OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State Lakers were defeated by the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons as the softball team could not out score the Red Dragons. Game 1 was a blow out in favor of the Red Dragons by the score of 13-1 and Game 2 was slightly closer with a score of 9-4. In Game 2, the Red Dragons were able to score six unanswered runs to come from behind and snag another SUNYAC win to improve to 4-1 in the conference. Zoe Mennig has 2 hits and 1 run in Game 2 and led the hitting squad in that contest. Fiona Higgins pitched both games for the Lakers and lead the pitching crew. Higgins had 4 strikeouts in Game 1 over the course of 3 innings.
For the Lakers, the team turns their attention to St. John Fisher College on Monday for a nonconference double header. The teams will battle at Laker Softball Field at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. Oswego State is 9-23 against the Cardinals thar represent the Empire 8 conference. The Lakers are looking to end a 7 game losing streak against the Rochester based team. WNYO will be live from the field tomorrow afternoon for the broadcast.
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Lakers Show Out for Family and Friends Weekend
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State Lakers faced off against the St. John Fisher Cardinals in their first game of the 2025-2026 season during an exhibition match last night. The Lakers were looking to pick up right where they left off after being named the 2024-2025 SUNYAC champions. The Cardinals were coming in with a slightly different goal…to finish their first-ever game in program history. The difference in experience showed early on with the Lakers scoring just 3:30 seconds into the game after Junior defenseman Travis Baker rocketed a one-timer from the point.
This dominance continued for the rest of the 1st period, with the Lakers collecting 4 more goals to make the score 5-1 at the start of the first intermission. The pre-game jitters for the Lakers seemed to carry into the second period, with two early back-to-back goals putting the Cardinals into a 7-1 deficit. This early deficit resulted in the Cardinals pulling out Marcus Oulette for freshman Sebastian Woods. This substitution proved beneficial for the Cardinals as the Lakers were unable to get a puck in the back of the net for the rest of the second period, resulting in a 7-2 score.
Heading into the third period, the Cardinals looked like a completely different team compared to the first period. The team gelled together in real time during the game, taking massive strides in terms of their chemistry and playcalling. This resulted in holding the Lakers to just one goal in the third period while scoring one more of their own, resulting in the final score being 8-3 Lakers.
The Lakers showed out in their 8-3 win for Family and Friends Weekend while the Cardinals lost their first game in program history. The Oswego State Lakers will look to face off against the Nazareth Golden Flyers on October 25th at 7:00 PM in their final exhibition match, as the St. John Fisher Cardinals will face off against the Buffalo State Bengals on October 31st at 7:00 PM.
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Oswego Buccaneers Hockey get set for Final Three Games
OSWEGO, NY — The Oswego Boys Buccaneers hockey team returns home after a weeklong road trip. The team was able to collect four wins which featured two shutouts and a few closer contests in which Oswego was able to outscore their opponents. The road trip started with a 7-0 win over Ontario Bay and ended down in Auburn with a 5-3 victory over the Maroons. During the week, the Bucs traveled to Fulton to face off against the rival Red Raiders on Wednesday, March 3rd. The team took a day off and then traveled to Syracuse to battle Liverpool. The 7-0 win featured an offensive performance as Oswego was able to continue to put pucks in the back of the net. Brandon Demling collected all four wins for Oswego in between the pipes and allowed only four goals over the course of the week.
Graphic Provided by the WNYO Sports Department Kevin Ahern and the rest of the coaching staff now get the team set for three games to complete the 2021 season. All the contests will be played in the Crisafulli Ice Rink located at Fort Ontario. The 7-6 Buccaneers welcome in the Syracuse Cougars Thursday night for a special Teal Game match up. The Division I team out of Syracuse has had a solid season so far and ends their 2021 schedule in Oswego. Friday night, Cazenovia will play their fifth game of the season against the Buccaneers. The away team has had a shorter schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic but will do battle against the Buccaneers. Oswego will close out their season against Watertown IHC Saturday night. Watertown has only played one game so far this season and Saturday is the last day of the Section III Hockey season. All puck drops are set for 7 p.m. and games will be broadcasted over the WNYO airwaves. WTOP 10 will continue to deliver content on the Oswego Buccaneer Hockey team on our website and social media pages.
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Oswego men’s basketball starts 2022 with win
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s basketball started 2022 where they left off in 2021, winning. They took on the Saint Lawrence Saints at home and won by a score of 74-60. The game started close, 8-7 Saints after four minutes with the Laker Kaleb Cook scoring all seven of their points. The following four minutes saw Oswego take the lead on a 10-0 run. Saint Lawrence would close the gap to 22-18 before a 9-1 run, spurred by Jeremiah Sparks‘s two threes, would extend the lead for the Lakers once more. Some back and forth between the teams saw them go into the half with the Lakers up 38-26. The Lakers shot 38% from the field and 10-12 from the free throw line in the half.
The second half started with another Laker run, 13-5, with threes from Devin Green and Sparks. St. Lawrence would respond with an 11-0 run, but Green closed the scoreless Lakers run with another three and the score would be 54-42. The lakers would use the rest of the second half to extend the lead back to twenty points, 72-52. The final three minutes saw the Lakers close the game out and have a final score of 74-60. This game was Devin Green‘s, he led the Lakers in four stat categories. He had twenty points, shooting 4-7 from three, eight rebounds, and a season high six assists and five steals. Kaleb Cook also had a good night with sixteen of his own points, a respectable 7-13 from the field. Jeremiah Sparks and Julien Crittendon had eleven points each as well. The team shot 42% from the field and 41% from deep while also being lights out at the free throw line, shooting 12-14. The team also out rebounded the Saints 38-22.
The Lakers next game comes on the road against Buffalo State, 4-8 (2-4 SUNYAC), on January 11 at 7:30. The Lakers currently sit at 10-1 (4-0 SUNYAC) and are on a seven game win streak. There are fourteen games left in the season for the Lakers, all games are in conference.
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