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Men’s basketball starts season with tournament win
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OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s basketball team competed in the Max Ziel Tournament this weekend. They played the first game on Friday night, beating Elmira College handily 85-51. They would play the second game on Saturday, winning the tournament in a closer contest against Hobart College 63-48.
Friday night’s game against Elmira started close. Oswego State led 6-4 after five minutes before a 10-0 run would help the grow a lead they wouldn’t give up. Another eight points from Laker senior guard Julien Crittendon gave Oswego a 25-6 lead with ten still to play in the first half. The first half would end 42-19 Oswego. Elmira had a more successful second half, scoring thirty-two points, but Oswego would score another forty-three of their own, for the final score of 85-51. Crittendon was the Lakers leading scorer with fifteen points, with freshman Ahkee Anderson the only other Laker with over ten points at twelve. Fourteen Lakers would score on the night. Anderson also contributed three assists. Junior guard Devin Green lead the team in rebounds with nine. Oswego shot 50.9% from the field on the night.
The second and final game of the tournament was against Hobart college. An opening three pointer from Hobart was answered by a 16-0 run by the Lakers over eight minutes. Fourteen of the Lakers sixteen came from junior guard Kaleb Cook and sophomore guard Jeremiah Sparks. The first half would end 35-20 Oswego. The Lakers pushed the lead to twenty-one early in the second half but Hobart would pull it back to eleven with three to play in the game. Oswego would play solid defense and hit their free throws to close out the game and win 63-48. Kaleb Cook led the Lakers with twenty-two points and Jeremiah Sparks had fifteen of his own. Senior center Louis Fedullo led the Laker with eight rebounds. Kaleb Cook was named tournament MVP and Julien Crittendon was named to the all-tournament team.
Oswego State plays Clarkson at 7:30 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gymnasium on Tuesday November, 16th. WTOP 10 will have coverage starting at 7:30 p.m.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY WILLIAMS ROGERS, WTOP 10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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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.
IMAGE COURTESY OF WILLIAM ROGERS, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Men’s soccer falls to Cortland in SUNYAC championship
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OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego men’s soccer team travelled to Cortland Saturday afternoon to take on the Red Dragons in the SUNYAC tournament championship game. The Lakers had fought hard to make it to the tournament and then make it all the way to the championship game, but their exciting run came to an end as they would fall 6-0. Cortland got themselves on the scoreboard early when they would get to a loose ball in the box and score. The Red Dragon’s would net another before the half to make it 2-0. Cortland kept their momentum going in the second half, getting their third goal seven minutes in, and their fourth seven minutes later. They converted two more times before the end of the game, making it 6-0. Cortland dominated the second half of the game, getting fourteen shots to Oswego’s three. Oswego had a total of six shots in the game, two each from Ryan Young and Kyle Gehnrich. Oswego’s Caleb Munski, Kieran Gilroy, and Hajoon Lee all earned All-Tournament honors.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY WILLIAM ROGERS, WTOP 10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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