OSWEGO — Lakers Volleyball finished SUNYAC play this weekend at the Max Ziel Gymnasium that started with a match up against the Brockport Golden Eagles on Friday night. The team would battle back to eventually lose by 2 points in the fifth set. Lakers were led by Melissa Lussier (15 kills and 2 aces) and Shauna O’Flaherty (13 kills and 3 blocks) who allowed the Lakers to win set number four and force the match into set five. The following day, the Lakers battled the conference leader SUNY Geneseo in a tight four set match up. The group would lose the first two sets by only three points each to the Knights. Senior Julia Flohr (18 digs) led the Laker defense in the third set to send the match into the fourth before the Knights became victorious. This lose ends SUNYAC regulation play for Oswego, who was granted the six-seed for the SUNYAC Championship. The team will travel to Cortland on November 5th for the opening round.
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Women’s Basketball Season comes to an end against Brockport
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Basketball played their final game of the season this past Saturday as the Lakers faced off against Brockport. The SUNYAC match up featured the Golden Eagles taking the victory 81-73. The two teams would only be separated by three points heading into the second quarter, but Brockport would start to pull away as the second half approached. Quincey Zimmerman was one of four Lakers to put up double digits in the points column as she led the team with 21 points scored. This loss puts the Lakers at 6-18 and only 2-16 in conference play. The team failed to make the SUNYAC playoffs as the group finished on a 14 game losing streak.
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Baseball team loses in Marietta
MARIETTA, OHIO — The Oswego State Lakers took to the road over the holiday weekend to take on the Marietta College Pioneers in the NCAA Division Three Super Regionals. A tough test for the Lakers, as the Pioneers were ranked the number two team in the country by D3baseball.com at the end of the regular season and had easily run through their competition in the regional round.
The first game of the weekend was postponed from Friday to Saturday due to the weather. When it started, Oswego was the team to strike first. A Paul Tammaro lead-off single was followed by a Ryan Enos walk. Both runners would steal the next base, and Lukas Olsson would ground out but drive in Tammaro in the process. Marietta quickly answered tying the game at one in the bottom of the first. Both teams were held scoreless through the second and third innings. Marietta took the lead in the bottom of the fourth. The Pioneers scored seven times in the fourth to take an 8-1 lead, all seven of the runs being unearned. Marietta scored twice more in the bottom of the fifth to get a 10-1 lead. Oswego got one back on a Ryan Enos double scoring Frank Levanti. Unfortunately, Marietta hit a three-run home run to extend the lead 13-2 in the bottom of the sixth. No runs would be scored during the rest of the game and Marietta took game one of the best of three set. Paul Tammaroand Jacob Levine shared the team’s hit lead with two each. Kieran Finnegan got the start for the Lakers. He went 3.2 innings, gave up eight hits and eight runs, only one being earned. He struck out two and walked one.
Game two was played Sunday. In the first two innings, both of the teams were held scoreless, but Marietta quickly changed that in the third. They scored six runs on only three hits. Two of the runs were unearned as the Lakers had three errors in the inning. In the bottom of the third, the Lakers scored one, Ryan Enos scoring on a Lukas Olsson single. The Pioneers scored five more runs in the top of the fourth, including a three-run home run. Marietta scored twice more in the top of the fifth. Another two-run home run in the top of the sixth gave Marietta a 15-1 lead. The Pioneers crossed the plate four more times in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, the Lakers scored four runs. Ryan Enos drove in one with a bases-loaded walk. Lukas Olsson drove in the other three with a double. Neither team scored in the ninth and Marietta moved on to the Division 3 World Series. Lukas Olsson led the team with three hits and four RBIs. Anthony Van Fossen got the start in game two for Oswego. He went 2.1 innings, giving up six runs, only four earned, on three hits, two walks, and two strikeouts.
The Lakers’ season ends with a 33-13 record. They went 16-2 in conference matchups. The team was led by second basemen Ryan Enos who had a .451 batting average, 21 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, and 60 RBIs. Shortstop Paul Tammaro also had an extremely good year. He batted .444 with 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 26 RBIs. Centerfielder Kyle Lauria hit .345 with 12 doubles, three triples, five home runs, and 53 RBIs. First Baseman Ryan Weiss hit .315 with 11 doubles, ten home runs, and 38 RBIs. Pitcher Kieran Finnegan had thirteen starts for the Lakers, he pitched 75.2 innings pitched. he had a 2.97 ERA with a 1.33 WHIP, he pitched four complete games. He walked 17 and struck out 59, opponents hit .275 against him. Enos, Tammaro, Lauria, Weiss, and Finnegan all earned All-SUNYAC First-team honors. Pitcher Jacob Sanders, Catcher Lukas Olsson, and Designated Hitter Jacob Levine were all awarded All Second-Team honors. Freshman Tishawn Featherstone was awarded SUNYAC Freshman of the year.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY OSWEGO ATHLETICS
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Men’s hockey finishes preseason 2-0
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State men’s hockey team took to the ice of the Deborah F. Stanley Ice Arena for the second and final preseason matchup on Saturday. They took on the Carleton Place Canadiens, a junior program, from the Central Canadian Hockey League.
The first period quickly showed the difference between the two sides. Less than six minutes into the first period of play, the Lakers found the scoreboard first, freshman Matt McQuade finding the back of the net for his first unofficial goal as a Laker, as stats don’t count for these games. The assist coming from Connor Sleeth. Less than three minutes later Oswego would find the back of the net again. Garrett Clegg would steal one off of a defenseman at the Lakers offensive blue line and take it himself burying it past the goalie on for an unassisted goal. The first period ended 2-0.
In the second period the Canadiens seemed to hold their own a bit more, but that didn’t stop the Lakers from scoring. With eight minutes to go in the second period the Lakers had beautiful tic-tac-toe style goal. Trent Grimshaw carried the puck across the blue line in a three-on-two opportunity. He sent a pass across to Daniel Colabufo who quickly sent it back across net to a cutting AJ Ryan who buried the goal. The Canadiens would answer though. With three minutes remaining, a breakout chance resulted in a beautiful goal, shooting from right to left and off the bar past net-minder Cal Schell.
In the third period the Lakers turned the after burners back on. Less than four minutes into the period, Tommy Cahill won a face-off in the Lakers offensive zone and sent it back to captain Ryan Bunka who buried it through traffic for the Lakers fourth goal of the game. The Lakers fifth goal was another tic-tac-toe goal that would end with defenseman Troy Robillard deking the goalie and putting it behind him for goal number five. The Lakers sixth and final goal of the game came off the stick of Robillard once again. This time he sniped one from the blue line by his own bench, a one-timer that would go bar-down. This goal coming just nine-minutes into the third period. The Canadiens would pull one goal back before the end of the game making the final score of 6-2.
Oswego starts their regular season play starting next weekend. The Lakers head to Geneva, N.Y. on Friday night to take on the Hobart University Statesmen. Hobart was ranked #5 in the preseason poll, Oswego was ranked #13. On Saturday the Lakers have their home opener on Saturday taking on #9 Elmira university. You can catch all home ice hockey game on the WTOP YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/WTOP10TV.
PHOTO CREDITS MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
