OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Basketball falls into an eight game losing streak after dropping a SUNYAC match up against New Paltz 68-42. The Lakers fell behind early in the first quarter before the team outscored the Hawks in the second quarter 11 to 10. This would not be enough though as the Lakers would get outscored 42 to 24 in the second half to receive their tenth conference loss of the season. Junior Raiven Encarnacion led the Lakers with 13 points as she netted four field goals and four free throws. Oswego now sits in last place in the SUNYAC standings with only a .167 win percentage as the team still has six more conference games remaining. The Lakers will travel to Cortland on Saturday for a 2 p.m. tip off before traveling back home for a game against Plattsburgh the following weekend.
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Oswego State women’s basketball team falls to Geneseo despite mighty defensive performance
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball team fell to SUNY Geneseo 49-36 on Wednesday despite a tremendous defensive effort. This marks the tenth loss of the season for the Lakers and first loss to Geneseo, with a rematch looming next Tuesday on the road.
Both teams came out of the gate competitive as ever with the Knights holding a 17-9 lead going into the second quarter. After a 4-0 run by the Lakers, the Knights closed out the remaining 5:14 of the half on a 13-0 run to bring their halftime lead to 17. To begin the second half, the Lakers came out swinging as they closed the lead to 32-20, backed by four points and an assist from Logan Nyemchek. Oswego won the third quarter, outscoring the Knights 13-9. Heading into the final quarter, a Chastin Giles three-pointer brought the Lakers within eight points of tying. However, Geneseo would go on to close out the final six minutes of regulation as they held the Lakers to just one point in that time.
Freshman Shania Iglesias lead the team in scoring with nine points while also collecting five rebounds. Claire Skowronski and Elaina Johnson each finished with two steals in a great defensive effort. Overall, the Lakers forced 22 turnovers and held the Knights to just 32% shooting from the field. They also held Geneseo to their second lowest scoring performance of the season.
With this loss, the Lakers fall to 3-10 on the season and 0-7 in SUNYAC play. They will have the opportunity to bounce back against SUNY Cortland on Saturday before a rematch with SUNY Geneseo on Jan. 25. Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m. at Cortland.
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Oswego Men’s Hockey Preview versus Nazareth Golden Flyers
OSWEGO — Men’s Hockey gets back to the ice this Saturday in their last exhibition game against the Nazareth Golden Flyers. After handling the CCHL Carleton Place this past Saturday, the Lakers look to play their first NCAA opponent of the season. Oswego State is 8-2 overall against this UCHC team ever since the colleges faced off for the first time in the 2012-2013 regular season. Senior Derek Brown looks to continue his point streak after tallying three goals last time out. Golden Flyers Head Coach George Roll will return to the Marano Campus Center once again after formerly being the Laker’s Head Coach from 1996-2003. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m. this Saturday during Family and Friends Weekend. WTOP10 will have coverage of this match up starting at 6:30 p.m. with Hockey Night in Oswego.
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Women’s Basketball Ends Season on High-Note
OSWEGO, NY – The women’s basketball team split their games this weekend to finish the season including their final win of the 2022-2023 season.
Friday’s game concluded with the Lakers losing to Brockport 53-49 in overtime. Very little happened in the first quarter as both teams struggled from the paint. The game started out with Brockport’s Anna Felice making a three-pointer to give the Golden Eagles a 3-0 lead. After that little happened between the two teams. The score was tied twice in the quarter with the Golden Eagles taking a 7-5 lead over the Lakers after quarter one. The Lakers went 20% the field and the Golden Eagles went 15.38% from the field. The second quarter was the same story as the first quarter. The quarter began with Chastin Giles making her first three-pointer of the day with 8:21 left in the second quarter. Less than 40 seconds later Sydney Hoefs would connect on her second three-pointer of the day to put the Lakers up 13-7. Juliana Logana would extend the Lakers lead to eight 15-7. The Golden Eagles would rally but the Lakers would lead 19-16 at halftime. Julia Logana and Sydney Hoefs would both lead the Lakers with six points at the half.
