Oswego State women's lacrosse falls in opening round of SUNYAC tournament

ONEONTA, N.Y. — On Tuesday, the Oswego State women’s lacrosse team traveled to Oneonta to take on the Red Dragons in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament. In the back-and-forth contest which saw six Lakers total at least two points, Oswego would end up falling to the home team 14-12.

To open up the first five minutes of play, Oneonta came out firring quickly, putting up three consecutive goals. Though, it was at the 7:15 mark of the quarter when Julia Quirk scored her first of many goals on the day on a player-up opportunity. Four minutes later Isabella Lembo would continue the Lakers scoring run, finding the back of the net off a picture-perfect pass from Sela Wiley. In the final two minutes of the opening frame, both teams put in another goal. For Oswego, it was Logan Castiglione who — like many games this season — showed her playmaking prowess, setting up Shae McConnell to bring the score to 4-3. Within a minute of the second quarter, Oneonta answered back to the late goal scored by the Lakers and brought their lead to 5-3. Then once more at the 12:56 mark, the Red Dragons got another one passed Sarah Kamide to take a three-goal lead. From here on, the momentum started to shift towards the Lakers. Madison Davis found a Quirk cutting through the lane for a goal to make the score 7-5 with &:34 remaining in the half. Then much like the first quarter, Oswego got another late goal before the closing buzzer. With 40 seconds remaining, Wiley added her second assist of the game on a pass to McConnell, cutting the deficit to just one goal at the break.

It was key for Oswego to carry that momentum into the third quarter and that’s exactly what they did. Just 16 seconds into the second half, Wiley added another assist, finding an open Castiglione to tie the game at seven. However, the Red Dragons were not going to give up that easy. Oneonta kicked it up a notch, scoring the game’s next three goals spanning from 14:13-11:47. This put the Red Dragons up 10-7. At the 11:02 mark, Castiglione got her third point of the afternoon as she set up Davis for her first goal. Following this, Oneonta started to pull away little by little. At the 9:03 mark, the home team took a 12-8 lead after scoring two straight goals. Oswego was able to chip away at this lead before the end of the quarter as Quirk put in another goal with 1:45 remaining. This brought the contest back to a three-goal difference heading into the final quarter. Less than two minutes into the fourth, Oneonta scored once more to take a 13-9 lead. Shortly after, Quirk scored again following a caused turnover by Lembo. Although, the Red Dragons fired back at 9:15 to regain their four-goal lead. Oswego scored the final two goals of the game, but those final two goals of the game would end up being the final two goals of the season for the Lakers. Oswego wasn’t able to find the back of the net over the final three minutes and Oneonta would go on to win 14-12.

Statistically, the game was relatively even. Oswego barely trailed the Red Dragons in total shots (29-28), but did have two more turnovers in the game (19-17). Where things weren’t even, though, came in the ground ball department where Oneonta was extremely efficient (23-14). The Lakers had a total of six players rack up at least two points including Julia Quirk (6g), Sela Wiley (5a), Madison Davis (2g, 2a), Logan Castiglione (1g, 2a), Shae McConnell (2g), and Isabella Lembo (1g, 1a). Sarah Kamide also brought in 10 saves throughout the contest.

Although it isn’t the outcome the team or Coach Howard wanted, this season was a success for the Lakers. This season marked the first time Oswego made the playoffs since 2019, over three years ago. This was also the first time Oswego had a winning record in the SUNYAC conference (5-4) since that very season. In the 2021 season, one of the Lakers biggest problems was that they were too reliant on Sela Wiley to generate offense and score goals. However, Oswego completely flipped the switch and were much more efficient in 2022. The Lakers saw five players total more than 20 goals this season as opposed to last year where they only had one. This — in part — was due to the meteoric rise of Julia Quirk, who put up 35 goals this season which was 30 more than she had in 2021. Oswego was also much better at setting teammates up for success this year. Logan Castiglione once again led the team in assists, this time with 34 which was more than double the amount she had last season (15). Finally, Oswego saw great production from freshman goalkeeper Sarah Kamide. In her first year with the team, Kamide totaled 152 saves and more impressively, play every second of every game this year, solidifying herself as the Ironwoman the Lakers will need moving forward.

Through a hard fought season, Oswego was able to put together a much improved 2022 campaign. Although the outcome could have been more favorable, the team put on some mightily impressive performances. With only one senior graduating this year, the Oswego State women’s lacrosse team looks to be intact for the foreseeable future. And with the talent this team possesses currently, the future is brighter than ever for the Lakers.

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By Zac Case — 6 years ago

OSWEGO, NY — On July 16^th, The New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced changes to how high school athletics will work in the 2020-21 season. This statement comes as schools across New York State prepare for public schooling to reopen for the new school year. After the cancellation of the Spring 2020 season last year, there has been many questions revolving around high school athletics heading into this coming season.

The decision made by the Officers of the NYSPHSAA included a few changes along with guidelines on how schools/teams should prepare moving forward. The first being the start of the Fall sports season being moved to September 21^st, which was supposed to begin on August 24^th. The NYSPHSAA President, Paul Harrica, stated that this date would be unrealistic due to the current threats of COVID-19. Another major change is the cancellation of all Fall Regional and State Championship events. This is change was obviously made to decrease traveling between sports teams as teams from different sections around the state would travel to one central location to play the final games of the season. Minor adjustments and recommendations were also stated. For instance, the group has waived the seven-day practice rule, encouraged geographic scheduling for games, and schools have the option to offer off-season conditioning workouts.

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Men’s Basketball falls to Potsdam on Saturday

By Zac Case — 7 years ago

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Women’s lacrosse struggles against SUNY Cortland

By Brian Burrows — 5 years ago

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team had an afternoon contest with the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons Friday. Cortland came in as the number one team in the SUNYAC, and with an undefeated program record against the Lakers, 31-0, and looked to keep both.

The Red Dragons started hot. They got on the board just 44 seconds into the game, and kept their lead the entire contest. By the end of the firsT, SUNY Cortland had scored two more, and held a 3-0 advantage. The second period was when Cortland did a lot of their damage. They scored eight more unanswered goals, three players finding the back of the net more than once. Cortland’s Lauren Hopsicker had a second period hat trick, and Hannah Lorenzen finished the hat trick she started in the first. The Lakers would score one before the half, Logan Castiglione netting one, but the Lakers still were down 11-1 at the half. Cortland kept up the pressure in the second half, scoring three more times in the third period to extend their advantage to 14-1. The Red Dragon’s scored twice more before the Lakers would answer in the fourth, but the fourth is when the Lakers found a little momentum. With just under eight minutes to go, Cortland got a penalty, and Oswego would capitalize. Isabella Lembo scored on the man-up advantage, for Oswego’s second, just nine seconds into the penalty. Lembo scored again just three minutes later for Oswego’s third, Castiglione tallying assists on both goals. The Red Dragons answered with one final goal, their seventeen of the game. Oswego would grab one more consolation goal, Shae McConnell scoring, assisted by Madison Davis. Oswego couldn’t match Cortland’s offensive prowess, and lost 17-4. Lembo scored twice for the Lakers and Castiglione had three points. A tough day between the pipes for Sarah Kamide, allowing 17 goals on 27 shots. For SUNY Cortland, five players had more than two goals, and three had more than four points.

The Lakers next matchup comes against SUNY Potsdam on Saturday April, 23. They now have a 4-9 (3-3 SUNYAC) record. They sit fifth in the SUNYAC with three games to go before the playoffs.

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