OSWEGO — Men’s Hockey starts their 55th hockey season this Saturday with their annual Teal Night game against Carleton Place. The Lakers look to start their season at Marano Campus Center after their 10-day trip overseas this past August. The Lakers swept their European competitors in their first ever trip over the pond. Oswego was ranked 3rd overall in the SUNYAC preseason poll behind rival Geneseo, who beat them last season in the SUNYAC Championship. New Laker captain Josh Zizek is looking to have another outstanding year after he recorded 25 points his junior year. This match up will be the first of two exhibition games for the team before their first regular season game against SUNY Cortland. Oswego hockey fans can purchase tickets online or at the box office. But, if you cannot make it to MCC, make sure to tune in right here, at WTOP10.com for another installment of Hockey Night in Oswego. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m.
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Women’s Hockey Preview versus Morrisville
OSWEGO, NY — The 9-6-4 Women’s Hockey team is back in action Wednesday night as Morrisville travels back into the Marano Campus Center for a NEWHL match up. The Mustangs last traveled into Oswego last Friday which gave the Lakers their second lost in as many games. The 0-2 setback was only the third time the Laker offense has been shutout all season. This is shocking as the team’s offense has producing more than last season. The group is averaging more goals per game along with more shot opportunities per game.
This increase comes in part from the success of their first line, Megan Teachout, Eryn Stewart, and Amber Thomas. The freshman, senior, and transfer have combined for 58 points out of a team total of 141. The three forwards all are a top the points chart with Teachout leading in goals and Stewart leading in assists.
The increased offense may be the only season improvement though as the Lakers have allowed more goals per game this season than last year. The 2.4 goals per game compared to the 2018-19 season total of 2.2 goals is odd due to the fact that Oswego’s defensive core along with starting goaltender has mostly stayed the same between the seasons. Senior Rachael Farmer has already played more games than last season as she is now the only goaltender on the team roster. The goalie’s goals against average has increased from 1.84 to 2.35 along with her save percentage decreasing from a .942 to a .910.
The Lakers still hold the second spot in the NEWHL standings right behind Plattsburgh who has clinched the division for the third straight year. Currently, Oswego is on pace to finish in their highest seeding since joining the league as the team has never been the second seed before. But Oswego is currently in a four way battle for that second spot as Potsdam, Morrisville, and Cortland all are within two points of each other. Due to this, tonight’s match up is important in the fact that without a win, the Lakers could fall outside the top four, and miss the playoffs for the first time in nine years. This game is also the last time Oswego would see these three teams in the regular season, as Oswego only has Buffalo State left to play in conference play. Puck drop is 7 p.m. tonight from the Marano Campus Center.
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Men’s basketball gets non-conference win on the road
POTSDAM, NY. – The Oswego state men’s basketball team travelled west to take on the Clarkson Golden Knights on Tuesday evening.The Lakers got off to a very fast start taking a 14-2 lead with the help from senior Devin Green who started off hot going 4 for 4 on 3pt attempts. Clarkson found themselves in offensive trouble early turning the ball over 3 times in the first 3 minutes of play trying to figure out the Oswego defense. But the Lakers cooled off a little at the end of the first half and Clarkson took advantage cutting their deficit to just 5 points going into halftime. Altogether in the first half, Oswego shot over 52% from the field and were on fire from beyond the arc converting on 70% of their 3pt attempts.
Oswego got their groove back to start the second half converting on almost 54% of their field goal attempts and getting a dominating 94-69 win on the road. Altogether the Lakers shot over 53% on the night while also shooting 50% on their 3pt attempts. Leading the way for the Lakers was Devin Green who finished with 23 points along with 6 assists on the night. The Lakers dominated the paint throughout the game , earning 58 of their 94 points in the paint. Newcomer Cartier Bowman led the Lakers on the glass, securing 11 rebounds for Oswego.
Oswego now moves to (3-0, 0-0 SUNYAC) while remaining at number 5 in the d3 rankings. The Men will head to Rochester on Tuesday, November 22nd to take on Nazareth College at 7pm in a revenge game for the Lakers who lost to the Golden Flyers last 67-65 at home last year.
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Women’s Lacrosse: Playoff Preview
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego women’s lacrosse finished their season and finished in the fifth seed in the SUNYAC. The team finished the season with a 6-10 record going 5-4 in the conference. The Lakers started their season on a four game losing streak and only won two of their first ten games, but quickly turned it around. They won four of their last six games in a playoff push.
Oswego is led by a super six: Sela Wiley, Shea McConnell, Julia Quirk, Isabella Lembo, Madison Davis, and Logan Castiglione. Sela Wiley is the teams leader on offense, she had a team leading 37 goals and 15 assists. Shea McConnell was the teams other 30 goal scorer, having 32 on the season, also contributing four assists. Julia Quirk had 27 goals and 3 assists. Isabella Lembo had 28 goals and three assists, and led the team in shot percentage at .528%. Madison Davis had 24 goals and 23 assists, finishing with the second highest points (goals + assists) on the team. Logan Castiglione had 12 goals on the season, and a team leading 32 assists, finishing second in the conference. Freshman Sarah Kamide started all sixteen games in goal for the Lakers, having the third highest save total in the SUNYAC with 142, and had a save percentage of 43%, the seventh highest in the conference.
Oswego is set to play the #4 Oneonta Red Dragons on Tuesday May, 3 at 4:00 P.M. in Oneonta for the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs. The two teams last matched up on April, 2 and the Red Dragons came out on top 18-14. Sela Wiley had seven goals in the contest and Shea McConnell had five of her own. The Red Dragon’s Megan Foiles had six goals in the games, with three other players having four each. The winner Tuesday’s game will play the #1 seed Cortland Red Dragons.
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