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OSWEGO, N.Y. – It was a tough loss for the Lakers Men’s soccer team last night as they fell to the 9-2-2 Oneonta Red Dragons in a close battle. The Lakers have been struggling to gain traction this season despite the array of talent the team possesses. This tightly contested battle was scoreless at the end of the first half with both teams hungry to get on the board. At the 47 minute mark Oneonta would get on the board thanks to a shot by Ethan Brunell. Just over a minute later Kieran Gilroy who leads the Lakers in scoring, added another goal to his resume capitalizing on a corner kick to even the score. Oneonta would bounce right back scoring the game winning goal 60 minutes into the contest. The Lakers put up a valiant effort to bounce back but could not get back on the board. The Lakers look to bounce back as they are in action against New Paltz home at Laker Turf Stadium on October 22nd. The game will honor the Lakers seniors. Catch it Live on WTOP10!
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Oswego State Softball Splits with Golden Eagles
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — The Oswego State Softball team traveled to Brockport on Saturday eager for a doubleheader against the Golden Eagles. It was a tough go around for the Lakers this time as they split the double header (1-1) as well as the overall series this season (2-2). Brockport would take the first game in dominant fashion with a 8-1 victory and Oswego would edge the Golden Eagles in a last inning thriller with a final of 7-6.
The first game was all Brockport with 4 runs in the 3rd inning alone and up 5-0 by the third inning. It was pretty straight forward for the Golden Eagles, generating 8 hits and putting in 8 runs in the first matchup with 2nd baseman Cameryn Duggan leading the way with 3 runs of her own. Oswego’s Taylor Dubois was the only Laker to generate a run as she hit a homerun and now has 3 on her career as a Laker. As for the second game, the Lakers jumped ahead early being up 4-0 in the second inning. The Lakers were led by Fiona Higgins and Tai Smith who each had three hits a piece in the second game. Things got extra interesting at the end of the second game as Brockport has the bases loaded with zero outs when trailing 7-5. However, Oswego was able to keep the Golden Eagles partially at bay with a force out at home, a throwout on an RBI-single as well as a fly out to end the game.
The Lakers now move to 7-11 on the season as well as 5-9 in the division, Brockport now remains at .500 winning percentage in both the SUNYAC West as well as overall as they remain at 6-6. The Lakers look to test their strength in their next matchup against the red hot Cortland Red Dragons who are coming in on a six game winning streak and have beaten the Lakers in the last four matchups. First pitch is scheduled for Monday, May 3rd at 3:00 p.m and WTOP 10 will be covering the game as well.
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Oswego women’s soccer secures SUNYAC playoff spot
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women’s Soccer team faced off against the New Paltz Hawks on Saturday afternoon. This game was an important one for the Lakers as they were looking to get into one of the last SUNYAC playoff spots. Oswego would take control to start the first half of the matchup in what was a relatively quiet half of play. That was until Amber Mcdermott Scored first for the Lakers, unassisted at the 29:02 mark to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead. The Lakers held the advantage in the first half beating New Paltz in shots 5-2 and would take a 1-0 lead after one half of play.
In the second half we saw a momentum switch where New Paltz took over. Shortly into the second half, New Paltz would tie the match at 1 from a goal by Gaby Treble at the 48:56 mark. The Hawks would eventually take the lead over the Lakers halfway through the second half from Addison Weiner at the 69:10 mark to take a 2-1 lead over the Lakers. But the Lakers fought back to tie it as graduate transfer Graisa Madde would score the match’s final point, tying the game at 2 with just over 12 minutes remaining in the contest. Both teams could get nothing past the goalkeepers for the rest of the game and it would end in a 2-2 tie in Oswego’s last regular season game.
The Lakers finished their season with a record of 8-5-4, and a conference record of 3-3-3. The Lakers will now turn their focus to the playoffs as they will be the fifth seed. Oswego will take on the Plattsburgh Cardinals at Plattsburgh on October 29th at 1PM in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs.
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Lakers Field Hockey shutout at home
OSWEGO N.Y- The Oswego Women’s Field Hockey team took on the University of Rochester Yellow Jackets in a non-conference contest Tuesday evening and were shutout 2-0. Both goals happened early in the first quarter when Rochester’sAnya Arseneau scored directly 1 minute into game and almost 3 minutes later Maeve Fogarty scored the second and final goal of the game. The Lakers tried to play catch up for the rest of the game and in the second quarter Oswego put on the pressure putting multiple shots on goal and earning two penalty corners to finish the half.
The third quarter started with two yellow cards for the Lakers just five minutes in and the defense held the Yellow Jackets to nothing while fighting off the two and five minute penalties. But the Lakers couldn’t fight their way back as the Yellow Jackets got back into rhythm in the fourth quarter holding possession for the majority of it. Rochester ended the contest with a 19-4 shots advantage on the Lakers and also had 7 penalty corners to the Lakers 3. Scheblein finished the contest with 12 saves on 14 shots faced in the contest marking 27 saves in the last two contests for the Oswego senior goalkeeper.
Oswego will now head on the road for a SUNYAC matchup against the New Paltz Hawks. This game is set to start at 1:00PM on Saturday, September 24.