The third quarter would start with Zairea Hannah scoring to put the Golden Eagles down by one. The Lakers would respond about 30 seconds later with Caitie Lilly scoring to extend the Lakers lead to 21-18. The Golden Eagles manage to come close to taking the lead away from the Lakers but the Lakers held strong. Brockport struggled from the field in the second quarter going 3-16 and shooting 18.75%. The Lakers led 33-26 heading into the fourth quarter. Logan Castiglione helped extend the Lakers lead to ten connecting on a three-pointer with 9:10 left in the fourth quarter. Anna Lee would tie the game for the Golden Eagles at 41 with 1:27 left in the fourth quarter. The game would be tied at 41 going into overtime. In overtime, Zairea Hannah extended the Golden Eagles lead to 43-41 in the beginning of the overtime period. Chastin Giles would bring the Lakers back connecting on her second three-pointer of the game with 2:40 left in overtime. Shannon Blankenship would respond 28 seconds later making a three-pointer to help extend the Golden Eagles lead to 50-44 with 2:12 left in the game. Chastin Giles made a free-throw which brought the Lakers down 51-49 with 16 seconds left. Anna Felice would seal the Lakers fate with two free-throws to make the final score 53-49. Juliana Logana and Chastin Giles would both lead the Lakers with nine points on the day.
The second game saw the Lakers rebound from their loss against Brockport getting their final win of the season defeating the Fredonia Blue Devils 65-51. The Lakers found themselves in a bad position in the beginning of the first quarter trailing 8-0 with just 1:48 into the game, including giving up two three pointers to Fredonia’s Renee Park and Jaden Sciotti. Elaina Johnson would score the first points of the game for the Lakers to put them down 8-2. Sydney Hoefs made a three-pointer to bring the Lakers down by three and Shania Iglesias cut into the Blue Devils lead by cutting the Lakers deficit to just two at 10-8. The Lakers rallied to tie the game at 18 at the end of quarter one. Juliana Logana helped the Lakers take the lead at two at the beginning of the second quarter. With 4:50 left in the second quarter, Sydney Hoefs made another three-pointer to extend the Lakers lead to 12. Chastin Giles made a layup to extend the Lakers lead to 14 their biggest lead of the day so far in the game. Fredonia’s Allie Wandell made a three-pointer with 46 seconds left in the second quarter but the Lakers would lead 40-32 at the half.
The third quarter began with no scoring until 7:23 left in the third quarter with Mary Culeton making two free-throws to cut into the Lakers lead at 40-34. With 3:54 left in the third quarter Alena Wright cut into the Lakers lead at 41-38. The Lakers extended their lead to 49-38 at the end of the third quarter. Fredonia’s Sarah Seaman cut into he Lakers lead to seven making a three-pointer. Logan Castiglione made back-to-back three-pointers to seal the Blue Devils fate. Elaina Johnson added the final point of the day for the Lakers for their 65-51 win over the Blue Devils. The Lakers went off in terms of scoring as they had four double-digit scorers on the day with Logan Castiglione, Elaina Johnson, Sydney Hoefs, and Juliana Logana who would all finish the day with 10+ points. Elaina Johnson had a career game leading the Lakers with 18 points on the day. Sydney Hoefs would lead the Lakers in both games with 19 points and led the Lakers with four three-pointers in both games. Overall, Logan Castiglione would have a career year leading the Lakers in points with 209, her previous record was 119 points last season. Karleigh Leo was second on the team with 200 points as a transfer student who made an immediate impact right away. Shania Iglesias would also improve this season as she finished third on the team in points with 176.
The Lakers conclude the season with their best finish at 13-12 their best record since the 2012-2013 season. They’ll head into the 2023-2024 season with a lot of confidence after a resurgence year from their team.
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