OSWEGO — Oswego Women’s Soccer took a tough loss to SUNY Plattsburgh Saturday afternoon in a 1-0 score line. Plattsburgh scored within the first ten minutes of the game. Towards the end of the first half, goalkeeper Emma Allen got caught up in a collision and was relieved by Sophia Portalatin, the back up for the Lakers. The defense would aid Portalatin in keeping the Cardinals scoreless in the remainder of the match up. Oswego would tally six shot attempts overall, all coming in the second stanza. The team will host SUNY Fredonia next Friday night to start off the final weekend of the regular season. Kick off will be at 3 p.m. at Laker Stadium.
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Oswego State Men’s basketball weekend recap: two dominant SUNYAC wins
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The #22 Oswego State men’s basketball team came into the weekend with what looked to be a tough two games. They were set to take on the number three team and the number two team in the SUNYAC, the Oneonta Red Dragon and the New Paltz Hawks. Not only did they come out of the weekend with two wins, they did it in dominant fashion, and sent a message to the rest of the SUNYAC that no one is stopping them.
The first game of the weekend came on Friday night against the Oneonta Red Dragons. The Lakers dominated the whole game, and took a 28-point victory, 86-58. Devin Sparks and Jamal Achille combined for the Lakers first twelve points to take an early 12-5 lead. A Julien Crittendon layup with eight minutes to go in the first half would create a 26-15 lead. Oswego’s lead wouldn’t fall below ten for the rest of the game. Oswego headed to the locker rooms up 41-22. The Lakers shot 16-34 (47%) from the field and 4-10 (40%) from deep. The Red Dragons shot 8-28 (28.6%) from the field and 2-7 (28.6%) from deep. The Lakers came out firing in the second half. Sixteen points from Jeremiah Sparks and four from Brendon Mulson saw the Lakers lead balloon to 62-36 with twelve still to go in the half. By the five and a half minute mark Oswego’s lead was 75-45, and the reserves came in to finish the game out. Jeremiah Sparks led the Lakers with 20 points. Christian Simmons added sixteen and Devin Green had ten with nine boards. The Lakers had fourteen different scorers on the night and twenty-one different players get minutes. Oswego shot 51% from the field in the second half for 33-67 (49%) for the game, and a total 7-20 (35%) from three.
Coming off the high of beating the number three team in the SUNYAC Friday, they came into Saturday’s game against the number two team in the SUNYAC, New Paltz, looking to keep the momentum going. They didn’t fail, and blew out the Hawks 82-53. New Paltz didn’t let the Lakers take the lead right away though, they went up 6-3 after four minutes. The Lakers took over from there. At the nine minute mark in the first half Julien Crittendon made two free throws to give the Lakers a 20-8 lead. Over the next four and a half minutes the Lakers would go on a 14-2 run led by five from Crittendon. Brendon Mulson would score six over the last five minutes with Oswego beating the Hawks 12-9 in the scoring category, with the teams going into the locker rooms, Oswego up 46-19. The Lakers shot 45% from the field and 42% from three in half. The Lakers got the score to 64-29, and the lead to thirty-five, with just under thirteen to go in the game. The Lakers bench would take over from there, and they would get the lead as high as forty-two. The reserves would close the game to get the final score to 82-53. Devin Green led the Lakers with thirteen, with Kaleb Cook and Christian Simmons each adding eleven. Oswego had five other players over five points and thirteen total scorers. Twenty-one players saw playing time for the second game in a row. Ahkee Anderson, Julien Crittendon, and Kaleb Cook each had three steals.
The Lakers no have a record 18-1 (12-0 SUNYAC) with the win streak up to fifteen games. Oswego’s next game is next Friday, February 4 at home in the Max Ziel Gymnasium.
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Burbridge and Schaffner find the back of the net in win over Canton
OSWEGO — The Oswego State Women’s Soccer team defeated SUNY Canton yesterday by a score of (2-0). Fifteen minutes into the game, Audrey Burbridge capitalized on a shot far post for her first goal of the season. Mackenzie Schaffner would join in on the scoring moments before halftime to extend the lead to two. Goalkeeper Emma Allen earned her sixth shutout of the season as she recorded two saves in the contest. The Lakers will look to carry their momentum into Brockport this Friday for a meeting with the Golden Eagles.
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Men’s Basketball secures 15th win of the season against New Paltz
OSWEGO, NY — Men’s Basketball rolled through the New Paltz Hawks Tuesday night as the Lakers won 80-55. Oswego took a commanding lead in the first half as the team scored 54 points compared to the Hawk’s 25. This is thanks to senior Joe Sullivan dropping 20 points due to seven field goals and two three pointers in his twenty two minutes played. Colby Moultrie stepped into the game and secured 12 points in only nine minutes played after netting four three pointers. This is Oswego’s 15th win of the season and ninth conference win to keep the Lakers in fourth place in the SUNYAC standings. The team looks ahead as they travel with Women’s Basketball to Cortland on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip off.
