OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State Women’s Lacrosse team will look to win their fifth game of the season as they host the Geneseo Knights on April 25th. Geneseo won the previous matchup vs Oswego nearly two weeks prior to Sunday’s contest in a 22-9 blowout. The Lakers will look to avenge their loss and secure a winning record in 2021.
Oswego was originally scheduled to play this game a day after they played SUNY Fredonia, but the game was cancelled due to COVID protocols. The Knights are currently on a 2-game win streak, with their last game being a 22-3 victory vs. Buffalo State. They’ll be lead by senior attack, Hannah Marafioti, who is Geneseo’s leading scorer (23 goals) and totaled 6 goals and 3 assists against the Lakers earlier this season. Oswego will need to play great offensively in order to keep pace with Geneseo. Sophomore midfielder, Sela Wiley, has totaled 28 goals so far in the season and will look to surpass 30 on Sunday. Logan Gastiglione also has the opportunity to surpass 30 total points as she has 14 goals and 12 assists in 2021. Unfortunately, the Lakers were eliminated from the SUNYAC post season earlier this week, but can hold the Knights from securing the #1 seed in the West division with a win on Sunday. Faceoff is set for 1:00 p.m. at Laker Turf Stadium.
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Oswego State Falls to Cortland in SUNYAC Championship
CORTLAND, N.Y. — In a thrilling three game SUNYAC Baseball Championship Series that featured 11 lead changes between the two teams, the Oswego State Baseball team was defeated by Cortland. Oswego took game one from Cortland in a late comeback fashion, but Cortland won game two in extra innings and game three to take the series. Cortland outscored Oswego 25-23 between the three games, which featured one run wins for each team in games one and two and a two run win for Cortland in the deciding game.
Game one was tied 2-2 after four innings, Kieran Finnegan had some early command issues surrendering four walks which resulted in two runs in the first inning while allowing just one hit in the frame. Finnegan bounced back well, giving up no hits in the next three innings and just one walk. Oswego’s two runs came in the top of the second on a Hunter Holliday RBI double and Julian Drew RBI single. Cortland put up two runs on four hits against Finnegan in the 5th which led to Anthony Van Fossen entering the game for the Lakers. Van Fossen was brilliant out of the bullpen as the junior threw 3.1 hitless innings for the Lakers. SUNYAC RBI leader Kyle Lauria trimmed the deficit to one run with an RBI single in the 7th, and the Lakers kept going with a big two out rally in the 8th. Oswego scored three runs in the 8th as Myles Felton scored on a wild pickoff throw to tie it, Brendon Frank singled in Paul Tammaro, and Ryan Enos followed with an RBI double to score Frank. Mike Di Salvo came in to pitch the 9th but gave up a leadoff home run to make it a one run lead for the Lakers. Di Salvo had the tying run on third base, and the winning run on second with no outs but got back to back flyouts to finish the 7-6 game one Oswego win.
The highest scoring game of the weekend came in an 11-10 extra inning walk off win for Cortland. Game two featured 31 total hits and three home runs for each team, as it was Tammaro, Ryan Weiss, and Felton each hitting long balls for the Lakers. At least one team scored in all ten innings, as Cortland had a four run and multiple three run frames scoring in bunches, but Oswego scored more consistently with one or two runs in seven of the ten innings. Frank and Weiss led Oswego’s offense as both of the seniors contributed four hits apiece. After ten innings and a ton of offense, it was Scott Giordano from Cortland with a walkoff home run forcing a decisive game three the following day.
Oswego and Cortland had identical runs scored in each frame from the 1st to 4th, as the game was tied 5-5 after four innings. Oswego scored one in the top of the 5th but Cortland answered back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame that would be the tying and eventual winning run, before tacking on an insurance run in the 6th. Enos was 3-4 with a home run, a double, and 4 RBIs in the final game of the series but it was not enough as Cortland took game three 8-6 to win the SUNYAC Championship.
The season is not over yet for Oswego as the Lakers got an at-large bid into the 48 team NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. There are eight separate locations with six teams at each site; the winning team from each of the eight sites will compete in the Division III World Series in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Oswego was selected to be the second seed at the Hartford, Connecticut Region which is being hosted by Trinity College (Connecticut), a team that Oswego was scheduled to play against earlier this year. The teams in order of seeds 1-6 playing at the Hartford Regional are Southern Maine, Oswego State, Wheaton (Massachusetts), Salve Regina, Husson, Johnson & Wales (Providence). This is Oswego’s sixth consecutive season qualifying for the Championship, and the Lakers are looking for their first World Series appearance since 2018. Games will take place Thursday, May 27th through Sunday, May 30th and Oswego will play their first game at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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Oswego State Softball Team Splits in Doubleheader Versus New Paltz
OSWEGO, N.Y — The Oswego State Softball team went 1-1 against the New Paltz Hawks on Tuesday, dropping the first game 9-3 before winning the second 6-2. With the win in the second game, the Lakers cut their win streak and gain momentum heading into the next conference doubleheader.
The first game started slow as neither team scored until infielder, Julia Mastrup, scored in the 5th inning and put the Hawks up 1-0. New Paltz then followed that with a 6-run 6th inning and put the games out of reach for Oswego. Three players scored for Oswego, including Madelana Wrubel, Leah Czerwinski, and Jessica DuPoint. The Lakers, desperate for a win, did not disappoint in the second game however.
Oswego kicked off the rematch with a 2nd inning home run by senior utility player, Taylor DuBois. The game was stagnant for the next three innings until Kelly Marmor tied the game with a home run in the 6th inning. Though, that would be as close as the game got. The Lakers exploded in their 6th inning at-bat, scoring 5 runs and capitalizing on poor pitching. New Paltz’s Katie Quagli would score off a Rhionna Bian RBI in the final inning, but it would be too little, to late. Five Lakers scored runs with Taylor DuBois totaling 2 runs off of 2 hits and 3 RBIs. Oswego also got great play out of their pitching core of Madison Hoeflich and Fiona Higgins who had 14 combined strikeouts on the day.
With the end of the season quickly approaching, Oswego will have to have play nearly perfect in their final few games in order to have a chance at the postseason. The Lakers will have the opportunity to improve in conference play as they take on the Brockport Golden Eagles in a doubleheader on May 1st. Game 1 is set to start at 12:00 p.m. while game 2 has a 2:00 p.m. start time in Brockport.
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Oswego State women’s hockey falls just short in non-conference matchup
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s hockey team fell short on Sunday in a very close battle against the Utica College Pioneers. This game was the definition of fight to the finish as both teams were hungry for a victory and the final score was 3-2 in favor of the Pioneers. Just 6 minutes into the game freshman Mack Hull was able to strike first for the Lakers giving them a one goal lead. The Watertown native has proved to be an integral part of this team especially on offense. Hull had another opportunity to score late in the second but fell short. Entering the third it was anyone’s game as Utica led two to one. Sophomore Kyleigh Grugin was able to strike in the third tying things up for the Lakers. With just two minutes left on the clock, a deflected puck led to a breakaway opportunity that sealed the 3-2 victory for the Pioneers. This was undoubtedly a fight until the very end and a loss that the Lakers surely won’t forget about anytime soon. The Lakers are set to take on the Plattsburgh State Cardinals this Friday in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. Puck drops at 3:00 p.m. on WTOP10! The pre game show is set for 2:45 p.m. on twitch.tv/wtop10tv and WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage of the Oswego State women’s hockey team as the group continues their season.
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