MORRISVILLE N.Y. — It was a big weekend for the mens lacrosse team as they took on SUNY Morrisville in an intense matchup. The two teams battled it out but in the end the lakers found a way to leave with the dub. Morrisville went up early and the Lakers refused to back down early. Senior Weston Grey was a monster scoring four goals to contribute big time in the teams victory. Gray was a madman and now has seven goals this season. Sophomore Gavin Elston and junior Jack Delany both had two goals a piece. Although Morrisville came back in the fourth to make it a two point game, Weston Grey put the nail in the coffin scoring the last goal of the contest. The Lakers look to keep their momentum as they go on the road to face St. Joseph’s college this Wednesday in a non conference matchup.
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Men’s Hockey headed to Whiteout pt 2, SUNYAC Final addition
OSWEGO, NY – The Oswego State Men’s hockey team had a high pressure SUNYAC semi-final on Saturday night against the Buffalo State Bengals. The Bengals were coming off a mid-week upset over Cortland, and had their starting goalie, Emil Norrman, back from injury. The two sides had just played a week prior, but without Norrman, an All-SUNYAC goalie, in net, the Lakers put seven goals in the back of the net.
The first action in the first period was a slashing call against the Lakers, giving the Bengals an early man-advantage. The Lakers killed it without allowing a shot on net. A few minutes after the end of the penalty, Tyler Flack scored his first goal of the season to give Oswego a 1-0 lead. Just seconds after the puck-drop from the last goal, Alex DiCarlo found netting behind Norrman again. The rest of the period was tame, without anymore goals or penalties. The Oswego defense was strong in the first, and Cal Schell only had four saves. Norrman had eight saves.
At the start of the second, the Lakers were started quickly. It took just 40 seconds for Oswego’s Connor Gatto to score the Lakers third goal. Throughout the rest of the period, both squads traded shots though nothing found netting. With five to go in the period the Bengals took a too-many men penalty, though the Lakers couldn’t capitalize. With just over a minute to go in the period, Drake Semrad was called for a 5-minute major for contact to the head, meaning he also missed the remainder of the game. With the Lakers up 3-0 at the end of the period, things looked bleak for the Bengals, but with just under four minutes remaining on the penalty there was still hope. Schell only had to make another four saves in the period, Norrman made 14.
To start the third, Lakers killed the major penalty, but also picked up another meaning they were 5-on-3 for about 30 seconds. The Lakers killed that one as well, while only giving up two shots throughout the entire ordeal. The Lakers spent a good portion of five minutes on a man-advantage, with the Bengals taking back-to-back penalties. Oswego got five shots off during the penalties, but couldn’t find netting. With less than four to go, Buffalo State broke the shutout, burying a slap shot. It was long before the Lakers recaptured that three-goal lead. Tommy Cahill buried one just a minute later. A late penalty against Jackson Arcan gave Buffalo State one last shot, but they didn’t take advantage and the game ended 4-1. Troy Robillard had two assists, in the game. Quinn Warmuth and Matt McQuade led the team with five shots each, while also each grabbing an assist. Cal Schell only had 15 saves in the game, Emil Norrman had 33.
Oswego moves onto the SUNYAC Championship game against rival Plattsburgh in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. The two sides have already met three times this season, twice as regular season games, once as a non-conference game. The winner of the game gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Puck drop is set for 7:00, in what will be a big weekend for Laker athletics.
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Field hockey wins on road with big fourth quarter
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Lakers travelled to Rochester to take on the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Tuesday night in a Oswego 3-1 win. Oswego’s offense would start out swinging in the first quarter with four shots attempted and three shots on goal from Simzer, Darcy and Delaney but none would make it to the back of the goal. The Lakers defense was in control in the first quarter by mostly keeping the ball in midfield which only allowed Nazareth to attempt one shot. Oswego would get their second penalty corner of the evening, just over three minutes into the second quarter (18:06) but the Laker’s were unable to capitalize as the defense by Nazareth didn’t allow Oswego to attempt a shot. Just over five minutes into the second, Nazareth would finally have their first shot on goal but Oswego goalkeeper Erica Scheblein would kick the ball out of bounds and record her first save of the night. The last 8 minutes of the quarter the Lakers were able to get some shots on goal with two coming from Kacie Simzer and one coming from Bryleigh Beauchat. Altogether Oswego would finish the first half with seven shots, four landing on goal with a halftime score of 0-0
At the start of the second half the Golden Flyers decided to make a change with their goalie and Oswego attacked. Oswego would record seven shots in the third quarter with none getting past the fresh new goalie. But all that changed in the fourth quarter when 46 minutes in the scoreless streak broke from a goal from sophomore Kate McNally assisted by Molly Darcy(46:19). The Lakers scored again 5 minutes later(51:37) off of a penalty goal from Kaitlyn Mastracco, giving the Lakers a 2-0 lead. 15 seconds later Nazareth answered back with a goal from Hannah James(51:52) to bring the Oswego lead to only one. But Nazareth defense couldn’t stop the Lakers as Kacie Simzer would grab another goal for Oswego(55:06) assisted by Taylin Bauer to give the Lakers a 3-1 lead. Nazareth would have chances at the end to score, but the Laker’s defense held up and didn’t allow any more goals for Nazareth to hold on to the win. Oswego out shot Nazareth by a 19-9 margin and Erica Scheblein continues her great season with five saves on the night.
Oswego is now 7-6 on the season. The Lakers will now return home on Saturday for senior day in a conference matchup against the Brockport Golden Eagles.
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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.
