Oswego State women's lacrosse falls to Utica in overtime

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team was defeated in their home-opener Saturday, falling to Utica in a 11-10 overtime contest. Despite a valiant comeback, the Pioneers capitalized on a controversial ricochet goal to drop the Lakers to 0-3.

Both teams traded early goals to begin the opening quarter. Julia Quirk put the Lakers up 1-0 just 44 seconds into the game, but that lead didn’t last long. 25 seconds later, the Pioneers answered with their first goal which tied the game at one apiece. After some back-and-forth play, Utica netted four goals within four minutes to give them a 5-1 lead. Before the frame ended, Sela Wiley kept her hot streak going and scored her first goal of the game. To begin the second quarter, Oswego scored back-to-back goals courtesy of Quirk and Madison Davis. Though, to close out the quarter, Utica added three more goals to take a 8-4 lead going into halftime.

Three minutes into the second half, Quirk put in her third goal of the contest which brought the deficit to three. Seven minutes later, Shae McConnell netted another goal on a free position shot. Shortly after on a woman-down possession, Utica scored again to make it 9-6. With two minutes remaining in the stanza, McConnell added another free position goal to bring the deficit to two heading into final period. Needing a strong finish to comeback in the game, the Lakers provided in the clutch. The first 13 minutes of the quarter saw Madison Davis tally her second goal of the afternoon and Shae McConnell put in another two goals. However, with 1:52 remaining in regulations, the Pioneers cashed in on a free position goal to tie the game 10-10. Neither team would score from there on out, which brought the game to overtime. The Lakers won the initial draw control behind Julia Quirk, but their shot went wide and Utica gained possession. With a player off due to penalty, the Pioneers hit the game-winner off a clear attempt. Although the shot would be discussed at volume by the officials due to Utica having seven players in the offensive zone, the away team was awarded the goal, ending the game.

Oswego saw six players total points in the contest including McConnell (6), Quirk (3), Davis (2), Wiley (2), Logan Castiglione (1), and Madison Green (1). With this loss, Oswego State drops to 0-3 to start the season despite a fierce offensive prowess. With their first win of the season still ahead of them, the Lakers will have the opportunity to get it as they take on St. Lawrence on Tuesday, March 8. Face-off is set for 4:00 p.m. at Canton.

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Women’s Basketball Flatten Wells Express

By Logan Stolberg — 4 years ago

OSWEGO, NY- The Lakers put an absolute beat down on Wells College 88-20 on Wednesday night. Oswego managed to score a season-high in points this season in a game which was the most they have scored in a single game since the 2017-2018 season where they scored 91 against Cazenovia.

The Lakers led by 16 at the end of the first quarter as Julia Logana, Logan Nyemcheck, and Claire Skowronski led the Lakers with 4 points scored in the quarter. The Lakers shot 12-20 from the field goal line compared to Wells who only managed to shoot 2-18.

In the second quarter, the Lakers shot 8-23 from the FG line and shot 34.8%. Oswego went 40% from the three-point line. The Lakers defense swarmed the Express only giving up four baskets during the second quarter. The Lakers by a huge margin at half 45-8.

The Lakers would struggle in the second half as they shot 39.1% in the third quarter but they maintained the huge lead they had over Wells. Wells would score more points in the third quarter than in the last two quarters but they still trailed by a large margin as the Lakers defense continued to give them problems. Jenna Russo scored five points in the third quarter as she had a career day recording 14 points to go along with ten rebounds and three assists.

The lakers got things back together in the fourth as they shot from 50.0% and went 9-18 from the three-point line. Giovanna White-Principio and Russo would both have ten rebounds on the night. Caitie Lilly would score 13 points on the night and the Lakers would have 12 different players who scored in the game.

The Lakers travel down south to face Suny Delhi on Novembver 19th at 1:00 pm at the Floyd L. Maines Arena. They face a Mustangs squad who is 1-2 this season coming off a crushing loss to Utica 89-30. The Lakers lone game against Delhi resulted in a Laker blowout 75-39. The Lakers are searching for their first 5-0 start in 12 years.

