OSWEGO — Friday night at the Marano Campus Center will feature the beginning of Men’s Hockey annual Whiteout Weekend as they host rivals SUNY Plattsburgh. The Lakers look to continue their Whiteout success after shutting out the Cardinals last year. Plattsburgh comes into the match up after dropping their first two games against SUNYAC opponents Brockport and Geneseo (3). The Lakers however gained their first conference win against Cortland in their home opener this past Friday. Max Novick and Mitch Emerson were huge producers for Oswego, both putting up three points. Laker fans can get tickets at the SUNY Oswego box office or watch live at WTOP 10 starting at 6 p.m. for the pregame show. Puck drop will at 7 p.m. in front of an expected sellout crowd.
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Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse Looks to Turn Around Season
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse will be back in action on Friday, April 16th against the Brockport Golden Eagles. The Lakers are currently 0-3 overall in 2021 and lost their first game of the season to the Golden Eagles. Brockport defeated Oswego 12-5 in Rochester back on April 2nd and handed the Lakers their first conference lost. Since then, the Lakers have not been able to get it done in and out of conference play. The squad currently is in fourth in the SUNYAC West Division Standings behind third place Brockport. After Friday, the Lakers have three more games left before the end of the 2021 campaign.
Friday’s contest will be the biggest game to date for the Lakers because the result of this game could decide whether or not the Oswego team remains in the hunt for the SUNYAC Championship. Oswego comes into the contest being led by Lucas Cioch with eight points total. Through his first three collegiate games, the freshman midfielder has five points and three assists. Senior Liam Dollard has had a fast start to the 2021 season with three goals and one assist for four points. On the defensive side of the ball, senior goaltender Kevin O’Donnell has had a rocky start with the rest of the defense through the first three games of the season. The netminder is currently posting 43 goals against with a 14.33 goals against average and 39 saves for a .476 save percentage. Last season, O’Donnell had a .620 save percentage after their four game season in 2020.
The Lakers take on the Golden Knights on Friday, April 16th at 4 p.m. at Laker Turf Stadium. WTOP 10 will be live from the field to bring Oswego State fans all the action as the SUNYAC West Division heats up.
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Oswego State men’s soccer team advances to SUNYAC tournament semi-finals
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s soccer team (#6) defeated the Oneonta Red Dragons (#3) in a 2-1 shootout on Saturday, advancing to the SUNYAC semi-finals. This was the Lakers first win against Oneonta since 1965, ending a 56-year drought.
After falling to Oneonta on senior day just seven days prior, Oswego bounced back on an even bigger stage, earning the team’s first SUNYAC tournament win in Coach Dan Kane’s tenure there. It was a competitive bout from start to finish with Oneonta striking first in the 27th minute to take a 1-0 lead. The score would remain the same until the 64th minute after freshman midfielder Hajoon Lee scored off a pass from Kieran Gilroy. However, that would be the final goal of the game as neither team could find the back of the net throughout the rest of regulation and both overtime periods, forcing a shootout.
Through the first four rounds of the shootout, each player on both teams scored on their attempt. Though in the final round, Oneonta’s Malcom Swett hit the crossbar while sophomore defenseman Brendan Murphy made his attempt. In a match that took more than 110 minutes to declare a winner, the Lakers were able to edge the Red Dragons in a shootout, 5-4.
With their first-round victory, Oswego State will now travel to New Paltz to take on the Hawks in the SUNYAC semi-finals on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. This will be the second time these two teams have met this season with the first game resulting in a 2-1 New Paltz victory on Oct. 22nd. Oswego will look to bounce back in the same way they did against Oneonta in hopes of advancing to the SUNYAC Championship final. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.
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Oswego State women’s basketball picks up dominant non-conference win
OSWEGO N.Y. — Domination, decimation, good ole fashioned whoopin. Just a few words to describe the Oswego State women’s basketball team and their incredible 75-39 victory over the SUNY Delhi Broncos. The Lakers are a very dangerous team and continued to prove this with their impressive performance Tuesday night, as they advanced to 2-1 on the season. Now on a two game winning streak, the Lakers are laser focused as they have an immense amount of potential this year. The freshman in particular balled out this game. For the second week in a row freshman Diamond Pickett led the Lakers in scoring with thirteen points, as well as an astonishing 16 rebounds. Pickett played well on both sides of the ball. Freshman Elania Johnson was right behind in scoring with twelve points. Two young ladies with extremely bright futures here in Oswego. Chastin Giles and Danielle Caivana also had impressive performances in this game. The Lakers were off to a lightning fast start, scoring twenty-five points in the first quarter compared to the Broncos ten. From there the defense went off holding the Broncos to just fourteen points in the second and third quarter. Outscoring the Broncos in all four quarters, this game was never close. Now it’s back to the office as the Lakers get ready for their next game. Oswego State looks to keep this win streak alive when they go on the road to face SUNY Poly at 5:00 p.m. in the SUNY Morrisville tournament this Friday.
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