3 runs in game two. Jonathan Luppens had a great day at the plate as well as he went 3-4 with 3 RBIs, a run, and a home run to mark the first multi home run game of the season for the Lakers.
Oswego State baseball expands their win streak to six games after the doubleheader sweep of Fredonia on Saturday. The Lakers open up a six game road trip on Wednesday, April 14th at Potsdam in a doubleheader scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. first pitches.
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Men’s Hockey sweeps biggest weekend of season
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State men’s hockey team came into the weekend with one goal in mind, sweeping the weekend and clinching a SUNYAC regular season title. The had the advantage of both games being at home, but both opponents coming in had playoff aspirations of their own.
Game one of the weekend was against the Buffalo State Bengals. The Lakers quickly put themselves at a disadvantage, taking two penalties, and bing 5-on-3 for a bit, but ultimately killed both. It took about seven minutes for the first goal to find netting. Trent Grimshaw grabbed his fourth goal of the season to get the Lakers on the board, but Buffalo State quickly answered. A little more than a minute later, Joe Glamos tied the game for the Bengals. The game remained at ones for a while, but the Lakers grabbed the lead back. Ryan Bunka gave his team lead. Once again, the lead only lasted a little more than a minute, Joe Glamos again tying the game up. The score ties at two, both squads went to the locker room. Cal Schell had six saves for Oswego in the first, Liam Gross, for Buffalo State had 13.
In the second period, the game remained at 2-2 for almost the entire time. Buffalo took one penalty during the period, but killed it. It took until less than four minutes for the first goal of the second frame to happen. Ryan Dickinson giving the Lakers a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. With less than a minute to play in the frame Connor Gatto doubled the lead. Rocco Andreacchi and Shane Bull being credited with assists on both goals in the period, and Andreacchi getting his third of the game. Schell had another six saves in the period, Gross adding another 14.
The third period saw Trent Grimshaw continue his scoring ways. He would score twice getting his first collegiate hat-trick. His goals were split by one for Buffalo State. In the third, the Lakers had two power-play opportunities that they wouldn’t capitalize on. Oswego took the first game of the weekend, 7-3, and clinched at top-two seed in the playoffs. Ten different Lakers got a point in the game, five of them more than one. Schell ended the game with 17 saves, Gross had 38.
The final game of the Lakers regular season was Senior Night. The Lakers recognized all-their seniors in a post-game ceremony. The game was against the Fredonia Blue Devils. Once again the Lakers came out flying. Just past the six minute mark, Oswego found the scoreboard twice in 15 seconds. The first score came off the stick of Conor Smart. Quickly after the restart of play, it was Tommy Cahill giving Oswego a 2-0 lead. The Lakers weren’t done there though, Drake Semrad gave Oswego a 3-0 lead in the tenth minute of the first period. Alex DiCarlo wanted to be part of the scoring parade, scoring the Lakers fourth and final goal of the first period. Eight different Lakers got assists in the first. Cal Schell had eight saves in the first period, while Logan Dyck had 13.
The Blue Devils made a goalie switch in the second. Charles-Anthony Barbeau was put in net. The second period was Conor Smart‘s period. He scored the Lakers first two goals of the second, and scored his first collegiate hat-trick. Daniel Colabufo got himself one final goal of the regular season as well, in the third. Before the end of the period, Fredonia picked up a penalty, that would be impactful in the third. With a 7-0 lead going into the break, the Lakers looked good to secure their first regular season title since 2018-19, but still had one to go. Schell had seven saves in the second, Barbeau had 17.
Fredonia made another goalie switch in the third, giving Dalton Jerzak some game time in the final game. The penalty that carried through to the third quickly became impactful, Ben Addison getting his second goal of the season. Less than a minute later Garrett Clegg scored his first goal of the season, on his senior night. The rest of the game was scoreless and the Lakers walked away with a 9-0 victory and a SUNYAC regular season championship. Smart was the only Laker with multiple goals, but six Lakers got multiple assists, 11 total getting at least one assist. Schell finished the game with 20 saves, Jerzak had 16 saves in the third.
Oswego now awaits an opponent for the SUNYAC semi-final that will be played in Oswego, they will play the lowest remaining seed after the SUNYAC quarter-final games played on Wednesday night. The semi-final game will be played on Saturday at 7:00.
At the end of the regular season, Alex DiCarlo was the teams leading goal scorer with 12 throughout the season. Shane Bull was the team’s leading assist and point getter, with 18 assists and 27 points. Cal Schell finished the season with a 2.19 Goals Against Average and .924 save percentage.
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