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Oswego State men’s lacrosse extends win streak to seven, first time since 2012

By Luke Rosenthal — 4 years ago

OSWEGO, N.Y. — In the first ever meeting between the two programs, the Oswego State men’s lacrosse team defeated New Paltz 18-10 on Friday. With this victory, the Lakers extend their win-streak to seven games, their longest since the 2012 season.

It was another dominant offensive display from the Lakers, one that fans have been accustomed to seeing during this seven-game stretch. Oswego notched one on the board first with Corey O’Connor assisting Max Brodman, giving the home team an early lead. Shortly after, Lakers leading goal scorer Gavin Elston found the back of the net for his first goal of the afternoon. Following the Hawks first goal of the contest, Ryan Eccles set up Elston twice in less than a minute to put Oswego up 4-1. New Paltz would go onto score once more, but throughout the final 3:42 in the opening quarter, the duo of Eccles and Elston continued their stellar performance and put in two more goals. The Lakers went into the second quarter with a 6-2 lead, but O’Connor quickly extended the lead after gaining the opening draw control. Though, over the next seven minutes, New Paltz scored four unanswered goals. Eventually, Eccles found the back of the net for his second goal of the game, but the Hawks would go on to score with 22 seconds remaining in the quarter. Oswego went into halftime leading 8-7.

After being shut out in the third quarter by Potsdam earlier in the week, Oswego completely flipped the script in this game. Elston picked up his 23rd goal of the season off a Brodman assist with 13:31 on the clock. Three minutes later, Eccles got his hat-trick off another Brodman assist. Over the final ten minute of the third quarter, not only did Oswego continue hold New Paltz scoreless, but Brodman, Weston Gray, and Ryan Dumont all scored to make the score 13-7. This run virtually put the game out of reach for the Hawks as they could not go on a run to tie the game after this point. Both team went goal-for-goal to open up the final quarter, with Max Brodman collecting another two goals. He would go on to complete his hat-trick to give the Lakers a 16-9 lead with 6:16 left in regulation. New Paltz went on to score once more, but it wouldn’t be enough to overcome the large deficit. Oswego closed out the game with Liam Sexton scoring two fancy goals including a beautiful behind-the-back shot. The Lakers went on to win 18-10 and secured their third SUNYAC win of the season.

Not only was this the seventh straight win for the Lakers, it also marked the fifth straight game in which Oswego put up at least 18 points. Oswego was extremely efficient on offense throughout the day as they had a total of 11 player record at least one point. The team was well-rounded in other aspects of the game as well. The Lakers won more faceoffs (16-14), collected more ground balls (34-20), and had less turnovers (15-27). With this win, Oswego is now tied for first place in the SUNYAC with Cortland and Geneseo. The Lakers will have the opportunity to knock off at least one of those teams this week as they take on Geneseo under the lights. Faceoff is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday at Geneseo.

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Mens basketball stays hot with twelfth straight win

By Brian Burrows — 4 years ago

CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Oswego State Men’s Basketball team took to the road Saturday afternoon to take on the Cortland Red Dragons. They continued their hot streak with a 72-64 win. The game started well for the Lakers, building a double digit lead early in the first half. Devin Green had eight points and Brendon Mulson had seven on the way to 21-11 lead with nine to go in the first. The Red Dragons weren’t letting the Lakers get away, a 10-2 run brought them right back into the game. The Lakers would hold the lead at the half 34-29. The Lakers shot 35% from the field and a cool 5-19 from deep. Cortland shot 32% from the field and 4-15 from three.

The Red Dragons came out of the locker rooms hot, a 15-8 run helped them take a 44-42 lead with fifteen to play. Ahkee Anderson scored seven points, and a Mulson layup, would get lead lead back to five at 51-46. The teams would trade baskets the rest of the game, and two made free throws from Green saw the Lakers close the game out, 72-64. Brendon Mulson was Lakers leading scorer with fourteen while adding six rebounds. Jeremiah Sparks had thirteen points to go with eight rebounds. Christian Simmons had a double double, eleven points and eleven rebounds. Devin Green added twelve and Ahkee Anderson had eleven, both with seven boards.

The Lakers travel to the Geneseo for their next game on Tuesday, January 25. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. in Geneseo. Oswego currently sits at 15-1 (9-0 SUNYAC) and are ranked #25 in the country.

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Oswego State women’s lacrosse falls to Utica in overtime

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